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Project
Description:
The Ramelli Ditch Restoration project proposes to ensure a
safe and reliable supply of irrigation water to a downstream water
user by placing a 12” pipe into an existing mile and a half historic
irrigation ditch. This will ensure the ditch does not fail causing
sedimentation into Grizzly Creek in the event of a blowout. The
project is economically and socially feasible. We can lay a HDPE
pipe into the ditch at minimal cost now vs. trying to repair the
ditch after it blows out.
Initial benefits are numerous and include the reduction of seepage,
thereby decreasing water use; increased water yields; downstream
sediment reduction; rangeland improvement; wildlife habitat
enhancement; and scenic enrichment for forest visitors and travelers
along the Hwy 70 rest area.
Potential benefits, once the water delivery system is secure,
include an all encompassing ranch plan developed by the NRCS
-Greenville District with the ranch permittee. The ranch plan will
include irrigation management with lateral irrigation pipe lines,
permanent fences to control livestock use on the meadows, duck
ponds, and off-site livestock watering troughs. This will be,
‘Phase 2’ and will be submitted to NRCS through it’s EQIP program.
These potential projects will be analyzed in the Plumas National
Forests’ 2008 Range NEPA process. |
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Project
Goals/Objectives:
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Improves water quality (reduced sedimentation) and
streambank protection
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Improves upland vegetation management by ensuring the
irrigated pasture, through a non-repairable blown out irrigation
ditch, will not become dewatered and turn into a dry dust bowl of
weeds and bare ground, which would exasperate the sediment discharge
from the uplands. |
