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Upper Mark West Creek Sediment Reduction Project

• Project Goal: The installation of road

improvement measures along approximately 11.8 miles of unpaved private roads will decrease the amount of fine sediment entering Mark West Creek with the

• bjective of increasing habitat quality for

juvenile salmonids.

Project Details

• Improve 11.8 miles of unpaved rural roads
• Save approximately 14,106 cubic yards of

sediment from entering Mark West Creek

• Financial stats/Project Budget:

– DFG Funds: $560,476 – Total Project Budget: $623,878

• Cost Share requirements:

– Landowners: $60,000 – SRCD: $3,402

Road Captains

• Cleland Road:

Lang O’Brien

• Mattei Road:

Ray Krauss

• Tarwater Road:

Al Rice

• Lone Pine Road: Bill Wood & Linda Conley
• Monan’s Rill Access & Complex Roads

Penny Sirota & Linda Sartor

Project Needs

Project Needs

• Signed Landowner Access

Agreements

• Cost Share Commitment per road

spur (to be coordinated by road captains – Documentation!)

– Purchase of road rock (discount counts towards match) – Local quarry sources of rock sold at cost – Purchase of culverts – Cash match towards project costs – In-kind services (tree trimming, seeding/mulching)

Road spur percentages

• Cleland Ranch Road:

12%

• Mattei Road:

12%

• Tarwater Road:

30%

• Lone Pine Road:

22%

• Monan’s Rill Access &

Complex Roads: 24%

Other things that need to happen prior to implementation

• PWA will flag treatment sites based
• n current road conditions and

permit restrictions

• Wildlife/Biological survey (CEQA

Compliance)

• Follow-up Archeological survey
• Permits (DFG)

Equipment Operator Criteria

• Familiarity with PWA

methods

• PWA Training Certificate
• Previous experience

working with PWA staff

• Operators are welcome to

submit a Statement of Qualifications