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Lake Tahoe EIP

High Meadows Phase II- east and middle meadow

Project Number
01.02.01.0064
Action Priority
Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
Implementers
U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
David Immeker (david.immeker@usda.gov)
Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2027 - 2031
Watershed Restoration Program Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
This project is implementing a phase of meadow/riparian area restoration work identified within and around the 185-acre High Meadows Complex and thinning of the forest surrounding the meadow. This project would implement restoration actions to enhance 120 acres of meadow/riparian habitat through removal of lodgepole pine encroachment in and around the meadow, and an additional 1.5 miles of stream/floodplain restoration. Stream restoration would include replacing stream flow into constructed and historic channels where they are currently flowing in ditches, filling of existing ditches, placing large wood in the channel, and constructing smaller in-channel structures.

Key Accomplishments

Accomplishments to be provided upon completion of project

Threshold Categories

  • Fisheries
  • Wildlife
Stream flow in an incised ditch in the forest next to the East Meadow. This flow should be flowing in the dry channel in the East Meadow, but is instead captured by this ditch. Photo taken 2022. (Timing: Before) (~646 KB) Credit: David Immeker Stream flow in an incised ditch in the forest next to the East Meadow. This flow should be flowing in the dry channel in the East Meadow, but is instead captured by this ditch. Photo taken 2022.

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Photos

Before
Looking up the East Meadow. The stream flow that should be in the channel in this meadow is instead in a ditch in the forest to the right of the photo. Photo taken 2022. (Timing: Before) (~563 KB) Credit: David Immeker
Looking up the East Meadow. The stream flow that should be in the channel in this meadow is instead in a ditch in the forest to the right of the photo. Photo taken 2022.
Photo taken standing near the top of the East Meadow, looking down the meadow. Photo taken 2022. (Timing: Before) (~624 KB) Credit: David Immeker
Photo taken standing near the top of the East Meadow, looking down the meadow. Photo taken 2022.
Another photo of the incised ditch in the forest next to the East Meadow, where all the flow has been diverted. This stream should be flowing out in the channel in the East Meadow. 2022 (Timing: Before) (~666 KB) Credit: David Immeker
Another photo of the incised ditch in the forest next to the East Meadow, where all the flow has been diverted. This stream should be flowing out in the channel in the East Meadow. 2022
Another photo of the incised ditch in the forest next to the East Meadow, where all the flow has been diverted. This stream should be flowing out in the channel in the East Meadow. 2022. (Timing: Before) (~637 KB) Credit: David Immeker
Another photo of the incised ditch in the forest next to the East Meadow, where all the flow has been diverted. This stream should be flowing out in the channel in the East Meadow. 2022.
Stringer meadow near the main East Meadow. 2022 (Timing: Before) (~631 KB) Credit: David Immeker
Stringer meadow near the main East Meadow. 2022
Stringer meadow near the main East Meadow. Lots of conifer encroachment in meadow, and dense tree growth around this spring fed meadow. 2022. (Timing: Before) (~605 KB) Credit: David Immeker
Stringer meadow near the main East Meadow. Lots of conifer encroachment in meadow, and dense tree growth around this spring fed meadow. 2022.
Project Fact Sheet Data as of 07/11/2025