Nevada City — The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, is launching the Salmon & Packer Creek Aspen Restoration Project , a major forest restoration effort aimed at revitalizing quaking aspen habitat within the Tahoe National Forest.

Spanning a total of 292 acres in the Lost Sierra, north of Highway 49 and west of Gold Lakes Highway, this project includes four Forest Service campgrounds—Packsaddle, Berger, Diablo, and Salmon Creek—and four special-use organizational camps—Camp Wasiu II, Camp Chrysalis, Woodland Camp, and Camp O-Ki-Hi. The primary goal is to restore degraded quaking aspen stands along Packer and Salmon Creeks. Aspen stands are in decline throughout the Sierra Nevada, and the restoration and enhancement of critical aspen

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