HomeMy Public PortalAboutPublic Comment #060 (Truckee River Watershed Council)
November 20, 2014
To: Denyelle Nishimori
From: Lisa Wallace, Executive Director, Truckee River Watershed Council
Subject: Revised DEIR for Canyon Springs
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Canyon Springs Revised Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIR).
Our mission is to bring the community together for the Truckee, for the restoration and
protection of the Truckee River watershed.
We are in receipt of the November 19, 2014 Shute Mihaly Weinberger (SMW) DEIR letter
as well as the report submitted with that letter on biological resources by Conservation
Biology Institute (CBI).
We find the SMW (and CBI) analysis of the DEIR compelling and agree with the
conclusions that the:
• analysis of and mitigation for the Project's biological resources impacts is
inadequate;
• evidence that impacts on sensitive biological resources will be reduced to a less
than significant level is not strong enough;
• RDEIR does not address the Project’s significant indirect impacts to sensitive
habitat and species;
• analysis of lack of impacts to the Deer Migration Corridor is not supported and
contradicts the findings of California Dept of Fish and Wildllife;
• RDEIR fails to analyze the Project's impacts to regional habitat connectivity;
• analysis fails to consider the effects of the Project's construction period on wildlife.
SMW (and CBI), Mountain Area Preservation, and SOS Glenshire also have
recommendations for additional analysis to address these weaknesses. We support the
request to delay consideration of the Canyon Springs Project until the wetland, riparian,
habitat, and wildlife migrations studies and analysis are completed.
Sincerely,
/s/
Lisa Wallace