North Cache Valley Watershed Plan-EA
Sponsor: Franklin County — Co-sponsor: Cub River Irrigation Company
Page updated: September 2021
Project Description
Previously: Cub River Watershed Plan-EA
The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), with Franklin County as the project sponsor and Cub River Irrigation Company as project co-sponsors, is proposing to partially fund watershed protection measures through the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law [PL] 83-566) in Franklin County, Idaho and Cache County, Utah. The work measures being proposed within the Bear River Watershed include:
- Flood Prevention in Lewiston City and surrounding agricultural lands
- Agricultural Water Management to provide a reliable irrigation water supply and a sustainable conveyance system
- Fish and wildlife habitat enhancement to allow water to remain in Bear River longer
- Recreation Opportunities
NEPA Analysis
NRCS, as the lead federal agency, is initiating National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis in the form of a Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) to analyze impacts to the natural and human environment from this project. The Plan-EA will comply with the Council on Environmental Quality’s regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, which require an evaluation of potential environmental impacts associated with federal projects and actions.
Current Status
Comments are being reviewed and a Scoping Report prepared. After which, resource inventories will be evaluated, and alternatives will be developed.
♦ Scoping Comment Period ♦
A public scoping meeting was held virtually on November 19th, 2020. Click here to watch the recording. The public scoping period ended on December 18, after a 30-day comment period.
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» Scoping Notice (Cub River Scoping Notice)
» Public Meeting Presentation Slides (Cub River Public Scoping Meeting Presentation)
Another public meeting and comment period will be held after the Draft Environmental Document has been prepared, likely in Spring 2022.
Project Documents
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Contact Information
Lance Houser, P.E. — Franson Civil Engineers
115 Golf Course Road, Suite D
Logan, UT 84321
[email protected]
435-754-7661
Bruce Sandoval — USDA-NRCS
9173 West Barnes Drive, #C
Boise, ID 83709
[email protected]
208-378-5727