Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
Implementers
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
Primary Contact
Cale Pete (cale.pete@washoetribe.us)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2019 - 2024
Watershed Restoration Program
Restore Priority Meadows, Wetlands, and Lake Tahoe Tributaries
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.
Key Accomplishments
Educational and Interpretive Programs Produced: 4
Threshold Categories
Vegetation Preservation
Pre -Conifer removal
Location
Expenditures
Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $201,009 (Estimated Cost: $1,078,104)
Proposition 68 (CTC): $89,700
National Fish and Wildlife Fo... (NFWF): $111,309
Photos
Before
Pre -Conifer removal, hand thinning volunteer engagement
During
One of Fourteen piezometers in the 300 acre meadow , logging fluctuations in groundwater levels