Little Last Chance Creek (2007)

Located in Sierra Valley, the Little Last Chance Creek project area is broken into three treatment reaches: the Guidici Ranch, the North Creek and the East Creek. The Guidici Ranch is located at the top of the alluvial fan in the most constricted part of the valley. Project design for the Guidici Ranch involved treating nine bank sections along a one-mile stretch of channel through reshaping of vertical banks, vegetating, and installing boulder vanes to direct the force of flows away from eroding terrace banks. On the North and East Creeks, a combination of concentrated flows, highway culverts, loss of sediment supply, and intensive agricultural use have contributed to the development of gully channels to an existing depth of three to nine feet. Restoration for these treatment reaches consisted of using riffle augmentation to allow high flows to spill out onto the floodplain. The project also included grazing management changes through the use of fencing. Total project budget is $973,250. The Plumas Watershed Forum and Resource Advisory Council (RAC) approved funding for a required 25% funding match for a State Water Resources Control Board Prop 40 grant that funded a complex of projects in the Upper Middle Fork Feather River watershed. Contributing partners included Plumas National Forest, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the landowners. Construction began in October and was completed in December 2007. Post-project monitoring and further vegetation work will be completed in 2008.

Guidici Ranch Little Last Chance Creek Final Report

Upper Middle Fork Feather River Complex Final Project and Monitoring Report (2010)

Guidici Ranch
Pre-project October 2007	Post-project September 2009
Pre-project October 2007	Post-project October 2008
East Creek
Pre-project October 2007	Post-project September 2009
Pre-project October 2007	Post-project September 2009
Pre-project October 2007	Post-project September 2009
Pre-project October 2007	Post-project September 2009