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The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service mission is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

The Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office (Yreka FWO) is one of four U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices that work to protect and restore healthy populations of fish and wildlife and their habitats in the Klamath River Basin. These offices are the Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office, the Klamath Falls Fish and Wildlife Office and the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

In addition, the Yreka FWO works closely with a variety of partners at the national, tribal, state and local levels.

Use of Integrated Pest Management (including herbicides) to Control Leafy Spurge Occurrences along the Klamath and Scott Rivers and in the Quartz Valley Watershed (Draft Environmental Assessment)

The U. S Fish and Wildlife Service and the Siskiyou County Department of Agriculture (SCDA) are proposing a project to treat Leafy spurge along the Klamath and Scott rivers and Quartz Valley tributaries. The objectives of this proposed project are to control or eradicate existing occurrences of Leafy spurge and to prevent this species from dispersing along these water courses.

The proposed project would only occur on private lands where landowners have granted permission to the SCDA to enter and treat Leafy spurge on their property. Individual occurrences would be treated using an integrated pest management strategy, in which appropriate treatment method(s) would be based on site specific conditions. A variety of control methods including biological, manual, and herbicide are proposed and up to 72 acres of Leafy spurge occurrences may be treated annually for up to five years.

A draft Environmental Assessment (EA), containing three alternatives, has been prepared for this proposed project and will be available on 1/23/2012 to provide background information to interested parties who wish to review and provide comments. The EA can be downloaded by clicking the link above. If you need a hard copy of the EA contact the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service at 530-842-5763. Comments on the EA can be sent by email to SpurgeEA@fws.gov or submitted in writing to Erin Williams, Leafy Spurge EA, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Office, 1829 S. Oregon Street, Yreka CA 96097. Email or written comments must be received on or before 2/13/2012.

Last updated: January 19, 2012