Mitigated Negative Declaration for FRGP, Steelhead and Forest Land Restoration Projects

Public Notice of Mitigated Negative Declaration for CDFW's 2017 Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project

Public Notice of Mitigated Negative Declaration for CDFW's 2017 Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project.

As required by the California Environmental Quality Act, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program is providing Public Notice of the completion of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for proposed Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project to enhance the capability of streams to produce anadromous salmonids by maintaining, restoring and improving stream habitat essential to salmonid production.

Project Location: Various streams in Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Siskiyou, Sonoma, and Ventura counties.

Description of Project: This project will use grant funds approved by the California Legislature to initiate activities that are designed to restore salmon and steelhead habitat in coastal streams and watersheds that historically produced large populations of salmon and steelhead. Activities like bank stabilization and road decommissioning will improve spawning success for adult salmon and steelhead as well as increase survival for eggs, embryos, rearing juveniles, and downstream migrants. The replacement of barrier culverts with bridges or natural stream bottom culverts will allow adult and juvenile salmonids access to additional spawning and rearing habitat. The installation of instream structures will recruit and sort spawning gravel for adult salmon and steelhead and create summer rearing pools and over-wintering habitat for juveniles.  Below are the links to the document.

• Introduction - Project Description and Background Information (PDF)
• Initial Study Environmental Checklist Form (PDF)
• Explanation of Response to Initial Study Environmental Checklist Form (PDF)
• Appendix A - list of non-physical and action items and location maps (PDF)
• Appendix A. - Project Information
  • Humboldt (projects HI 016, HI 050, HI 068, FP 079 (PDF))
  • Humboldt (projects HI 091, HR 094, HI 108 (PDF))
  • Marin (projects HB 026, HI 080, HI 103 (PDF))
  • Mendocino (projects FP 009, HU 017, HI 018, HI 030, HI 047 (PDF))
  • Mendocino (projects HI 049, HU 051, HI 052, HI 053, HU 073 (PDF))
  • Mendocino (projects HI 074, HU 099, HU 139 (PDF))
  • Monterey (project FP 028 (PDF))
  • San Luis Obispo (project HI 071 (PDF))
  • San Mateo (project FP 127 (PDF))
  • Santa Barbara (project FP 037 (PDF))
  • Siskiyou  (projects FP 078, HI 121 (PDF))
  • Sonoma (project HI 010, HU 031, HB 120, HI 122, HB 126 (PDF))
  • Ventura (project HR 114 (PDF))
• Appendix B. Mitigation Measures, Monitoring and Reporting Program For the 2017 Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project (PDF)
• Appendix C. Protocols for Surveying and Evaluating Impacts to Special Status Native Plant Populations and Natural Communities (PDF)
• Appendix D. Procedure for the Programmatic Evaluation of Paleontological Resources for the Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project (PDF)
• Appendix E. Procedure for the Programmatic Evaluation of Archeological Resources for the Fisheries Habitat Restoration Project (PDF)

The Mitigated Negative Declaration is available for review at:

• CDFW Fisheries Restoration Grant Program
  1700 9th Street, 2nd Floor
  Sacramento, CA 95811
• CDFW Northern Region Office
  1455 Sandy Prairie Court, Suite J
  Fortuna, CA 95540
• CDFW Bay Delta Region Office
  3633 Westwind Blvd.
  Santa Rosa, CA 95403
• CDFW Central Region Office
  20 Lower Ragsdale Dr. Ste. 100
  Monterey, CA 93940
• CDFW South Coast Region offices
  4665 Lampson Ave.
  Los Alamitos, CA 90720

The review period for the mitigated negative declaration starts November 30, 2017 and ends December 29, 2017. Please mail comments to:
CDFW Watershed Restoration Grants Branch Office
Fisheries Restoration Grant Program
Attn: Mr. Timothy Chorey
1416 9th Street, Room 1266
Sacramento, CA 95814
Comments must be received by December 29, 2017.
For additional information contact:

• Mr. Trevor Tollefson, Senior Environmental Scientist, (707) 725-1072
• Mr. Manfred Kittel, Coho Salmon Recovery Coordinator, (707) 944-5522
• Ms. Margaret Paul, Senior Environmental Scientist, (831) 649-2882
• Ms. Mary Larson, Senior Environmental Scientist, (562) 342-7186