HomeMy WebLinkAbout09.30.20 FW_ BCRCD Grant Application Letter of Support
From:Schuman, Amy
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra;
McCracken, Shari;Paulsen, Shaina;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen;
Teeter, Doug
Cc:Moak, Peggy;Pickett, Andy;Gosselin, Paul;Hatcher, Casey;Daneluk, Paula;Schmidt, Dennis
Subject:FW: BCRCD Grant Application Letter of Support
Date:Thursday, October 1, 2020 8:51:41 AM
Attachments:9-30-20 CC Letter of Support-BCRCD Meadow Restoration Planning Grant.pdf
Good morning Supervisors,
Please see the email below from Peggy Moak and attachment for your records.
Thank you,
Amy Schuman
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
O: 530.552.3300 |D: 530.552.3308 | F: 530.538.7120
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From: Moak, Peggy
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 3:37 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: FW: BCRCD Grant Application Letter of Support
Hi there: Could you please forward this to the Board for their records?
Thanks so much,
Peggy Moak
Special Projects
25 County Center Drive, Suite 213, Oroville, CA 95965
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From: Moak, Peggy
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 3:35 PM
To: Walker, Thad <thad@bcrcd.org>
Cc: BOS <BOS@buttecounty.net>; Pickett, Andy <APickett@buttecounty.net>; Bob Gage
(bobgage65@gmail.com) <bobgage65@gmail.com>; Carolyn Denero
<carolyn@explorebuttecounty.com>; Daniel Taverner <Daniel.Taverner@ca.usda.gov>; Frank
Stewart <rpf235@comcast.net>; Gosselin, Paul <PGosselin@buttecounty.net>; Hatcher, Casey
<CHatcher@buttecounty.net>; Holly Jorgensen <holly@sacriver.org>; Nick Repanich
<nickr@philbrooklake.com>; Patricia Puterbaugh <pmputerbaugh@yahoo.com>; Paula Daneluk
<pdaneluk@buttecounty.net>; Peggy Moak (pmoak19@gmail.com) <pmoak19@gmail.com>;
Pickett, Andy <APickett@buttecounty.net>; Schmidt, Dennis <DSchmidt@buttecounty.net>; Teri
Faulkner <terifa@ix.netcom.com>; Thad Walker <thadwalker@chicovelo.org>; Vance Severin
<mrshred@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: BCRCD Grant Application Letter of Support
Thad: Thank you for your presentation at today’s Federal/State Land Use Coordinating Committee
meeting. The Committee is pleased to offer the attached letter of support for the Butte Creek
House Meadow Restoration Planning Grant Application. Thank you for the work you do to support
meadow and forest health.
Best,
Peggy Moak
Special Projects
25 County Center Drive, Suite 213, Oroville, CA 95965
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BUTTECOUNTYFEDERAL/STATELANDUSE
COORDINATINGCOMMITTEE
7COUNTYCENTERDRIVE
OROVILLE,CA95965
September 30, 2020
John Donnelly
Executive Director
Wildlife Conservation Board
Dear John Donnelly,
The Butte County Federal/State Land Use Coordinating Committee (Committee) is writing to support Butte County
Resource Conservation District’s (BCRCD) application for 2020 Stream Flow Enhancement Program grant to
complete meadow restoration planning and CEQA for the Butte Creek House Ecological Reserve. The Committee
is charged with advising the Board of Supervisors on current public lands management issues, and functions under
the Brown Act for public meetings.
The Butte Creek House Ecological Reserve is a 320-acre property that contains a degraded wet-meadow and
brook trout fishery that lies at the headwaters of Butte Creek. This meadow also helps support one of only three
Central Valley Streams containing a self-sustaining population of spring-run Chinook Salmon. Additionally, the
Butte Creek House Ecological Reserve also provides habitat for listed species (sandhill crane, willow flycatcher,
cascade frog, Sierra-Nevada yellow legged frog, spotted owl, and northern goshawk).
Restoration of this meadow will improve aquatic and terrestrial habitat for native species that depend on
meadow habitat. Other meadow restoration projects have demonstrated that a restored meadow can result in an
increase in water storage capacity, reduced water temperatures in summer, higher dissolved oxygen levels,
reduced erosion and sediment delivery, and increased carbon storage.
In conclusion, the Committee strongly supports the efforts of BCRCD to seek funding for meadow restoration for
Butte Creek House Ecological Reserve.
Sincerely,
Peggy Moak
Butte County Federal/State Land Use Coordinating Committee
cc: Butte County Board of Supervisors
Butte County Forest Advisory Committee
Butte County Resource Conservation District
Butte County Chief Administrative Officer