Riparian Sanctuary
What's New?
Project Overview
Timeline
Frequently Asked Questions
What's New?
Phase II funding has been authorized by the Department of Fish and Game and the California Bay-Delta Authority. Currently, River Partners is securing contracts with subcontractors to form a Technical Advisory Committee, obtain bathymetry and topographic mapping, perform a geotechnical investigation, conduct biological surveys and monitoring, develop hydraulic and meander evaluations, and to develop appropriate environmental compliance and permitting.
Project Overview
River Partners, in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Princeton-Cordora-Glenn and Provident Irrigation Districts (PCGID-PID), secured funding from a CALFED grant to investigate the feasibility of restoration and other management options on the
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950 acres of the Riparian Sanctuary Unit,
part of the Sacramento River National
Wildlife Refuge (SRNWR) Llano Seco Unit.
The project includes the development of feasibility studies for restoration options
for the Riparian Sanctuary and measures to protect the PCGID-PID pumping plant and
fish screen facility. The planning effort also includes development of a long-term Interdisciplinary Monitoring Plan to build
in an experimental design to examine important questions regarding restoration. These planning efforts represent a major step toward allowing the Riparian Sanctuary to meet its full ecological potential, minimizing ecosystem impacts from the pumping plant and anadromous fish screen protection measures, and providing data to make sound floodplain management decisions on future sites.
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To address the complex and potentially controversial issues associated with restoration and facility protection options,
the project employed an open,
science-based process to educate stakeholders and foster consensus for solutions. The project has successfully yielded promising solutions that meet multiple objectives and has garnered
support to further investigate these solutions. As feasibility level studies Phase I
only allowed for the screening of solutions and more detailed analyses are needed before implementation can proceed. The project has support from a diverse coalition of agricultural and environmental interests, and exemplifies the progress possible when sound partnerships and science come together to evaluate options to meet multiple goals.
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Phase I was completed in 2006.
Phase II provides an opportunity to fully develop a joint project that meets agricultural and ecological needs. The primary goal of Phase II is to develop the technical information to fully evaluate recommended alternatives, to complete the design information and satisfy environmental and permit compliance to allow for implementation of measures to protect the PCGID-PID facility and to meet SRNWR habitat goals for the Riparian Sanctuary. Phase II
will clear many of the hurdles for implementation, and
once completed, the project proponents intend to seek funding for a joint project.
Phase III will involve project implementation.
See Historic River Channels.
Timeline
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Frequently Asked Questions
Under construction.
