Jamison Creek (1995)

Meander reconstruction and bank stabilization was carried out on 2,000 feet of creek which flows through Plumas Eureka State Park into the Middle Fork of the Feather River. Excess sediment, caused by hard rock gold mining and associated logging, accelerated erosion leading to water quality problems. The braided stream channels were reformed into one channel, banks and floodplains were cut back to reduce stream entrenchment and then re-vegetated using biotechnical, seed and container plantings. Sponsored by California Department of Parks and Recreation and the Plumas County Community Development Commission, coordinated by Plumas Corporation and constructed by local contractors for $180,000 with $90,000 SWRCB Clean Water Act funds and $90,000 California Natural Heritage Stewardship fund. The project used displaced timber industry workers through the Jobs in the Woods program for some of the construction.

(2005)

This project was initiated by Cyndi Walck, California State Parks Geologist. The project entailed removing a failed irrigation dam and replacing the dam with a series of fish passable step-pools that raised the elevation of the streambed to the intake of the existing Lundy irrigation ditch. Raising the bed with the step-pools also addressed a head-cutting problem that had caused channel degradation. Feather River CRM staff assisted on the project including initial CEQA preparation, survey contract administration, design and construction consultations, and construction implementation. Total Feather River CRM budget for the project was $39,000, provided by California State Department of Parks and Recreation. Maintenance to the step-pools was done in 2006, due to movement of boulders during the December 31, 2005 flood event.

Post-project June 2006