Sweetwater Nursery Off-Channel Habitat Design Project
Program
Fish Habitat Restoration
Primary RCD
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Lead Implementer
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Funders
California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Other Organizations
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Private party, Prunuske Chatham, Inc., Russian River Water Resources Coho Partnership, University of California Cooperative Extension - Sonoma County
Project Primary Contact
Sierra Cantor (sierra@goldridgercd.org)
Project Stage
Planning/Design
Duration
2025 - ?
Estimated Total Cost
$218,595.90
Secured Funding
$218,595.90
No Funding Source Identified Yet
$0.00
Targeted Funding
$0.00
Wildlife Habitat Improvement
Fish Habitat Restoration
The Sweetwater Nursery parcel and its existing ponded wetland immediately adjacent to Green Valley Creek, upstream of the confluence of Atascadero Creek in western Sonoma County, provides an excellent opportunity to create off-channel winter habitat for salmonids. This project provides a unique opportunity to connect the existing high quality off-channel pond and wetland habitat to the main channel of Green Valley Creek at base flow throughout the majority of winter and spring. This will allow the wetland to continue providing benefits for multiple species, while allowing for out-migrating salmon to forage and rear in the newly connected area.
Targeted Performance Measure
- Events: 2
- Habitat Restoration/Creation: 2.00 acres
- Special Status Fish Species Habitat: 87,120.00 lf
Project Themes
- Climate Change
- Wildlife/Endangered Species
- Healthy Watersheds
Pond on the Floodplain before Implementation
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Location
Budget
$218,595.90 Secured Funding: Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP) (CDFW)
Photos
Pond on the Floodplain before Implementation -- Alternate Angle (Timing: Before)
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Native Plants on the Property (Timing: Before)
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Present Waterfowl (Timing: Before)
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Sonder Removal -- Dry Floodplain (Timing: Before)
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Water Level December 2021 (Timing: Before)
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Biological Monitoring (Timing: Before)
Credit: Sierra Cantor
Project last updated 10/25/2022