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Council asks region to return with comprehensive plan for Jenkins Flat Reservoir dredging

Wildlife Habitat Council · March 22, 2024
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Summary

Faced with a near-$376,000 dredging estimate and concerns that upstream sediment sources were not addressed, the council asked Central Region staff and the Forest Service to return with a broader watershed restoration plan before committing funds to Jenkins Flat Reservoir dredging.

Central Region sport-fish biologist Tyler Robinson presented an urgent request to restore Jenkins Flat Reservoir, which has accumulated an estimated 18,000 cubic yards of sediment since major post-fire runoff. Early cost estimates from five years ago have risen because the Forest Service’s regulations (visual-byway constraints) prevent leaving sediment on-site; that…

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