Silver King Creek Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project
This project has been gestating for over ten years. A number of NCFFB Listers took umbrage in 2003 when the Center for Biological Diversity, acting like they were PETA, sued the Forest Service because of ridiculous claims that Rotenone, used successfully all over the world for many years, was harming the environment. 9-people attended the scoping meeting held 10/24/08 in Markleeville. The 646 Page Draft EIR has been Completed by USFWS, CDFG using Entrix Consultants.
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9/16/09
I will be receiving public comments on the Draft EIS/EIR for the Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration project until COB on May 4, 2009. The Agencies will then prepared responses to the public comments that we have received, compile and make appropriate changes to the document and issue a Final EIS/EIR sometime in early June. We will simultaneously be seeking a NPDES (Water Quality) permit from the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Hearing to be held in July 2009). Should all permits and legal issues be resolved we would implement the project in the late summer/early fall of 2009. There are a series of events that need to take place with the US Forest Service Special Use permit that dovetail with this project and we will await the outcome of all of these timelines and processes before we can proceed. We appreciate your interest in this project and look forward to your comments. If you'd like to, comments Go To:
Stafford Lehr
Senior Environmental Scientist
California Department of Fish and Game
NorthCentralRegion
1701NimbusRoadRanchoCordova,CA95670
Telephone:.(916)358-2838
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The Project:
Silver King Creek, downstream from Llewellyn Falls to Silver King Canyon and associated tributaries in Alpine County, is the native range of the Paiute cutthroat trout, one of the rarest trout subspecies (USFWS 1985). Indigenous only to Silver King Creek, Paiute cutthroat trout were listed as endangered by the USFWS under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 on March 11, 1967 (USFWS 1967) and reclassified to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 on July 16, 1975 (USFWS 1975). Out-of-basin populations of Paiute cutthroat trout have been established by the Agencies in several California streams including the North Fork of Cottonwood Creek and Cabin Creek in the Inyo National Forest (Mono County), Sharktooth Creek (Fresno County) and Stairway Creek (Madera County) on the Sierra National Forest.
Under the proposed Action, the Agencies would:
Eradicate non-native trout from Silver King Creek and its tributaries between Llewellyn Falls and Silver King Canyon, as well as Tamarack Lake (if fish are present), using chemical treatment (rotenone);
Neutralize the rotenone downstream of Silver King Canyon to the 30-minute travel time mark near the confluence with Snodgrass Creek using potassium permanganate; and
Restock the Project area with pure Paiute cutthroat trout from donor streams in the upper Silver King Creek Watershed (i.e., Fly Valley Creek, Four Mile Canyon Creek, Silver King Creek, or possibly Coyote Valley Creek).
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