Enhanced – Habitat is considered enhanced when actions are taken that heighten, intensify or improve one or more existing habitat functions for the benefit of special status species.

Restored – Habitat is considered restored when actions have been taken that re-establish or substantially rehabilitate that habitat with the goal of returning natural or historic functions and characteristics.

Special status species – Any species in the Tahoe Basin that is listed as threatened, endangered, sensitive or petitioned at the federal, state or regional level, or are included in the USFS list of sensitive species, species of concern, or species of interest, or included in TRPA’s threshold species list. Species may be listed because of low population or distribution, declining abundance or other factors.

Stream habitat – Any of the 64 established Tahoe watershed streams is considered stream habitat. The length of stream channel restored or enhanced is measured for this PM, but work done on land surrounding the channel is not counted (and is instead covered in the Acres of Habitat Restored or Enhanced PM). 

This information is entered into the EIP Database by the implementing agency’s project manager after completing field operations on the project and before the end of December of that year. Projects that take place over more than one year report project length completed during each year by December 31st of that year.