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Butte Creek Ecological Preserve Management Plan Author(s): Abstract/Description: The 93 acre parcel on Butte Creek formerly known to locals as the “McAmis Property”, and named herein “Butte Creek Ecological Preserve, Honey Run Unit” was purchased by the California State University, Chico Research Foundation in December of 1998 through funding provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), CALFED, and the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB). The property includes 4000’ of creek frontage, with critical riparian corridor adjacent to spawning and holding pools supporting several priority species and habitats, primarily the spring-run chinook salmon and steelhead trout. The salmon is currently listed as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Determination has yet to be made under the Federal Endangered Species Acts. The Steelhead is proposed to be listed. The key to restoring and sustaining healthy populations of these fish is to protect and restore the habitat on which they depend. The California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) has determined that this piece of property has extreme value in terms of providing wildlife habitat and the protection of shaded riverine aquatic habitat. This parcel, in conjunction with the adjacent CDFG Ecological Preserve, will be managed to bear limited recreational use while improving the quality of both areas for anadromous fish and recreational users. The Honey Run Unit is located six miles north of the Skyway on Honey Run Road. Besides the creek frontage, there remain on this parcel many piles of tailings - evidence of the dredger mining conducted on the site in the mid- to late-1800’s. Habitat contained within the parcel include spawning and holding grounds for the spring-run chinook salmon and steelhead trout, riparian woodland for the Swainson’s Hawk and Burrowing Owls, wet meadow, and annual grasslands. Important geographic features include splendid habitat for the gray pine, an overabundance of star thistle, and seasonal dredger ponds, in addition to the shaded riverine and spawning and holding grounds for anadromous fish. The Honey Run Unit management goal is three fold: · Restore, protect, and enhance the habitat for spring-run chinook salmon and steelhead trout · Develop and demonstrate methods of channel and floodplain management resulting in improvements for riparian plant species that would help to cool the stream, filter urban runoff, capture large woody debris, and increase water storage and groundwater recharge capabilities of lower Butte Creek · Foster, through Preserve access and use, a living laboratory and field classroom for local students of all ages, and public appreciation of the Unit’s resources...

ZVOjEPosibpV Author(s): Bruce MacFarlane, Elizabeth Norton Clikapudi Watershed Analysis July 04, 2000 Author(s): Fall River Watershed Area Study Tech May 31, 1983 Author(s):