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Project Details
RCD Project Tracker Mendocino County Resource Conservation District

Navarro Plan for Streamflow Enhancement & Optimization

Program
In-Stream Flow Enhancement
Primary RCD
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
Lead Implementer
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District
Funders
California Wildlife Conservation Board, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service
Other Organizations
California Department of Conservation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Coastal Conservancy, California State Water Resources Control Board, Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District, LandSmart, Mendocino County, CA, NOAA Fisheries, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, Pacific Watershed Associates
Project Primary Contact
Linda MacElwee (linda.macelwee@mcrcd.org)
Project Stage
Completed
Duration
2018
Water Management and Conservation In-Stream Flow Enhancement
This planning project, a partnership with MCRCD, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Trout Unlimited (TU), developed strategies and a scientific basis for improving flows in the lower Navarro River watershed. Through a gauging network, comprehensive review of planning documents, scientific anaylsis and GIS, projects were vetted by a robust technical advisory group (TAG). The partnership identified projects utilizing the following strategies:
Storage and Forbearance; Community Water Management (CWM); Groundwater Infiltration, and Large Wood Augmentation. The gauging network was expanded and projects were developed under each strategy. A Phase 2 proposal was submitted to WCB and funded in 2018.

Key Accomplishments

Accomplishments to be provided upon completion of Project

Project Themes

  • Climate Change
  • Education
  • Wildlife/Endangered Species
  • Groundwater
  • Healthy Watersheds
  • Local Farms
Project Map--WCB Navarro Plan for Streamflow Enhancement and Optimization
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Credit: n/a
Project Map--WCB Navarro Plan for Streamflow Enhancement and Optimization
Credit: n/a

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $483,055.00
EQIP (NRCS): $9,000

Prop 1 (WCB): $360,055

Fee for Service (TNC): $80,000

Fee for Service (TU): $34,000

Photos

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Project last updated 11/8/2022

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