Thomas Creek Ranch Off-Channel Winter Refugia Habitat Enhancement Project
Project Overview
Basics
Thomas Creek Ranch Off-Channel Winter Refugia Habitat Enhancement Project
Completed
This project was designed to enhance winter habitat on lower Green Valley Creek to provide winter rearing and refugia habitat for juvenile salmonids. A side channel and tributary-confluence alcove complex was constructed to provide a low velocity environment with considerable fixed shelter elements and dense vegetative understory cover. The project consisted of three features: Construction of the 220’ long side channel; construction of the wetland complex adjacent to the constructed channel; and the realignment of the lower 110 feet of Thomas Creek to deepen and widen it to create a backwater alcove, with large wood habitat structures throughout the project.
2013
2014
2015
6/19/2018
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
Organizations
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Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Habitat Restoration/Creation | Action Taken: Restored Habitat Type: Riparian | 0.2 acres |
| Special Status Fish Species Habitat | Action Performed: Enhanced Focal Species: coho salmon - central California coast ESU Habitat Type: Migration Listing Status: Federally Endangered/State Endangered | 500 lf |
| Stream Corridor Restored | Location: In-stream Treatment Type: LWD Installation | 500 lf |
| Stream Corridor Restored | Location: Riparian Buffer Treatment Type: Plantings | 500 lf |
Reported Performance Measures
| Habitat Restoration/Creation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Taken | Habitat Type | Total | 2015 | 2014 | Units |
| Restored | Riparian | 0.2 | N/A | 0.2 | acres |
| Total | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | acres | |
| Special Status Fish Species Habitat | |||||||
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| Action Performed | Focal Species | Habitat Type | Listing Status | Total | 2015 | 2014 | Units |
| Enhanced | coho salmon - central California coast ESU | Migration | Federally Endangered/State Endangered | 500 | N/A | 500 | lf |
| Total | 500 | 0 | 500 | lf | |||
| Stream Corridor Restored | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Treatment Type | Total | 2015 | 2014 | Units |
| Riparian Buffer | Plantings | 500 | 500 | N/A | lf |
| Total | 500 | 500 | 0 | lf | |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Ready Program (SCC) | $0.00 | $24,000.00 | $0.00 | $24,000.00 |
| Coastal Restoration Grants (NOAA) | $0.00 | $330,000.00 | $36,000.00 | $366,000.00 |
| Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP) (CDFW) | $0.00 | $130,000.00 | $15,000.00 | $145,000.00 |
| Grant (SCWA) | $0.00 | $18,800.00 | $0.00 | $18,800.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $502,800.00 | $51,000.00 | $553,800.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Provides off-channel habitat for coho salmon
Restores natural hydrological features to mitigate for channel incision
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