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Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents for the Dos Rios Ranch Riparian Brush Rabbit Recovery Project

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, shunt@usbr.gov

For Release: June 29, 2016

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA) on providing $447,415 from the Central Valley Project Conservation Program to River Partners.

The Proposed Action would restore and enhance native habitat on 175 acres of historic riparian forest that are now degraded farmlands and remnant habitat within Dos Rios Ranch, located at the confluence of the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, near Modesto, California. A 1.5 acre elevated flood refuge mound for the riparian brush rabbit would also be created.

Restored habitat would provide a suitable reintroduction site for riparian brush rabbit, as well as expanded habitat areas for additional federally endangered, threatened and state listed species. The Proposed Action would supplement proposed funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service Wetland Reserve Program to restore habitat at Dos Rios Ranch.

The EA was available for public review from May 23, 2016, to June 6, 2016. No public comments were received. The FONSI and EA were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=24519. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to receive copies of the FONSI and EA, please contact Doug Kleinsmith at 916-978-5034 (TTY 800-877-8339). To view the documents at Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California, please contact Kleinsmith to schedule an appointment.

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