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Alder Creek Erosion Control and Riparian Restoration Project

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Project Overview

Basics

Watershed Restoration
Riparian Habitat Restoration
Alder Creek Erosion Control and Riparian Restoration Project

Completed
This project addresses bank erosion along a tributary of Dutch Bill Creek, an important salmonid habitat subwatershed of the lower Russian River, in western Sonoma County, CA. The project addresses three separate erosion sites located immediately downstream of the spillway outlet of an on-channel agricultural pond along the North Fork of Lancel Creek, a Dutch Bill tributary. Project components include the excavation of over-steepened and eroding banks at the three sites, placement of rock armor as bank protection at the upstream site, installation of cattle exclusion fencing, and revegetation of the project area.

2015
2020
2022
6/12/2023

Project Attributes

Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None

Location

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North Fork Lancel Creek

  • Dutch Bill Creek-Russian River (180101100903)
This project addresses ongoing bank erosion on the north fork of Lancel Creek, a major tributary of Dutch Bill Creek.

Organizations

Funders
  • National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
  • Private party
  • Sonoma County Water Agency
Lead Implementer
  • Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Partners
  • National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
  • Point Blue Conservation Science
  • Private party
  • Sonoma County Water Agency
Primary RCD
  • Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Stakeholder
  • Private party
State Assembly Voting District
  • State Assembly District 02
State Senate Voting District
  • State Senate District 02

Contacts

John Green - Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District (Gold Ridge RCD) (john@goldridgercd.org)

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Habitat Restoration/Creation Action Taken: Restored Habitat Type: Riparian 1 acres
Plants Installed 269
Stream Corridor Restored Location: Riparian Buffer Treatment Type: Fence Installed 800 lf
Stream Corridor Restored Location: Riparian Buffer Treatment Type: Plantings 320 lf
Stream Corridor Restored Location: Bank Treatment Type: Bank Stabilization 320 lf

Reported Performance Measures

Events
Event Type Total 2022 2020 Units
Outreach/Education 1 1 N/A number
Total 1 1 0 number

Habitat Restoration/Creation
Action Taken Habitat Type Total 2022 2020 Units
Restored Riparian 1 1 N/A acres
Total 1 1 0 acres

People Participating in Activity
Constituent Type Primary Service Type Total 2022 2020 Units
Youth School Program 45 45 N/A number
Total 45 45 0 number

Plants Installed
Total 2022 2020 Units
269 269 N/A number
Total 269 269 0 number

Stream Corridor Restored
Location Treatment Type Total 2022 2020 Units
Bank Grade Stabilization 320 N/A 320 lf
Riparian Buffer Plantings 320 N/A 320 lf
Riparian Buffer Fence Installed 700 N/A 700 lf
Total 1,340 0 1,340 lf

No accomplishments to report for:
Year(s): 2021
Explanation: Construction to restore the streambank, combat erosion through grade stabilization, and install fencing was completed in August 2020.In 2021, plans were made to start the Riparian restoration through revegetation and willow sprigging, but these actions were not completed until early 2022.

Financials

Budget

$121,000.00
$121,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
Total
Grant (NFWF) $23,000.00 $0.00 $23,000.00
Grant (SCWA) $92,000.00 $0.00 $92,000.00
Landowner Cost Share (Private) $6,000.00 $0.00 $6,000.00
Total $121,000.00 $0.00 $121,000.00
Comment: None provided

Reported Expenditures

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Grant (NFWF) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $1,304.57 $21,695.40 $22,999.97
Grant (SCWA) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,746.50 $57,207.02 $8,232.00 $19,481.68 $91,667.20
Grand Total $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,746.50 $57,207.02 $9,536.57 $41,177.08 $114,667.17

Note: None provided

Project Themes

Project Themes

As part of the revegetation aspect of this project, Point Blue Conservation Science was contracted to facilitate the Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed (STRAW) program. STRAW engaged students and teachers to participate in the revegetation of Alder Creek Ranch by installing 40 plants to restore the native plant species cover of the area.
A number of species will benefit from successful project implementation, including coho salmon and steelhead trout. The project will reduce the erosion of fine sediment from failing banks at the site, leading to improvements in critical spawning and rearing habitat downstream. These include spawning gravels that are less subject to embedding by fines (which reduced the flow of oxygenated water to eggs and newly hatched alevins), and lower rates of pool filling by fine sediment (increasing pool volume and available cover for rearing fish).
Erosion control will help improve the riparian zone, water quality, soil quality, and plant health. Reestablishing riparian vegetation at the project site will shade the creek and reduce water temperatures during the summer/fall dry season, also benefitting rearing juvenile fish downstream. In addition, numerous bird species will benefit by the improvement of foraging and nesting habitat in the riparian zone, and the diverse riparian vegetation will provide benefits for other wildlife species, including amphibians.

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    Alder Creek Ranch Project Site 10/11/2022
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Credit: Tess Polizzotti

    Alder Creek Ranch Project Site 10/11/2022
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    Planting from STRAW 
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Credit: John Green

    Planting from STRAW
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    Planting from STRAW 
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Credit: John Green

    Planting from STRAW
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    Site A After
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Credit: John Green

    Site A After
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    Site A Before 
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Credit: John Green

    Site A Before
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    Site B Before 
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    Site B Before
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    Site B Immediately After Construction 
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Credit: John Green

    Site B Immediately After Construction
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    Site C Before 
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    Site C Before
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    Site C Immediately After Construction 
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    Site C Immediately After Construction
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    STRAW Plantings 10/11/2022
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Credit: Tess Polizzotti

    STRAW Plantings 10/11/2022
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