Lake Tahoe EIP

Upper Truckee River Johnson Meadow Acquisition

Project Number
03.01.01.0001
Action Priority
Improve Public Access
Implementers
Tahoe Resource Conservation District, California Tahoe Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Primary Contact
Mollie Hurt (mhurt@tahoercd.org)
Stage
Completed
Duration
2015 - 2018
Sustainable Recreation Program Improve Public Access
This project included the acquisition of a 206+ acre meadow property along the Upper Truckee Rive. Significant restoration opportunities (See EIP Project #01.02.01.0030 Upper Truckee River Johnson Meadow Restoration Project) will be pursued following acquisition, including filling an erosive gully channel and restoring the main river channel to function more naturally and benefit water quality and wildlife habitat. Dispersed public recreation opportunities will be provided with a future project.

Key Accomplishments

  • Acres of Environmentally Sensitive Land Acquired: 206 acres

Threshold Categories

  • Soil Conservation
  • Water Quality
Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 bridge, looking upstream into Johnson Meadow, December 29, 2016
(Timing: Before) (~3,171 KB)
Credit: Shane Romsos Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 bridge, looking upstream into Johnson Meadow, December 29, 2016

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $8,315,000
(Estimated Cost: $8,315,000)
Proposition 1 (CTC): $4,215,000

Proposition 1 (CDFW): $4,000,000

Tahoe Fund (Tahoe Fund): $100,000

Photos

Before
Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 bridge, December 29, 2016
(Timing: Before) (~1,712 KB)
Credit: Shane Romsos
Upper Truckee River at Highway 50 bridge, December 29, 2016
Truckee River ridge at Johnson Meadow, January 2017
(Timing: Before) (~7,213 KB)
Credit: Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Truckee River ridge at Johnson Meadow, January 2017
After
Johnson Meadow
(Timing: After) (~2,288 KB)
Credit: Tahoe Resource Conservation District
Johnson Meadow

Project Fact Sheet Data as of 11/15/2024