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Public Meeting Scheduled on the Trinity River Wheel Gulch Channel Rehabilitation Project

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
Brandt Gutermuth, 530-623-1800, bgutermuth@usbr.gov

For Release: February 10, 2011

The Bureau of Reclamation, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) and the Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD) will host a public meeting to present information and receive comments on the Wheel Gulch Channel Rehabilitation Project (Project). The Project is located on the mainstem Trinity River approximately 3 miles downstream of Junction City, California.

The Project will work to increase salmon and steelhead habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Project is planned to enhance aquatic habitat quality and complexity by building slow water refuge habitats, placing structures (e.g., large woody debris), and introducing gravel into the river's floodplain.

The meeting is scheduled for:

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6-8 p.m. North Fork Grange Hall Dutch Creek Road, Junction City, California Map

An Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS) for the "Wheel Gulch Rehabilitation Site: Trinity River Mile 75.8 to 76.4," which meets National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act requirements, will be available for a 30-day public review starting approximately February 14, 2011. The EA/IS will contain project specific information that was unavailable when the Regional Water Board finalized the Master Environmental Impact Report (Master EIR) for Trinity River Channel Rehabilitation and Sediment Management at Phase 1 and Phase 2 sites, which programmatically analyzes expected environmental impacts of Trinity River channel restoration activities.

The EA/IS, as well as the Master EIR, will be available on the Trinity River Restoration Program website www.trrp.net by February 14, 2011. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mpPublicAffairs@usbr.gov.  

For additional information or to receive a copy of the EA/IS, please contact Brandt Gutermuth, Bureau of Reclamation, at 530-623-1800. Comments should be sent to Mr. Gutermuth, Trinity River Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, Weaverville, CA  96093 or e-mail bgutermuth@usbr.gov. 

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