Clear Lake Integrated Watershed Management Plan

Prepared for:

West Lake and East Lake Resource Conservation Districts 889 Lakeport Blvd. Lakeport, CA 95453 (707) 263-4180

Funded by Proposition 50 through the CALFED Watershed Program Administered by the Department of Water Resources

Prepared by:

County of Lake Department of Public Works Water Resources Division 255 North Forbes Street Lakeport, CA 95453 Tel. 707-263-2341

and

West Lake and East Lake Resource Conservation Districts

February 2010 Acknowledgements

Authors Erica Lundquist and Tom Smythe, Lake County Water Resources Division

Plates by Greg Dills, East Lake and West Lake Resource Conservation Districts Tom Smythe, Lake County Water Resources Division

Funder CALFED Watershed Program Proposition 50 Funds

Administrator California Department of Water Resources

Program Manager West Lake and East Lake Resource Conservation Districts 889 Lakeport Blvd. Lakeport, California 95453 Tel. 707-263-4180 Fax. 707-263-0912 lakecountyrcds.org

Project Partners Lake County Division of Water Resources Natural Resources Conservation Service Bureau of Land Management Upper Lake Habematolel Indians Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians Big Valley Watershed Council Middle Creek Coordinated Resource Management and Planning Group Scotts Creek Watershed Council

Technical Advisors and Reviewers Frank Aebly, Mendocino National Forest Patrick Akers, California Department of Food and Agriculture Integrated Pest Control Branch Frank Arriaza, Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Office Victoria Brandon, Sierra Club Lake Group Paula Britton, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake Voris Brumfield, Lake County Code Enforcement Division Dan Buffalo, City of Lakeport Richard Burns, Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Office Betsy Cawn, Lake County Citizen Caroline Chavez, Lake County Public Services Department Kim Clymire, Lake County Public Services Department Richard Coel, Lake County Community Development Department Pete Coombe, California Department of Water Resources Diane Coulon, California Department of Fish and Game Mark Dellinger, Lake County Special Districts Department Greg Dills, West Lake and East Lake Resource Conservation Districts James Donahey, Mendocino National Forest Rachel Elkins, University of California Cooperative Extension Pamela Francis, Lake County Water Resources Division Bob Galusha, City of Clearlake Gregory Giusti, University of California Cooperative Extension Peck Ha, Corps of Engineers Steve Hajik, Lake County Agriculture Department Paul Hofmann, California Department of Fish and Game Lauren Johnson, Mendocino National Forest Linda Juntenen, Lake County Fire Safe Council Terry Knight, Lake County Record Bee James Komar, Natural Resources Conservation Service Chuck Lamb, Environmental Action Network Robert Lossius, Retired Assistant Director, Lake County Department of Public Works Perry LeBeouf, California Department of Water Resources Chuck March, Lake County Farm Bureau Darin McCosker, Clear Lake Oaks County Water District Scott McReynolds, California Department of Water Resources Lee Morgan, Mendocino National Forest Sarah Nave, Lake County Air Quality Management District Tim O’Halloran, Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Irenia Quitiquit, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians Jay Rowan, California Department of Fish and Game Ray Ruminski, Lake County Division of Environmental Health Carolyn Ruttan, Lake County Water Resources Division Bonnie Ryan, Lake County Vector Control District Sarah Ryan, Big Valley Rancheria Eric Seely, Lake County Redevelopment Agency Mike Shaver, Elem Nation Lynette Shimek, California Department of Fish and Game Fraser Sime, California Department of Water Resources Ralph Simkins, Lake County Water Resources Division Bruce Smith, Mendocino National Forest Tom Smythe, Lake County Water Resources Division Genevieve Sparks, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Stephen Stangland, Lake County Department of Public Works Robert Stark, Cobb Area County Water District Richard Sugarek, United States Environmental Protection Agency Jeffrey Tunnell, Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Office Korinn Woodard, Natural Resources Conservation Service Ron Yoder, Lake County Community Development Department Steve Zalusky, Northwest Biosurvey