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Several projects in the Tahoe National Forest will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and local contractors are invited to bid on them.
One of the projects will repair the septic system at the Emergency Command Center in Grass Valley.
More than $6 million has been received for projects in the last several months, including road maintenance and watershed restoration, fuel reduction and forest health, reclamation of abandoned mine features and recreation facility and trail maintenance.
Contractors interested in bidding on the projects can visit FedBizOpps.gov for more information.
“This funding will accomplish important work on the ground for the National Forest resources and provide greater safety for the public,” said Forest Supervisor Tom Quinn. “The projects also will put people to work, as the majority will be contracted out to private businesses.”
The watershed and roads projects are in Sierra County at Perazzo Meadows, midway between Sierraville and Truckee, and in the Davies and Merrill watersheds, northeast of Truckee.
For Perazzo Meadows, a multi-phase project was designed to restore the meadow ecosystem, relocate the stream channel to its original location and enhance aquatic habitat.
For the Davies/Merrill Watershed, the project will improve the drainages along the roads adjacent to the meadows by installing culverts, water crossings and water bars. It also will remove old railroad grades that have acted like dams to restrict water flow. Funding will also be used to gravel road surfaces, reducing sedimentation and to revegetate several sites.
Four hazardous fuel reduction projects were funded in Sierra County, including thinning and piling of hazardous fuels adjacent to Loyalton Pines and along the Pliocene Ridge Road between Alleghany and Forest.
Fourteen abandoned mine feature reclamation projects have been funded: Four in Nevada County; seven in Sierra County; and three in Placer County; all are in remote areas.
The projects will address hazardous mine openings by closing adits or shafts or installing bat-friendly grates. Abandoned and unusable equipment will be removed along with any hazardous materials if found. Crews will also be removing any physical safety hazards such as dangerous structures and restoring steep erosive slopes. For one project, hazardous mine tailings containing lead, arsenic and mercury will be dug up and removed to a hazardous materials repository.
Funding also has been approved to maintain a variety of recreational facilities, including campground water systems in Yuba and Sierra counties; improving picnic and campground sites in Yuba and Sierra counties; maintaining trails in the Granite Chief Wilderness in Placer County; and removal of a minimally used picnic area in Nevada County.
Several projects have been very recently approved for funding to improve forest health through thinning, mastication of brush and small trees, hand cutting and piling, and mistletoe pruning in Sierra and Placer counties.
One of the projects will repair the septic system at the Emergency Command Center in Grass Valley.
More than $6 million has been received for projects in the last several months, including road maintenance and watershed restoration, fuel reduction and forest health, reclamation of abandoned mine features and recreation facility and trail maintenance.
Contractors interested in bidding on the projects can visit FedBizOpps.gov for more information.
“This funding will accomplish important work on the ground for the National Forest resources and provide greater safety for the public,” said Forest Supervisor Tom Quinn. “The projects also will put people to work, as the majority will be contracted out to private businesses.”
The watershed and roads projects are in Sierra County at Perazzo Meadows, midway between Sierraville and Truckee, and in the Davies and Merrill watersheds, northeast of Truckee.
For Perazzo Meadows, a multi-phase project was designed to restore the meadow ecosystem, relocate the stream channel to its original location and enhance aquatic habitat.
For the Davies/Merrill Watershed, the project will improve the drainages along the roads adjacent to the meadows by installing culverts, water crossings and water bars. It also will remove old railroad grades that have acted like dams to restrict water flow. Funding will also be used to gravel road surfaces, reducing sedimentation and to revegetate several sites.
Four hazardous fuel reduction projects were funded in Sierra County, including thinning and piling of hazardous fuels adjacent to Loyalton Pines and along the Pliocene Ridge Road between Alleghany and Forest.
Fourteen abandoned mine feature reclamation projects have been funded: Four in Nevada County; seven in Sierra County; and three in Placer County; all are in remote areas.
The projects will address hazardous mine openings by closing adits or shafts or installing bat-friendly grates. Abandoned and unusable equipment will be removed along with any hazardous materials if found. Crews will also be removing any physical safety hazards such as dangerous structures and restoring steep erosive slopes. For one project, hazardous mine tailings containing lead, arsenic and mercury will be dug up and removed to a hazardous materials repository.
Funding also has been approved to maintain a variety of recreational facilities, including campground water systems in Yuba and Sierra counties; improving picnic and campground sites in Yuba and Sierra counties; maintaining trails in the Granite Chief Wilderness in Placer County; and removal of a minimally used picnic area in Nevada County.
Several projects have been very recently approved for funding to improve forest health through thinning, mastication of brush and small trees, hand cutting and piling, and mistletoe pruning in Sierra and Placer counties.
