applicants. Many of the potential long-term restoration activities, such as road de-commissioning, would involve technical skills requiring specialized training. YTFP is implementing instream and floodplain restoration activities, including activities defined in the LKRWRP, as part of the Tribe’s fisheries habitat restoration program. Restoration and BMP installation activities have commenced along stretches of Turwar, Hunter, Waukell, McGarvey, Blue, and Tectah Creeks. Implemented projects include: Bank Stabilization Tree Planting in riparian and floodplains Fencing/Barrier Control Large Woody Debris Placement Side channel creation and enhancement Invasive Plant Removal Tribe Watershed Restoration Department (YTWRD) YTWRD by way of its Road Maintenance Division (RMD) works throughout the Yurok Reservation to implements BMPs that maintain and improve Tribal roads. The RMD follows the recommendations within the Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program’s manual A Water Quality and Stream Habitat Protection for roadway maintenance. The Manual for County Road Maintenance in Northwestern California Watersheds manual covers management practices related to the routine and emergency repair and maintenance of county roads and related facilities. Road maintenance includes actions taken to prevent erosion and/or the deterioration of a roadway, such as the cutbank, road surface, fillslope and all drainage structures. YTWRD is implementing watershed restoration activities as part of the Tribe’s NPS Program with funds from the USEPA in accordance with the Clean Water Act. YTWRD receives funding from many other agencies to implement BMPs designed to mitigate NPS sources. BMP installation activities have commenced in Turwar Creek, McGarvey Creek, Blue Creek, Hunter Creek, Pecwan Creek, and the Trinity River. Implemented BMPs include: Sediment Traps Road Removal Road Grading and Realignment Stream Crossing (bridge and culvert) Rehabilitation Bank Stabilization Tree Planting Invasive Plant Removal Other The Planning Department and Tribe Housing Authority will follow land use zoning prescribed in an adopted Land Use Plan. The draft Land Use Plan utilizes a process of parcel rating and ranking to determine a parcel’s score. The scored parcel were then mapped and compared with the current areas of development or lack of development on the reservation to determine future land use. Future land use varies from the development of houses or community facilities to the preservation of open space areas for cultural activities
applicants. Many of the potential long-term restoration activities, such as road de-commissioning, would involve technical skills requiring specialized training. YTFP is implementing instream and floodplain restoration activities, including activities defined in the LKRWRP, as part of the Tribe’s fisheries habitat restoration program. Restoration and BMP installation activities have commenced along stretches of Turwar, Hunter, Waukell, McGarvey, Blue, and Tectah Creeks. Implemented projects include: Bank Stabilization Tree Planting in riparian and floodplains Fencing/Barrier Control Large Woody Debris Placement Side channel creation and enhancement Invasive Plant Removal Tribe Watershed Restoration Department (YTWRD) YTWRD by way of its Road Maintenance Division (RMD) works throughout the Yurok Reservation to implements BMPs that maintain and improve Tribal roads. The RMD follows the recommendations within the Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program’s manual A Water Quality and Stream Habitat Protection Manual for County Road Maintenance in Northwestern California Watersheds for roadway maintenance. The manual covers management practices related to the routine and emergency repair and maintenance of county roads and related facilities. Road maintenance includes actions taken to prevent erosion and/or the deterioration of a roadway, such as the cutbank, road surface, fillslope and all drainage structures. YTWRD is implementing watershed restoration activities as part of the Tribe’s NPS Program with funds from the USEPA in accordance with the Clean Water Act. YTWRD receives funding from many other agencies to implement BMPs designed to mitigate NPS sources. BMP installation activities have commenced in Turwar Creek, McGarvey Creek, Blue Creek, Hunter Creek, Pecwan Creek, and the Trinity River. Implemented BMPs include: Sediment Traps Road Removal Road Grading and Realignment Stream Crossing (bridge and culvert) Rehabilitation Bank Stabilization Tree Planting Invasive Plant Removal Other The Planning Department and Tribe Housing Authority will follow land use zoning prescribed in an adopted Land Use Plan. The draft Land Use Plan utilizes a process of parcel rating and ranking to determine a parcel’s score. The scored parcel were then mapped and compared with the current areas of development or lack of development on the reservation to determine future land use. Future land use varies from the development of houses or community facilities to the preservation of open space areas for cultural activities
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