2019 Stream Maintenance Program Improving Water Quality in Our Streams While Providing Flood Protection for Our Community

2019 Stream Maintenance Program Improving water quality in our streams while providing flood protection for our community

This summer the Sonoma County Water Agency LOCATIONS OF STREAM WORK (Sonoma Water) will be working in streams and channels throughout Sonoma County to 2019 SEDIMENT 2019 VEGETATION improve water quality and provide flood REMOVAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS protection. As part of our comprehensive Stream Maintenance Program (SMP), we will be Zone 1A Zone 1A removing sediment and garbage and planting Austin Creek Austin Creek trees to create shady riparian canopies. These Brush Creek Reservoir Bellevue Wilfred Channel canopies help cool the water and shade out less College Creek Brush Creek desirable species of plants, which can catch Cook Creek Colgan Creek debris and reduce the streams’ water-carrying Copeland Creek Copeland Creek capacity. If necessary, we will remove some Five Creek Cotati Creek non-canopy forming trees such as arroyo Laguna de Santa Rosa Crane Creek willows as well as certain dense shrubs such as Matanzas Creek Reservoir Five Creek Piner Creek Reservoir Fulton Creek non-native and invasive blackberries. Sediment Santa Rosa Creek Hinebaugh Creek removal activities include planting native trees, Santa Rosa Creek Reservoir Laguna de Santa Rosa shrubs, and some aquatic plants according to a Wilfred Channel Matanzas Creek certain pattern to establish canopy while Middle Brush Creek maintaining channel capacity. Zone 2A Oakmont Creek Adobe Creek Piner Creek The Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps Washington Creek Russel Creek (SCYEC), a workforce training and ecosystem Santa Rosa Creek education program aimed at educating youth Zone 3A Steele Creek and young adults in environmental stewardship Rodgers Creek Todd Creek and restoration, will be working with the SMP this summer. The SCYEC provides youth and Zone 4A Zone 2A young adults paychecks, valuable work Wood Creek Adobe Creek Capri Creek experience, environmental education, and the Zone 5A Corona Creek Tributary opportunity to contribute to their community Fife Creek East Fork McDowell Creek through ongoing outdoor experiences. East Washington Creek Zone 6A Lichau Creek The list of streams Sonoma Water will be West Slough Petaluma River maintaining this summer are to the right. For a Thompson Creek more detailed list, map of locations, and Zone 8A Washington Creek information on stream maintenance, visit Bloomfield Creek www.sonomawater.org. Zone 3A Fryer Creek Nathanson Creek Rodgers Creek

Zone 6A West Slough