Mendocino Railway Sediment Source and Fish Passage Assessment

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Project ID	723424
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	06/01/2010
End Date	04/18/2013
Year	2009
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/14/2025

1 - 1

Description

Identified 225 man made stream crossing features along 40 miles of railroad that could contribute sediment. Identified features included stream crossings, ditch relief culverts, road drainage discharge points, springs, landslides, and eroding banks. Future prevention solution treatments were provided for 162 of those features. 10 stream crossings were identified as possible barriers, 4 of those were determined to occur on fish barring streams and analyzed for passage at different flows.

Project Benefit

Conduct a complete sediment source and fish passage inventory and assessment of the Skunk Train Rail Line, which runs from Fort Bragg to Willits, and provide detailed costs and comparisons for fish passage.

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$88,329

Report Total:

$88,329

Worksites

7209377

Worksite Identifier: 7209377
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Big-Navarro-Garcia adn Lower Eel HUC8 - sediment source and fish passage planning

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin: South Fork Eel (18010106)
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 39.805547
Longitude: -123.621048

ESU

Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon ESU

Map

Photos

Metrics

B.0 Salmonid Restoration Planning and AssessmentsY (Y/N)

. . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 88,329.00
. . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 72.7

. . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)

. . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 88,329.00

. . . . B.1.b.12 Developing restoration/action planY (Y/N)

. . . . . . B.1.b.12.a
Name of plan developed

Mendocino Railway Sediment Source and Fish Passage Assessment

. . . . . . B.1.b.12.b

Description and scope of the plan developed
Sediment source assessment to identify railroad related erosion and sediment delivery features, and fish passage barriers, along the 40 mile length of the Skunk Train rail line between the towns of Fort Bragg & Willits in Mendocino County, CA.