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Overview
Basics
Basics
The Máyala Wáta Restoration project seeks to restore approximately 280 acres of meadow habitat in Meeks Meadow though a number of techniques including conifer removal, vegetative treatments, and cultural prescribed fire. The Washoe Tribe Environmental Protection department (WEPD) will continue working with the Forest Service on the implementation of the project.
Implementation
2019
2021
2024
$1,078,104
Cale Pete (cale.pete@washoetribe.us)
09/13/2021
01/22/2024
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EIP Details
EIP Basics
EIP Basics
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Acres of Habitat Restored or Enhanced | [Action Performed: Restored], [Habitat Type: Wet Meadows] | 200 | acres |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: General Forest] | 200 | acres |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Hand Thinning], [Treatment Zone: General Forest] | 100 | acres |
| Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment | [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: U.S. Forest Service], [Treatment Type: Prescribed Burning], [Treatment Zone: General Forest] | 300 | acres |
Reported Performance Measures
Reported Performance Measures
| Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Total | Units | |||
| Primary EIP Program | Program Objective | Program Status | |||||
| Stewardship | Education and Interpretation | Delivered | 0 | 0 | number | ||
| Stewardship | Education and Interpretation | Produced | 2 | 2 | 4 | number | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | number | ||
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$1,078,104
$816,500
$261,604
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| California Tahoe Conservancy (CTC) | $368,270 | $368,270 | $0 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) | $448,230 | $448,230 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $816,500 | $816,500 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
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| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | $111,309 | $16,328 | $3,545 | $20,661 | $70,775 | $0 |
| Proposition 68 | $89,700 | $37,926 | $28,994 | $22,780 | $0 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $201,009 | $54,254 | $32,539 | $43,441 | $70,775 | $0 |
Photos
Pre -Conifer removal
(Timing: Before) (~5,402 KB)
Washoe Environmental Protection staff and Washoe Tribal Youth Worker conducting ground water measurements in Meeks Meadow in the summer of 2023.
(Timing: During) (~176 KB)
Pre -Conifer removal, hand thinning volunteer engagement
(Timing: Before) (~1,356 KB)
Washoe Environmental Protection staff conducting ground water monitoring surveys in the fall of 2023.
(Timing: During) (~177 KB)
Downloading groundwater data
(Timing: During) (~205 KB)
One of Fourteen piezometers in the 300 acre meadow , logging fluctuations in groundwater levels
(Timing: During) (~1,485 KB)
Other Details
Watersheds
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Threshold Categories
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The Máyala Wáta Restoration project will remove encroached conifers from a montane meadow to increase the groundwater levels for meadow vegetation with cultural significance to the Washoe Tribe. Vegetation monitoring will continue as funding allows to asses changes in composition over time.
Local and Regional Plans
Related Projects
Related Projects
01.02.01.0095 - Máyala Wáta Restoration Project (Phase 2) is associated with following groups of projects.
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