On Sunday's OC Register, an article by Brooke Edwards Staggs appeared
announcing that the U. S. Forester Service is considering removing old rock
dams and other obstructions to improve the ability of Southern Steelhead,
trout, and arroyo chub to move freely in the Trabuco, Silverado, Holy Jim,
and San Juan creeks.  

 

Public feedback to the federal agencies is very important in the decision
making project.  Accordingly, the Cleveland National Forest Officials have
invited the public to submit feedback on the proposal by emailing your
comments to [log in to unmask] or mailing them to Kirsten Winters, Cleveland
National Forest,  10845 Rancho Bernardo Road #200, San Diego, CA 92127.
Comments are due by Friday, April 19 so time is of the essence.

 

By way of background, the Sierra Sage Group of the Sierra Club have long
been on record as encouraging the various public bodies to remove barriers
to the natural movement of fish in these streams.  A few years ago,
steelhead were discovered attempting to migrate up the Trabuco Creek for
spawning purposes as they currently do in the San Mateo Creek.
Unfortunately, they were stopped by concrete structures and were never able
to make it upstream.  While this proposal only addresses the portions of the
streams in the National Forest, it is a start.  Hopefully, their action will
provide an impetus to Cal Trans and others to remove the artificial barriers
on the lower portion of the streams..

 

Please send an email or letter to Kirsten Winter this week to show our
support for this action.

 

Mike Sappingfield

Sierra Sage Group

Sierra Club

 

 


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