[env-trinity] Trinity Journal- Wheel Gulch project ramping up this week

[Tom Stokely]

Wheel Gulch project ramping up this week

http://www.trinityjournal.com/news/2011-07-06/News/Wheel_Gulch_project_ramping_up_this_week.html 

This year’s Trinity River Restoration Program mechanical channel rehabilitation project is ramping up this week at the Wheel Gulch site, about three miles downstream of Junction City.

Initial work on the Wheel Gulch Channel Rehabilitation Project will include surveying and construction staking of the project boundaries. Heavy equipment is slated to move in this week with clearing and grubbing to start shortly thereafter.

TRRP can only work in the river during the July 15 to Sept. 15 in-river work period. While in-river construction will be completed by Sept. 15, floodplain and upslope work will continue until construction is done in December. The site is primarily on private lands and is closed to public access.

An open house to discuss Wheel Gulch work and to present preliminary TRRP designs for future river restoration is scheduled for 6 p.m. July 27 at the North Fork Grange Hall on Dutch Creek Road in Junction City.

Boaters are cautioned to be aware that construction equipment may be working in the river between July 15 and Sept. 15. TRRP also advises the public to be careful of heavy equipment along Highway 299 in proximity of the project.

The project is designed to increase shallow lowvelocity areas for salmonid fry rearing and to increase and maintain fish habitat complexity in the Trinity River. This project is being implemented under direction of the TRRP in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Water Resources, and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

If you have any questions concerning this project, public meetings, or future TRRP restoration plans, call TRRP at 623-1800 or stop by the office next to Tops Super Foods in Weaverville.

For more information about the TRRP rehabilitation projects visit www.trrp net.


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