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Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration
Project, Alpine County, CA
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability: final
environmental impact statement.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of the Paiute Cutthroat Trout
Restoration Project Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for public review.
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), along with the HumboldtToiyabe National Forest (Cooperating
Agency) and the California Department
of Fish and Game (CDFG, California
Environmental Quality Act lead agency)
(collectively, agencies), are proposing to
restore Paiute cutthroat trout to the
species historical range within the
Silver King Creek watershed, Alpine
County, California. To accomplish this,
the agencies must first eradicate the
non-native and hybrid trout which
currently occupy the habitat. We are
publishing this notice to inform the
public of the proposed action and to
make available for review the Final EIS/
EIR, which includes responses to public
comments received on the March 2009,
Draft EIS/EIR.
DATES: A Record of Decision will be
signed no sooner than 30 days after the
publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency notice. We must
receive comments by 5 p.m. on May 10,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Robert
D. Williams, State Supervisor, by U.S.
mail at Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office,
1340 Financial Boulevard, Suite 234,
Reno, NV 89502; by telephone at (775)
861–6300 or by fax at (775) 861–6301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chad Mellison, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the address or telephone or
fax numbers above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
You may download copies of the EIS
from the Nevada Fish and Wildlife
Office Web site at: https://www.fws.gov/
nevada. Alternatively, you may contact
us by telephone or visit during regular
business hours (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
In addition, copies of all documents
are available at the Markleeville Library
and Archives, 270 Laramie Street, P.O.
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Background
The Paiute cutthroat trout was listed
as endangered by the Service under the
Endangered Species Preservation Act of
1966 on March 11, 1967 (Service 1967)
and reclassified to threatened under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 on July
16, 1975 (Service 1975). Silver King
Creek, from Llewellyn Falls downstream
to Silver King Canyon, and its
associated tributaries in Alpine County,
California, comprise the native
historical range of the Paiute cutthroat
trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii seleniris)
(Service 2004).
The fish now present in the Silver
King Creek watershed between
Llewellyn Falls and Silver King Canyon
are a genetic mixture of introduced
rainbow trout (O. mykiss), Lahontan
cutthroat trout (O. c. henshawi), golden
trout (O. aquabonita ssp.), and Paiute
cutthroat trout. Hybridization with
nonnative trout species is the primary
threat to Paiute cutthroat trout within its
historical range (Service 2004). Fishery
restoration efforts involving Paiute
cutthroat trout span from 1950 to the
present and include prior removals of
nonnative and hybridized fish, as well
as establishing and maintaining
introduced populations of
nonhybridized Paiute cutthroat trout.
Populations of Paiute cutthroat trout
have been established in several
California streams outside the Silver
King Creek watershed, including the
North Fork of Cottonwood Creek and
Cabin Creek in the Inyo National Forest
(Mono County), Sharktooth Creek
(Fresno County), and Stairway Creek
(Madera County) both on the Sierra
National Forest.
Paiute cutthroat trout are currently
found in Silver King Creek upstream of
Llewellyn Falls, where a previouslyintroduced population was restored by
CDFG in the early 1990’s and in other
tributaries where populations have been
established within the watershed (e.g.,
Four Mile Creek, Fly Valley Creek,
Coyote Creek and Corral Valley Creek).
The project would implement the first
and second recovery actions listed in
the Paiute Cutthroat Trout Revised
Recovery Plan (Service 2004) which
lists actions to restore, recover, and
ultimately delist the species. The
objective of the proposed project is to
return Paiute cutthroat trout back to its
historical range and establish them as
the only salmonid fish species in Silver
King Creek to prevent hybridization
with other trout. This is an important
and necessary step in preventing Paiute
cutthroat trout from going extinct and
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also in conserving the species and
restoring it to a level that would allow
it to be removed from the Federal
threatened species list. Under current
conditions, easy public access between
stream reaches downstream and
upstream of Llewellyn Falls may result
in a future unauthorized transplant of
nonnative and/or hybridized fish to
areas above the falls.
Under the proposed project, the
agencies would: (1) Use chemical
treatment (rotenone) to eradicate
nonnative trout from Silver King Creek
and its tributaries between Llewellyn
Falls and Silver King Canyon; (2)
Neutralize the rotenone downstream of
Silver King Canyon to the 30-minute
travel time mark near the confluence
with Snodgrass Creek using potassium
permanganate; and (3) Restock the
project area with Paiute cutthroat trout
from established donor streams in the
upper Silver King Creek watershed (i.e.,
Fly Valley, Four Mile, Silver King
Creek, or possibly Coyote Creek).
The proposed stocking of Paiute
cutthroat trout will expand the current
population size and distribution
downstream from Llewellyn Falls to a
series of six impassible fish barriers in
Silver King Canyon and associated
tributaries. These barriers, the two
highest being 8 and 10 feet high, would
prevent any reinvasion of nonnative
trout from areas downstream of the
project area and greatly reduce the
likelihood of and impacts from any
future illegal nonnative species
introduction. By expanding the
populations and range of the species,
the project would also increase the
probability of long-term viability and
reduce threats from genetic
bottlenecking and stochastic events.
The proposed project also includes
pre-treatment biological surveys and
monitoring for amphibians and aquatic
macroinvertebrates; placement of signs
to inform the public; water quality
monitoring (during and post treatment);
and post-treatment biological
monitoring. The Agencies would apply
rotenone to the project area in the
summers of 2010 and 2011 (and 2012 if
needed). Additional treatments would
be scheduled as necessary to ensure
complete removal of nonnative trout
from the project area.
National Environmental Policy Act
Compliance
The analysis provided in the Final
EIR/EIS is intended to accomplish the
following: Inform the public of the
agencies’ proposed action and
alternatives; address public comments
received on the Draft EIS/EIR; disclose
the direct, indirect, and cumulative
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environmental effects of our proposed
action and alternatives; and indicate any
irreversible commitment of resources
that would result from implementation
of the proposed action and alternatives.
Additionally, the agencies responded to
21 individual comment letters on the
Draft EIS/EIR. A response to each
comment received in these letters has
been included in the Final EIS/EIR
(Appendix I). Additionally, the agencies
received over 500 support letters for the
project.
Public Involvement
The agencies issued a notice of intent
to prepare an EIS/EIR for the proposed
project, on June 2, 2006 (71 FR 32125)
and a notice of availability of the Draft
EIS/EIR for the proposed project on
March 20, 2009 (74 FR 11965). The Draft
EIS/EIR analyzed the potential
environmental impacts that may result
from the proposed action and
alternatives.
Public Review
Copies of the final EIS are available
for review (see Availability of
Documents). Any comments received
will become part of the administrative
record and may be available to the
public. Before submitting comments
that include your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The final EIS includes all comments
we received on the draft EIS, and our
responses to those comments. No
decision will be made on the proposed
action until at least 30 days after the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
publication of their notice in the
Federal Register. After the 30-day
waiting period, we will complete a
Record of Decision that announces the
action that will be implemented and
discusses all factors leading to the
decision.
This notice is provided under
regulations for implementing NEPA, as
amended (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Ken McDermond,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region, Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-ES-2010-N043; 80221-1113-0000-C2]
Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project, Alpine County, CA
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability: final environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Paiute Cutthroat
Trout Restoration Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for public review. We, the Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), along with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National
Forest (Cooperating Agency) and the California Department of Fish and
Game (CDFG, California Environmental Quality Act lead agency)
(collectively, agencies), are proposing to restore Paiute cutthroat
trout to the species historical range within the Silver King Creek
watershed, Alpine County, California. To accomplish this, the agencies
must first eradicate the non-native and hybrid trout which currently
occupy the habitat. We are publishing this notice to inform the public
of the proposed action and to make available for review the Final EIS/
EIR, which includes responses to public comments received on the March
2009, Draft EIS/EIR.
DATES: A Record of Decision will be signed no sooner than 30 days after
the publication of the Environmental Protection Agency notice. We must
receive comments by 5 p.m. on May 10, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Robert D. Williams, State Supervisor, by
U.S. mail at Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial Boulevard,
Suite 234, Reno, NV 89502; by telephone at (775) 861-6300 or by fax at
(775) 861-6301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chad Mellison, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the address or telephone or fax numbers above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
You may download copies of the EIS from the Nevada Fish and
Wildlife Office Web site at: https://www.fws.gov/nevada. Alternatively,
you may contact us by telephone or visit during regular business hours
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
In addition, copies of all documents are available at the
Markleeville Library and Archives, 270 Laramie Street, P.O. Box 187,
Markleeville, CA, 96120; (530) 694-2120.
Background
The Paiute cutthroat trout was listed as endangered by the Service
under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 on March 11, 1967
(Service 1967) and reclassified to threatened under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 on July 16, 1975 (Service 1975). Silver King Creek,
from Llewellyn Falls downstream to Silver King Canyon, and its
associated tributaries in Alpine County, California, comprise the
native historical range of the Paiute cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus
clarkii seleniris) (Service 2004).
The fish now present in the Silver King Creek watershed between
Llewellyn Falls and Silver King Canyon are a genetic mixture of
introduced rainbow trout (O. mykiss), Lahontan cutthroat trout (O. c.
henshawi), golden trout (O. aquabonita ssp.), and Paiute cutthroat
trout. Hybridization with nonnative trout species is the primary threat
to Paiute cutthroat trout within its historical range (Service 2004).
Fishery restoration efforts involving Paiute cutthroat trout span from
1950 to the present and include prior removals of nonnative and
hybridized fish, as well as establishing and maintaining introduced
populations of nonhybridized Paiute cutthroat trout. Populations of
Paiute cutthroat trout have been established in several California
streams outside the Silver King Creek watershed, including the North
Fork of Cottonwood Creek and Cabin Creek in the Inyo National Forest
(Mono County), Sharktooth Creek (Fresno County), and Stairway Creek
(Madera County) both on the Sierra National Forest.
Paiute cutthroat trout are currently found in Silver King Creek
upstream of Llewellyn Falls, where a previously-introduced population
was restored by CDFG in the early 1990's and in other tributaries where
populations have been established within the watershed (e.g., Four Mile
Creek, Fly Valley Creek, Coyote Creek and Corral Valley Creek).
The project would implement the first and second recovery actions
listed in the Paiute Cutthroat Trout Revised Recovery Plan (Service
2004) which lists actions to restore, recover, and ultimately delist
the species. The objective of the proposed project is to return Paiute
cutthroat trout back to its historical range and establish them as the
only salmonid fish species in Silver King Creek to prevent
hybridization with other trout. This is an important and necessary step
in preventing Paiute cutthroat trout from going extinct and
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also in conserving the species and restoring it to a level that would
allow it to be removed from the Federal threatened species list. Under
current conditions, easy public access between stream reaches
downstream and upstream of Llewellyn Falls may result in a future
unauthorized transplant of nonnative and/or hybridized fish to areas
above the falls.
Under the proposed project, the agencies would: (1) Use chemical
treatment (rotenone) to eradicate nonnative trout from Silver King
Creek and its tributaries between Llewellyn Falls and Silver King
Canyon; (2) Neutralize the rotenone downstream of Silver King Canyon to
the 30-minute travel time mark near the confluence with Snodgrass Creek
using potassium permanganate; and (3) Restock the project area with
Paiute cutthroat trout from established donor streams in the upper
Silver King Creek watershed (i.e., Fly Valley, Four Mile, Silver King
Creek, or possibly Coyote Creek).
The proposed stocking of Paiute cutthroat trout will expand the
current population size and distribution downstream from Llewellyn
Falls to a series of six impassible fish barriers in Silver King Canyon
and associated tributaries. These barriers, the two highest being 8 and
10 feet high, would prevent any reinvasion of nonnative trout from
areas downstream of the project area and greatly reduce the likelihood
of and impacts from any future illegal nonnative species introduction.
By expanding the populations and range of the species, the project
would also increase the probability of long-term viability and reduce
threats from genetic bottlenecking and stochastic events.
The proposed project also includes pre-treatment biological surveys
and monitoring for amphibians and aquatic macroinvertebrates; placement
of signs to inform the public; water quality monitoring (during and
post treatment); and post-treatment biological monitoring. The Agencies
would apply rotenone to the project area in the summers of 2010 and
2011 (and 2012 if needed). Additional treatments would be scheduled as
necessary to ensure complete removal of nonnative trout from the
project area.
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance
The analysis provided in the Final EIR/EIS is intended to
accomplish the following: Inform the public of the agencies' proposed
action and alternatives; address public comments received on the Draft
EIS/EIR; disclose the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental
effects of our proposed action and alternatives; and indicate any
irreversible commitment of resources that would result from
implementation of the proposed action and alternatives. Additionally,
the agencies responded to 21 individual comment letters on the Draft
EIS/EIR. A response to each comment received in these letters has been
included in the Final EIS/EIR (Appendix I). Additionally, the agencies
received over 500 support letters for the project.
Public Involvement
The agencies issued a notice of intent to prepare an EIS/EIR for
the proposed project, on June 2, 2006 (71 FR 32125) and a notice of
availability of the Draft EIS/EIR for the proposed project on March 20,
2009 (74 FR 11965). The Draft EIS/EIR analyzed the potential
environmental impacts that may result from the proposed action and
alternatives.
Public Review
Copies of the final EIS are available for review (see Availability
of Documents). Any comments received will become part of the
administrative record and may be available to the public. Before
submitting comments that include your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information, you should be aware
that your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you may
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
The final EIS includes all comments we received on the draft EIS,
and our responses to those comments. No decision will be made on the
proposed action until at least 30 days after the Environmental
Protection Agency's publication of their notice in the Federal
Register. After the 30-day waiting period, we will complete a Record of
Decision that announces the action that will be implemented and
discusses all factors leading to the decision.
This notice is provided under regulations for implementing NEPA, as
amended (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: April 1, 2010.
Ken McDermond,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, Sacramento,
California.
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