CALIFORNIA ECO RESTORE Launches Construction of 7,370 ACRES of CRITICAL Delta Habitat Program Continues to Build Off of Monumental First Year
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APRIL 2016 CALIFORNIA ECO RESTORE LAUNCHES CONSTRUCTION OF 7,370 ACRES OF CRITICAL DELTA HABITAT Program Continues to Build off of Monumental First Year After one year in operation, California EcoRestore has made considerable progress and expects to complete or have under construction over 7,370 acres of tidal and floodplain restoration, 2,680 feet of riparian habitat and 3 fish passage projects by 2017. This accelerated construction schedule is significantly more than all restoration completed in the Delta over the past 20 years—and is a testament to the tangible progress that can be brought to bear through focused collaboration among state, local and federal partners. HABITAT RESTORATION TARGETS AND PLANNED PROGRESS THROUGH 2017 20 40 6 18 17,500 35 5 16 30 14 4 25 12 10 20 3 9,000 8 15 2 ACRES (THOUSANDS) ACRES 6 NUMBER OF PROJECTS LINEAR FEET (THOUSANDS) 10 4 3,500 1 5 2 1,000 0 0 0 Floodplain Tidal & Emergent Aquatic, Shaded Fish Passage Restoration Sub-Tidal Wetland Riparian and Aquatic Upland Planned In Permitting In Construction Completed EcoRestore Goals (total acres) CALIFORNIA ECO RESTORE COMPONENTS RESTORATION PROJECTS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PLANNING Projects contributing to the long-term Currently in development using the Current actions include planning health of the Delta through restoration Delta Plan’s principles for Adaptive efforts in the Cache Slough area and related activities. Management in the Delta. Will cover and the Northeast Delta to identify California EcoRestore restoration restoration opportunities that can be projects but not operations or flows achieved on the current landscape. and can be used in conjunction with Adaptive Management programs developed for other specific projects or Delta-wide efforts. CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | RESOURCES.CA.GOV PLACER APRIL 2016 SUTTER COUNTY COUNTY PROJECTS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION 2016-2018 Fremont Weir Adult Fish Wallace Weir Passage Modification Modification Tule Canal Agricultural Road Crossings YOLO 2016 COUNTY WALLACE WEIR MODIFICATION Southport Floodplain TULE RED RESTORATION Restoration Sacramento DUTCH SLOUGH TIDAL MARSH RESTORATION MCCORMACK-WILLIAMSON TRACT (MWT) TWITCHELL ISLAND SAN Lower Putah Creek Realignment Grizzly Slough JOAQUIN RIVER SETBACK Floodplain Restoration LEVEE McCormack HILL SLOUGH TIDAL MARSH SOLANO Williamson Tract Clarksburg RESTORATION COUNTY ! Details on the 2016 projects may be ! found on page 3. Lower Yolo Hood Restoration ! 99 Courtland 2017 Prospect Island DECKER ISLAND TIDAL Hill Slough Tidal Habitat MARSH RESTORATION Tidal Marsh Restoration Restoration TULE CANAL AGRICULTURAL Locke ROAD CROSSINGS Twitchell Island Walnut San Joaquin River Grove FREMONT WEIR ADULT FISH Setback Levee PASSAGE MODIFICATION Tule Red 160 SHERMAN ISLAND BELLY Restoration 12 WETLAND RESTORATION Rio Vista Bradmoor Island LOWER YOLO RESTORATION Tidal Restoration Decker Island Tidal Terminous Marsh Restoration Sacramento River 2018 LOWER PUTAH CREEK Bethel REALIGNMENT Island MokelumnePROSPE Aqueduct CT ISLAND TIDAL HABITAT RESTORATION 4 Sherman Island Belly Stockton SOUTHPORT FLOODPLAIN Wetland Restoration RESTORATION BRADMOOR ISLAND Discovery Bay TIDAL RESTORATION Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration CONTRA COSTA GRIZZLY SLOUGH FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION COUNTY Byron Clifton Court Forebay Intake Tunnels Tracy CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | RESOURCES.CA.GOV ALAMEDA COUNTY SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY APRIL 2016 PROJECTS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN 2016 PROJECT TYPE SCHEDULE PARTIES INVOLVED RESTORATION TARGETS Create fish barrier to Required Permits Reclamation District prevent mortality; Improve Obtained: 2016 108, Department WALLACE WEIR Fish Passage fish rescue operations; MODIFICATION Begin Construction: of Water Resources Improve primary food Fall 2016 (DWR) production and transport Planning and Permitting: State and Federal 2011-2016 Contractors Water TULE RED Tidal Wetland 600+ acres RESTORATION Begin Construction: Agency (SFCWA), 2016-2017 Westerveldt 734 acres total (560 acres Tidal/Subtidal, Planning and Permitting: of tidal marsh, 26 acres of DUTCH SLOUGH Riparian Forest 2003 -2016 DWR riparian forest, 48 acres of TIDAL MARSH and Managed Begin Construction of RESTORATION managed marsh, 100 acres Marsh First Parcel: 2016 of subtidal open water) Planning and Permitting: Tidal Marsh 1,489 acres total (71 acres of 2011-2016 MCCORMACK- and Floodplain/ DWR, The Nature upland floodplain, 103 acres Phase 1 Levee Resloping WILLIAMSON Riparian Conservancy (TNC) of riparian, 908 acres of tidal TRACT (MWT) and Tower Levee Restoration marsh, 407 acres of subtidal) Implementation: 2016 TWITCHELL ISLAND Setback Levee Planning, Design, and 2,680 linear feet of shaded and Shaded Permitting: 2015 – 2016 aquatic riparian habitat SAN JOAQUIN DWR RIVER SETBACK Aquatic Riparian Begin Construction: - first phase of multi- LEVEE Habitat Fall 2016 phase levee setback Complete Design Approx. 750 acres of restored HILL SLOUGH and Final Permitting: California Department tidal marsh and upland fish TIDAL MARSH Tidal Wetlands 2015-2016 of Fish and Wildlife and wildlife habitat, and RESTORATION Begin Construction: (CDFW) 200 acres of enhanced 2016-2017 managed wildlife habitat CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | RESOURCES.CA.GOV.