The South Yuba River Citizens League, 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. The State of California’s Wildlife Conservation Board granted SYRCL $1.7 million for this Restoration Project. Spanning a total of 292 acres north of Highway 49 and west of Gold Lakes Highway, this project includes degraded quaking aspen stands along Packer and Samon Creek in the Lost Sierra along Packer Lake Road. The primary goal is to restore and enhance 116 acres of aspen habitat, a critical but declining habitat in the Sierra Nevada. … One highlight of the project involves installing approximately 15 Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs) in Salmon Creek Meadow. These low-tech structures, built from earthen materials and small conifer saplings, mimic natural beaver dams to slow water flow, expand wet meadow habitat, and promote fringe aspen growth.