SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment on providing $576,000 from the Central Valley Project Conservation Program and the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program to the Sierra Foothill Conservancy to purchase a conservation easement on the Todisco Ranch.
The easement would preserve 480 acres of grasslands, oak woodlands, stock pond, vernal pools and wetland swales in Madera County to protect and conserve critical aquatic and upland habitats for the federal and state threatened California tiger salamander, as well as habitat for vernal pool species including the federally threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp and endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp.
The Environmental Assessment was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available for review at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=24515. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov..
Written comments are due close of business Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, and should be sent to Doug Kleinsmith, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. You can also email comments to dkleinsmith@usbr.gov or fax to 916-978-5055. For additional information, please contact Kleinsmith at 916-978-5034 (TTY 800-877-8339).
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
