Carmel River Management Plan: Vegetation Clearing / Routine Maintenance Agreement

Carmel River Management Plan: Vegetation Clearing / Routine Maintenance Agreement

The Carmel River supports important fish and wildlife habitat, including that of federally listed southern steelhead and California red-legged frog, as well as southwestern pond turtle. In brief summary, the activities authorized in this agreement may include some forms of sediment and silt removal, vegetation management, repair of eixisting bank protection, minor activities to clear channel obstructions, and some forms of habitat enhancement. This agreement is not intended to cover larger-scale efforts that may remove significant amounts of large woody debris (LWD) from the river corridor. The project would occur between River Mile (RM) 0.0 (at the Carmel River lagoon) and extend upstream to approximately RM 18.6 at the San Clemente Dam. CEQA review is from a 1984 document that was drafted prior to the listing of the steelhead and California red-legged frog, but biological Opinions from both NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Regional General Permit for River Maintenance and Restoration on the Carmel River, Monterey County, California, No. 24460S (1-8-03-F-45)) have been obtained for the work.

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