Portola Redwoods Fish Passage and Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026030988
Public Agency
San Mateo County Resource Conservation District
(SMCRCD)
Document Title
Portola Redwoods Fish Passage and Creek Habitat Enhancement Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/24/2026
Document Description
The Portola Redwoods Fish Passage and Creek Habitat Enhancement Project will restore ancestral migration and improve 1.1 miles of creek habitat to support the recovery of federally endangered coho salmon and federally threatened steelhead, as well as other native aquatic species. The Project will remove three fish passage barriers in the Pescadero Watershed within Portola Redwoods State Park, restoring access to more than 9 miles of creek habitat for migrating fish. These barriers are: 1) a large log jam on Peters Creek that has been in place for over a decade, made up of several large logs and creating an 8-foot vertical jump; 2) a 100-foot-long corrugated metal culvert on Evans Creek, located just upstream of the confluence with Peters Creek under the entrance road to the park; and 3) an abandoned, nearly 100 year old, 13-foot-high concrete dam on Evans Creek that is approximately 2,000 feet upstream of the confluence with Peters Creek. The Project will also strategically place large wood in both Evans and Peters creeks to improve habitat complexity, sort and store sediment, and enhance overall stream function.
Contact Information
Name
Colleen McNally-Murphy
Agency Name
San Mateo Resource Conservation District
Job Title
Conservation Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated area near La Honda
Counties
San Mateo
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Portola State Park Rd at the crossing over Evans Creek
Zip
94020
Total Acres
3.7
Jobs
10
Parcel #
085080020
State Highways
n/a
Railways
n/a
Airports
n/a
Schools
n/a
Waterways
Pescadero Creek Watershed: Peters Creek, Evans Creek, Pescadero Creek, Slate Creek, Oil Creek
Township
8S
Range
3W
Section
05
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 33 (CEQA State Guidelines, Section 15333) Small Habitat Restoration Projects
Reasons for Exemption
The primary purpose of this project is ecological restoration, fish passage, and habitat connectivity.
County Clerk
San Mateo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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