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Project Details
RCD Project Tracker Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District

Willow Creek Large Wood Recruitment Project

Program
In-stream Habitat Restoration
Primary RCD
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Lead Implementer
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Funders
California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Private party
Project Primary Contact
John Green (john@goldridgercd.org)
Project Stage
Completed
Duration
2013
Watershed Restoration In-stream Habitat Restoration
This project is designed to improve instream habitat for coho salmon and steelhead by increasing stream channel complexity through the addition of large wood. A total of 120 pieces of wood were placed at 52 sites along approximately 2.75 miles of the mainstem of Willow Creek, in western Sonoma County, CA.

Key Accomplishments

  • Large Woody Debris (LWD): 120

Project Themes

  • Wildlife/Endangered Species
A view of Site 3 before large wood placement.
(Timing: Before) (~1,777 KB)
Credit: Chris Blencowe
A view of Site 3 before large wood placement.
Credit: Chris Blencowe

Location

Expenditures

Expenditures by Funding Source to Date: $191,660.00
Fisheries Restoration Grant P... (CDFW): $131,221

Landowner Cost Share (Private): $60,439

Photos

Site 3 following wood placement.
(Timing: After) (~2,180 KB)
Credit: Chris Blencowe
Site 3 following wood placement. (Timing: After)
Credit: Chris Blencowe
Site 3 during the first winter following project completion.
(Timing: After) (~324 KB)
Credit: Chris Blencowe
Site 3 during the first winter following project completion. (Timing: After)
Credit: Chris Blencowe

Project last updated 6/19/2018

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