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Table 1 : Comments Requiring Additional Discussion Text/Context Section Chapter 5: Region Description In this column put: text with edits shown as track changes, or verbatim text if no changes are suggested 5.0 The Plan area includes portions of the North Fork, and all of the Mainstem and Lower river reaches 5.1 1 5.1 Valley and Foothill Regions Comment In this column put: Who the commenter was If track change text is included no further explanation is necessary If the recommendation is to make no change – explain briefly why Janet Cohen (SYRCL)- Isn’t the middle included too??? And a bit of the South. That’s what is said lower down in 5.4 Janet Cohen: And Mountain? “regions” or “areas”? This needs to be made consistent. 5.1 The Yuba County valley floor mirrors the boundaries of the county’s two groundwater subbasins, North Yuba and South Yuba, which are described further below. 60 -4000 Janet Cohen?? 5.1 The foothill and mountain region is underlain by the granite bedrock of the Sierra Nevada and has little access to dependable groundwater supplies. As a result, much of the small, developed urban and agricultural areas rely on surface water. The Yuba region incorporates four major subwatersheds of the Yuba River, including portions of the South, Middle and North Forks of the Yuba River, and Dry Creek. The Lower Yuba River Accord, which manages flows to protect Chinook salmon and steelhead trout and is highly dependent on local surface water and groundwater conjunctive management operations; Janet Cohen- Check facts. The CABY IRWM Plan Area overlaps with the Yuba County IRWM Plan Area in the foothill and mountain regions of Yuba County. Janet Cohen- replace areas with regions (accepted) 5.4 5.4.1 5.4.2.2 Janet Cohen- Make consistent with para 5.0 Janet Cohen- This needs to reference the word “Salmon.” Section 5.4.2.2 5.5.1 5.5.1 5.5.1 5.5.1 Table 1 : Comments Requiring Additional Discussion Text/Context Comment In the 2009 Region Acceptance Process, YCWA and the RWMG Janet Cohen- Where exactly? Lower Yuba? Be specific. recognized CABY as the appropriate entity to organize planning efforts in the upper Yuba watersheds. This agreement was formalized via a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU formalizes the relationship in the overlap area between the IRWM regions and makes it clear that infrastructure projects within this area will be coordinated through the Yuba IRWM region, while natural resource and watershed level projects in the overlap are will be coordinated through CABY. The MOU further makes it clear that stakeholders in both regions will be informed of the project development process in each region and invited to review proposed projects within the overlap area to ensure that management issues for both IRWM regions are adequately reflected. If projects within either region present an issue then the MOU stipulates a resolution process to ensure that divergent opinions or management priorities are reflected in final project design and implementation objectives. Over the last few decades, the Yuba region has experienced a shift in land uses away from traditional rural land uses such as livestock grazing and irrigated agriculture, and toward urban residential developments. This trend has largely been driven by an influx of new residents most recently into the area from the 1990s to the middle part of the first decade of the 2000s. Due to the levee system that was constructed to protect the City of Marysville in the 1950s, most growth has occurred in unincorporated areas of the valley floor, and large areas of agricultural lands near State Route 65 and 70 have been developed or approved for development. Three‐quarters of Yuba County’s population now lives outside the two cities. Janet Cohen- delete highlighted text (redundant) Janet Cohen- delete highlighted text Janet Cohen- protected by levees? Janet Cohen- Of Marysville and Yuba City? Section 5.5.1 5.5.1 5.5.2 5.5.2 5.5.2 5.5.2 5.5.2 1 Table 1 : Comments Requiring Additional Discussion Text/Context Comment Most foothill areas of the Yuba region have experienced only minor Janet Cohen- Be consistent. development with smaller subdivisions, although several pending development proposals could result in substantial land use changes in the future and a substantial increase in population of the foothill areas.1 Present-day impacts of such patterns present challenges to land Janet Cohen- Capitalize managers, including timber producers, wildlife managers, and the National Forest Service. 1959 nearly 80 percent of Yuba County was considered active Janet Cohen- What’s the acreage? farmland by the USDA,2 while in 2007 the number had dropped to just under 40 percent,3 even though the amount of land designated for agriculture Janet Cohen- By whom? The General Plan? (including grazing land) and timber production consisted of 51 percent of Yuba County’s total land area.4 According to the USDA’s 2007 Census of Agriculture, from 2002 to Janet Cohen- To what? 2007, 73,231 acres of farmland were lost, resulting in a 31 percent decrease in farmland in only five years.5 Yuba Yuba County’s 2008 General Plan Update Background Report on Janet Cohen- What does this mean? Agriculture reported that from 1992 to 2006, approximately 3,480 acres of converted farmland had been designated by the State as Tania- see link to Department of Conservation definition Prime Farmland. of Prime Farmland http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dlrp/fmmp/overview/ Pages/prime_farmland_fmmp.aspx Presently, urban areas constitute about 16 percent of the land cover Janet Cohen- Acreage? in Yuba County, but this is expected to change as the region Yuba County, General Plan Update Background Report, January 2008. USDA, Natural Agricultural Statistics Service, 1959 Census of Agriculture: California. 3 USDA, Natural Agricultural Statistics Service, 2007 Census of Agriculture: Yuba County, California. 4 Yuba County, General Plan Update Background Report, January 2008. 5 USDA, Natural Agricultural Statistics Service, 2007 Census of Agriculture: Yuba County, California. 2 Section 5.5.2 5.5.3 5.5.3 5.5.3.3 5.5.3.4 5.5.3.5 5.5.3.5 Table 1 : Comments Requiring Additional Discussion Text/Context Comment accommodates a large increase in population per projections from Department of Finance/Department of Water Resources. With the elimination of traditional land uses such as timber Janet Cohen- Reference for this? harvesting, farming, and ranching, local rural economies are more dependent on development- and tourism-related revenues. The variety of streams, creeks, and reservoirs within Yuba County Janet Cohen- Add birding provide a range of water-based recreational opportunities, including fishing, birding, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, biking, horseback riding, rafting, kayaking, tubing, and swimming. Englebright Reservoir is situated north of State Highway 20 about Janet Cohen- What park? Be specific. twenty-one miles east of Marysville at an elevation of 527 feet. The construction of the dam was completed in 1941 for the primary purpose of trapping sediment derived from mining operations. The reservoir has a surface area of 400 acres with a shoreline of 24 miles. Englebright provides only boat access camping. Boats can be launched at the Park Headquarters, or at a private marina where boats, including houseboats, can be rented. All areas are patrolled by either Corps’ Park Rangers or deputies of Janet Cohen- capitalize the Yuba and Nevada County Sheriff’s Departments. The Collins Lake Recreation Area is located at Merle Collins Reservoir Janet Cohen- spell out BVID about 20 miles northeast of Marysville. The reservoir and recreation Janet Cohen- capitalize Recreation Area area are owned and operated by Browns Valley Irrigation District. The Recreation Area contains about 186 campsites with hookups, campsites without hookups, 40 day-use picnic spaces, and an unimproved open camping area. The Recreation Area includes some public facilities such as a store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and an RV dump station. There is public access to the Yuba River at the following places: Janet Cohen- Add places The State Highway 20 crossing at Parks Bar bridge, five miles Janet Cohen- Add Parks Bar Bridge downstream of Englebright Lake (limited public access on the south and north banks of the Yuba River) Section 5.5.3.5 5.5.3.5 5.5.3.6 Table 1 : Comments Requiring Additional Discussion Text/Context Comment Rafters can access the Yuba River on either bank of the river at Parks Bar below the State Highway 20 crossing and float downstream through tranquil rapids for approximately eight to ten miles Fishing, including fishing for native salmon, is common along the Yuba Janet Cohen- add highlighted text River. Janet Cohen- Whose designation is this and isn’t it the same as the Lower Yuba River? What does the Yuba River Recreation and Wildlife Protection for precisely? Enhancement Area This area, located along the Yuba River between Parks Bar Road and the City of Marysville, has been identified as protected from encroachments incompatible with recreational and wildlife uses such as camping, fishing, hiking, bike riding, equestrian use, and river rafting. 5.5.3.8 5.5.3.8 A one-mile trail with signage follows the perimeter of the park. Shad Pad (E Street Motorpark) This 16-acre park owned by Yuba County is located on the south bank and is adjacent to the Yuba River across from the City of Marysville, east of the State Highway 70 Bridge. The Shad Pad includes a motocross course. Although the site is located adjacent to the Yuba River, no public access is provided to the riverbank. Janet Cohen- add highlighted text Janet Cohan- I this this section needs a new heading. It doesn’t belong with the heading above. (Tania-the heading was accidentally included in the text above) Section Table 1 : Comments Requiring Additional Discussion Text/Context Comment