RCD Project Tracker | Wildlife Corridors for Flood Escape on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

Project Details

Yolo County Resource Conservation District

Wildlife Corridors for Flood Escape on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

Program

Upland Habitat Restoration

Primary RCD

Yolo County Resource Conservation District

Lead Implementer

Yolo County Resource Conservation District

Funders

Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Conservancy

Other Organizations

California Conservation Corps, California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Center for Land Based Learning, City of Davis, Dixon Resource Conservation District, Point Blue Conservation Science, Putah Creek Council, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, University of California, Davis, Yolo Basin Foundation , Yolo Habitat Conservancy

Project Primary Contact

Heather Nichols (nichols@yolorcd.org)

Project Stage

Implementation

Duration

2017 - 2022

Watershed Restoration Upland Habitat Restoration

The project creates five miles/23 acres of new habitat in the YBWA with the primary goals to: 1) Address wildlife flood-safety problems and enhance year round habitat and 2) Use regional partnerships to implement a pilot restoration program to provide educational opportunities and create public connections to habitat restoration in the Delta. The project consists of
1) Demonstration project of 0.6 acres seasonal wetland habitat (floodplain sub-habitat), 2) Restoration of 3.0 acres seasonal wetland habitat (grassland and associated wetland sub-habitats), and 3) Restoration of 20 acres upland habitat (grassland sub-habitat).