Lake Tahoe EIP

TYC Conservation Strategy Phase II

Project Number
02.02.01.0024
Action Priority
Restore Native Vegetation and Forest Communities
Implementers
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Primary Contact
Beth Vollmer (bvollmer@trpa.gov)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2016 - 2026
Forest Restoration Program Restore Native Vegetation and Forest Communities
Successful implementation of the Tahoe yellow cress (TYC) Conservation Strategy (CS2015) will continue to prevent the need to list TYC under the ESA and will protect the species per California and Nevada State law. The TYC CS established management goals and objectives to provide measurable targets for the conservation and management of TYC within the adaptive management framework. These goals are: G1: Protect TYC plants and habitat on public lands, G2: Promote stewardship, protection, awareness of TYC on private lands, G3: Manage TYC populations for persistence, G4: Utilize key management questions to direct research, G5: Continue long-term monitoring, G6: Use adaptive mgmt framework

Key Accomplishments

  • People Served: 4
  • Special Status Species Sites Protected or Re-Established: 10

Threshold Categories

  • Vegetation Preservation
Tahoe Yellow Cress on a Tahoe beach
(Timing: During) (~303 KB)
Credit: TRPA Tahoe Yellow Cress on a Tahoe beach

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $30,000
(Estimated Cost: $1,500,000)
Reno Fish and Wildlife OFfic... (USFWS): $30,000

Photos

Before
TYC fencing in need of repair at Baldwin beach 2021
(Timing: Before) (~4,135 KB)
Credit: USFS
TYC fencing in need of repair at Baldwin beach 2021
Nevada Beach enclosure before maintenance. 
(Timing: Before) (~101 KB)
Credit: USFS- LTBMU
Nevada Beach enclosure before maintenance.
During
Volunteers rebuilding fencing at Baldwin Beach, 2021
(Timing: During) (~3,918 KB)
Credit: USFS
Volunteers rebuilding fencing at Baldwin Beach, 2021
Constructed a refuge area at the mouth of Taylor Creek by installing large logs, boulders, and constructing a line of fencing. This refuge area was constructed as a translocation repository and perm
(Timing: During) (~3,276 KB)
Credit: USFS- LTBMU
Constructed a refuge area at the mouth of Taylor Creek by installing large logs, boulders, and constructing a line of fencing. This refuge area was constructed as a translocation repository and perm
After
Volunteer rebuilt fencing at Baldwin Beach, 2021
(Timing: After) (~4,047 KB)
Credit: USFS
Volunteer rebuilt fencing at Baldwin Beach, 2021
LTBMU maintained existing enclosure around the outlet of Burke Creek at NV Beach.
(Timing: After) (~84 KB)
Credit: USFS- LTBMU
LTBMU maintained existing enclosure around the outlet of Burke Creek at NV Beach.

Project Fact Sheet Data as of 05/05/2024