Status of Projects

Planning Clearinghouse 2002

Updated 9/25/2002

Project #	Month heard at PCH	Location	Title	Proponent	Division Chief approval?	Supt. approval?	Conditions and Comments	Natural Resource Coord. Required[1]	Cultural Resource Coord. Required[2]	Project meets the terms and conditions of a Categorical Exclusion? Documentation complete?
2000-067	July	Tuolumne	Campground Amphitheater Rehabilitation	Glen Rothell	Yes	Yes	Project was placed on hold July 2000 pending concurrence of historic preservation officer, facilities management, and the management team regarding benching material. In July 2002, the project was reduced in scope to address only replacement and repair of seating. Address accessibility portions of the project in a different comprehensive proposal that would include the restrooms and other areas. Ensure temperature of seating surface will be appropriate. Coordinate with historic architect.	No	Yes	Yes
2002-001	Feb	Crane Flat	Campground Septic Tank Replacement	Kelly White	Yes	Yes	Consultation with Native American tribes recommended. Consult with Vegetation Management to ensure that stockpiled soil does not have an adverse impact on existing vegetation.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2002-002	April	Yosemite Valley	North Pines & Lower Pines Electric Rehab	Kelly White/ Don Coon	Yes	Yes	Project was originally discussed at Planning Clearinghouse in February 2002. At that time, the proponent was asked to evaluate another alternative, bringing the line across Clark's Bridge rather than under the river in the current alignment. In April 2002, the proponent reported that it would cost an additional $275,000 to bring the line across Clark's Bridge. A new route was proposed that would continue to bring the line under the river in its current location, with additional trenching in existing road prisms. The proponent was directed to fit the utility alignment in to the long-term vision for the area. Cultural resource data recovery took place in 1988 for the original realignment, as part of the Environmental Assessment, Rehabilitate Electrical System Phase 9A. Review the original analysis to ensure that cultural resource impacts were evaluated for the new footprint. If the proposed new realignment would take place outside of what was previously evaluated, new cultural resource analysis must take place. Resources management is directed to work with the Utility Shop to track erosion on the north bank of the Merced River near North Pines CG through high water of 2002. After high water, evaluate the need for an organic revetment system on the north bank.		Yes	This Categorical Exclusion will cover this project only if there will be a finding of no effect on cultural resources.
2002-003	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Tree Removal at Valley Visitor Center	Ginger Burley	Yes	Yes	Project modified May 2002 to include only trees that have encroached into in formal landscaped zones that are less than 10 feet tall, and 20 additional trees with a diameter of no greater than one foot.			Yes
2002-004	Feb	Back-country	Preliminary Restoration of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs	Steve Thompson	Yes	Pending	Environmental Assessment recommended.			Environmental Assessment recommended.
2002-005	Feb	El Portal	Exotic Plant Eradication	Lisa Ordonez	Yes	Yes	Complete integrated pest management plan. Ensure no adverse impacts to natural and cultural resources.			Yes
2002-006	Feb	Parkwide	Exotic Plant Control	Lisa Ordonez	Yes	Yes	Development of long- and short- term strategy required.			Yes
2002-007	Feb	Back-country	Wilderness Restoration	Sue Fritzke/ Vicky Hartman	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-008	Feb	Tuol. Mdws.	Gaylor Pit Restoration	Sue Fritzke	Yes	Yes	Complete formal HazMat determination. Environmental Assessment required. Complete a NHPA Section 106 determination/clearance for adverse affects to historic roads.			Environmental Assessment required
2002-009	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Happy Isles Dam Removal	Sue Fritzke/ Marie Denn	Yes	Yes	Environmental Assessment required. Complete a NHPA Section 106 determination of non-eligibility. Complete a Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Section 7 analysis / determination			Environmental Assessment required
2002-010	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Ozone/NOx Monitor Siting	Katy Warner	Yes	Yes	Permissible only on non-historic outbuilding structures. No new structures.			Yes
2002-011	Feb	Vernal/ Nevada Falls	Sewer System Upgrade	Korwin Kirk	No		Tabled pending Division Chief approval.
2002-012	Feb	Vernal Falls	Water System Upgrade	Korwin Kirk	No		Tabled pending Division Chief approval.
2002-013	Feb	Vernal Falls	Comfort Station Upgrade	Korwin Kirk	No		Tabled pending Division Chief approval.
2002-014	Feb	Sunrise	Water System Pipeline Replacement	Korwin Kirk	Yes	Yes	Complete Wilderness Minimum tool determination.		Yes	Yes
2002-015	Feb	Sunrise	Water Storage Tank Pad Development	Korwin Kirk	Yes	Yes	Install water tank in the existing structural footprint of water system. Wilderness minimum tool determination required. Proponent may be unable to install water tank within structural footprint. Project returned to proponent for further study.			Yes
2002-016	Feb	Cascades	Remove Excess Residence and Outbuildings	Larry Harris	Yes	Yes	Before scheduling for removal, complete XXX/NHPA Section 106 process, obtain State Historic Preservation Office concurrence, and integrate comments. No burning of structures.		Yes	Project evaluated under the Final Yosemite Valley Plan SEIS
2002-017	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Rehabilitate Yosemite Valley Campground Restrooms	Tom Clark	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-018	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Curry Village Storage Lockers	Mark Gallagher (YCS)	Yes	Pending	Ensure that an adequate number of the lockers are accessible to visitors with disabilities. XXX required.			Approval pending Superintendent concurrence.
2002-019	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Mitigate Tree Hazards at Yosemite Indian Gardens	Brian Mattos	Yes	Yes	Consult with tribal council. Replant area with new oaks as trees are removed.		Yes	Yes
2002-020	Feb	Parkwide	Prune/Remove Encroaching Trees Along Roadways	Brian Mattos	Yes	Pending	For roadside tree thinning within the Merced River corridor, project proponent must contact the Resource Management Division (cultural and natural resource staff) before initiation of work to evaluate trees on an individual basis. Determine whether trees could be felled and left in place to retain woody debris in the ecosystem and insure that trees are not important roosting or nesting sites for special status species. For projects that would remove more than three trees in a project site, the following steps should apply: 1. Consult with Resource Management staff. 2. Consult with Compliance staff, who will recommend action. 3. Confirm with Assistant Superintendent (Chip Jenkins) who will either approve project or bring to park management.	See “Conditions”	See “Conditions”	Approval pending Superintendent concurrence.
2002-021	Feb	Sunrise	Monitor/Control Lodgepole Needle Miner	Brian Mattos	See comments	See comments	Control of lodgepole needle miner denied (including pesticide use). Continued monitoring approved. Project revisited at the July 2002 PCH. Proponent asked whether hazardous trees that die from needle miner injury should be removed. Proponent was given the go-ahead to remove dead hazardous trees.			Yes
2002-022	Feb	Parkwide	Sudden Oak Death (SOD) Notification Program	Brian Mattos	Yes	Yes	Project delegated to the Communication Team for implementation.			Yes
2002-023	Feb	Hetch Hetchy	O'Shaughnessey Dam Discharge Modification	Mary Kline (City of SF)			Informational item. Mary Kline directed to prepare a consolidated “park response” in letter form to the City of San Francisco.			N/A
2002-024	Feb	El Portal	Highway 140 Rock Slope Protection	Caltrans			Informational item. Mark Butler directed to prepare a consolidated response to the proposal. Project not funded in near future			N/A
2002-025	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Happy Isles Fen Habitat Reclamation	Marie Denn	Yes	Yes	Integrate into special project work schedule.			Yes
2002-026	Feb	Yosemite Valley	Yosemite Valley - Eagle Creek Ecological Enhancement	Marie Denn	Yes	Yes	Re-evaluate the proposal to retain parking.			Yes
2002-027		Back-country	Illilouette Creek Monitoring	Tony DiStefano	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-028		Yosemite Valley	Happy Isles Fen Stream Gage Solar Panels	Tony DiStefano	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-029		Yosemite Valley	Happy Isles Acoustic River Monitor	Tony DiStefano	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-030	April	Tuol. Mdws.	Service Station SVE Shed	Vicki McMichael	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-031	April	Parkwide	Routine Trail Maintenance	Tim Ludington	Yes	Yes	Trail crew leaders will attend refresher session w/archeologists re: protection of arch resources at beginning of season, and crew camps will be surveyed prior to occupancy by cultural resource specialists to avoid resource impacts. Employees are aware that artifacts are protected and work will stop immediately if suspicious soil layers are found. Care will be used to avoid damage to known special status plants.		Yes	Yes
2002-032	April	Turtle-back Dome	Air Quality Monitoring	Katy Warner	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-033	April	El Portal	Hazard Fuels Crew Office and Cache	Kelly Singer	Yes	Yes	Maintain access around trailer for emergency, maintenance, and other approved purposes. Meet with the El Portal Planning Advisory Council to inform them of the decision to approve this project.			Yes
2002-034	April	Parkwide	Proposed Spring Prescribed Burns	Dan Buckley	Yes	Yes	Address public safety along the Tioga Road for non-vehicular traffic.			Yes
2002-035	April	Yosemite Valley	Fire Engine Covered Parking	Aaron Fritzer	Yes	Yes	Meet with the historic architect to ensure that the building is not a historic structure and that the proposed action will be structurally sound.		Yes	Yes
2002-036	April	Out-of-Park	YARTS Staging Areas	YARTS Joint Powers Authority			Informational item - release of Notice to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Comments due April 10, 2002. Division Chiefs are in support of the preferred alternative. A response will not be prepared due to lack of time.			N/A
2002-037	April	El Portal	Yager Garage Tear-down and Replacement	Marty Nielson	Yes	Yes	A building permit will be obtained from the County, and all new construction will meet code and County inspection. Project proponent is responsible for coordination with the Resource Management Division to ensure protection of cultural resources – monitoring recommended.		Yes	Yes
2002-038	May	Wawona	Larke Lane Tree Hazard	Phil Willitts, SBC Comm.	Yes	Yes	This is an emergency action as the tree is in eminent danger of falling. An archeologist has determined that there would be no effect on cultural resources. The project was given the go-ahead to remove the tree immediately.			Yes
2002-039	May	Tuol. River	Tuolumne River - Alpine River Monitoring System	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Pending	Resubmit for approval with either Wilderness Minimum Tool Requirement or a corrected decision record that identifies that this requirement is not necessary because the project is not in wilderness.			No
2002-040	May	Tioga Road	Alpine Meteorology Monitoring System	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-041	May	Merced Lake HSC	Merced Lake Remote Climate Sensor	Mark Butler	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-042	May	Hodgdon Meadows	Remote Climate Sensor	Mark Butler	Yes	Yes	Coordinate with cultural resource specialists to ensure there will be no impact on archeological resources.		Yes	Yes
2002-043	May	Wawona	Pole Placement at Lot 8 & 9	Phil Willitts	Yes	Yes	Consult with cultural resource specialists to determine the best placement of the pole and to ensure no effect on archeological resources.		Yes	Yes
2002-044	May	Back-country -	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes	Inform Visitor Protection (Beth Waldow) of collection dates.			Yes
2002-045	May	Back-country	Parkwide - Amphibian Disease Dynamics in a Fragmented Landscape	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes	No helicopter use. Complete Wilderness Minimum Tool Requirement File written documentation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consultation with the Office of Strategic Planning, before initiation of project.			Pending USFWS letter.
2002-046	May	Parkwide	Amphibian Disease Dynamics in a Fragmented Landscape	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes	File written documentation of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service consultation with the Office of Strategic Planning, before initiation of project.			Pending USFWS letter.
2002-047	May	Crane Flat	Bear Canister Drop Bin	Carolyn Anaya	Yes	Yes	Ensure bin will not tip over.			Yes
2002-048	May	Parkwide	Identifying Reference Conditions for Prescribed Fire	Kara Paintner	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-049	May	Parkwide	Meadow Fragmentation Effects	Russell Galipeau	Yes	No	Resources Management to review project and determine there will be no adverse effects, or complete an Environmental Assessment	Yes		No
2002-050	May	Back-country	Historical Wildland Fire Use	Russell Galipeau	Yes	No	No helicopter use. Resources Management to review project and determine there will be no adverse effects. Resubmit. Complete wilderness minimum tool requirement	Yes		No
2002-051	May	Back-country	Determining Differential Growth, Longevity, and Age at Maturity - Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes	Coordinate with other amphibian research projects to minimize the number of people doing research on-site at a given time.			Yes
2002-052	May	Parkwide	Tree-Ring Sampling and Analysis as Part of the Project: "Learning in the Woods: Decadal Climate, Water Supply, and Fire Frequency in the Great Basin"	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes	Preserve cores at a “tree ring lab” to avoid repeated coring.			Yes
2002-053	May		Parkwide - The Demographic Controls of Sierran Forest Dynamics	Russell Galipeau	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-054	May	El Portal	Yosemite View Lodge Modification	Mariposa County			Prepare Supt. response. Mailed 6/6/02.			N/A
2002- 055	May	Yosemite Valley	Emergency Replacement of Wastewater Line	Jeff Harsha	Yes	Yes				Yes
2002-056	May	Parkwide	Wild Turkey Population Enhancement	Calif. Dept. Fish and Game	N/A	N/A	Informational Item. Prepare park response.	No	No	N/A
2002-057	July	Glacier Point Road	Telephone Cable Replacement	Phil Willitts (SBC Communi-cations	Yes	Yes	Ensure that project occurs within the existing utility corridor. Remove existing materials that are being replaced. Coordinate design, placement, and installation of water bars with NPS Trails Office.	No	No	Yes
2002-058	July	Big Oak Flat Road	San Joaquin Overlook Vista Restoration	Jeff Power	Yes	Yes	Coordinate with NPS Wildlife Biologist	Yes	No	Yes
2002-059	July	Parkwide	Review Hazard Tree SOP	Larry Castro	N/A	N/A	Proponent directed to meet to review SOP			N/A
2002-060	July	Tioga Pass	Tioga Pass Webcam	Mark Butler	Yes	Yes	Consult with NPS Electrical shop. Consult with NPS Interpretation and IM re: internet backbone and bandwidth. Consult with Project Management (Brenda Ostrom) to coordinate with entrance station security project. Move floodlighting that is currently attached to a lodgepole pine to the new pole, if possible.	No	No	Yes
2002-061	July	Parkwide	PGE Permit Extension	Brian Mattos	Yes	Yes	See conditions on permit	Yes	Yes	Yes
2002-062	July	Yosemite Valley	Reduce Water Consumption at Indian Gardens	Jeff Harsha	Yes	Yes	Explore ways to recirculate 100% of the water. Consult with archeological staff to determine if monitoring is necessary. Project is contingent upon no adverse impacts to cultural resources.	No	Yes	Yes
2002-063	July	May Lake HSC	May Lake High Sierra Camp Water Filter	Korwin Kirk	Yes	Yes	Coordinate with cultural resource staff to address cultural resource concerns. Project is contingent upon no adverse impacts to cultural resources.	No	Yes	Yes
2002-064	July	Merced Lake HSC	Restoration and Revegetation Project	Vicky Hartman / Mark Gallagher (YCS)	Yes	Yes	Conduct subsurface archeological survey before project initiation to determine scope of the project and preferred restoration methods. NPS natural and cultural resource coordination required.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2002-065	July	Yosemite Valley	Wetlands Survey and Mean High Water Survey	Samantha Weber		Yes	Provide copies of archeological site maps within the area of potential effect and information and maps from the 1993 Bibby study of ethnographic use and resources to the COTR for the project. Should test pits be required within these areas the COTR would first contact the park archeologist (Kirn) and for ethnographic gathering (Forgang) so that specific locations to minimize potential data loss, in house archeological clearance and a decision whether an archeological monitor needs to be onsite. For ethnographic gathering sites, Forgang will contact the tribal representative to see if a Native American monitor is required. Forgang will consult on this project with the AICMC on August 1st.	Yes	Yes	Yes
2002-066	August	Yosemite Valley	Curry Village YCS/YI Bulletin Boards	Moose Mutlow, YI	Yes	Yes	Consult with Marty Nielson, NPS Business and Revenue Management and NPS Sign Shop	No	No	Yes
2002-067	July	Glacier Point	YCS/YA Web Camera	Steve Medley, YA; Kevin Kelly, YCS	Yes	Yes	Ensure that people are not recognizable in view, ensure that satellite dish and associated equipment are not visible	No	No	Yes
2002-068	August	Crane Flat	Gas Station Cement Pad Replacement	Vicki McMichael, YCS	Yes	Yes	Coordinate with Marty Nielson, NPS Business and Revenue Management	No	No	Yes
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2002-070	August	Tuolumne	Climbing Bulletin Boards	Mark Fincher	Yes	Yes	Coordinate with Business and Revenue Management and Yosemite Concession Services	No	No	Yes
2002-071	August	Tuolumne	Daff Dome Approach Trail Restoration	Mark Fincher	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes
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2002-076	August	Yosemite Valley	Water Line Repair at Upper Pines Campground	Paul Laymon	—	Yes	Emergency fix	—	—	Yes
2002-077	August	Yosemite Valley	Electric Feeder Repair at North Pines Campground	Paul Laymon	—	Yes	Emergency fix	—	—	Yes
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[1] Project is contingent upon no adverse impact to natural resources. Project proponent is responsible for coordination with the Resource Management Division to ensure protection of natural resources.

[2] Project is contingent upon no adverse impact to cultural resources. Project proponent is responsible for coordination with the Resource Management Division to ensure protection of cultural resources.