Willow Creek Road 2nd Bridge Area Fish Passage Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	723428
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	06/01/2010
End Date	05/11/2012
Year	2009
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/14/2025

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Description

Failed culverts under Willow Creek Road were removed and a 43-foot long single span concrete bridge was installed.

Project Benefit

The goal of this project is to re-establish fish passage for coho salmon and steelhead trout in Willow Creek, tributary to The Russian River in Sonoma County. The objective of this project is to replace four failing culverts on Willow Creek at 2nd Bridge with a 43 foot long single span bridge. This is to provide access to 4.7 miles of spawning habitat for adult salmonids and rearing habitat for juvenile salmonids.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

4.70

4.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$352,990

Other

$42,552

Report Total:

$395,542

Worksites

7209163

Worksite Identifier: 7209163
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Willow Creek - Barrier removal site (2nd Bridge)

Location Information

Basin: Northern California Coastal (180101)
Subbasin: Russian (18010110)
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 38.436067
Longitude: -123.086428

ESU

Central California Coast Coho Salmon ESU

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)
- . . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 395,542.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .11
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
  
  Willow Creek Watershed Management Plan (PCI 2005b), Prunucke Chatham Inc., for Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods (Stewards), March 2005.
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.2 Fish Passage ImprovementY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.2.a Fish Passage Funding 395,542.00
  - . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible 4.70
  - . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
  - . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 4
  - . . . . C.2.g.1 Bridge installed or improved at road stream crossingY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.2.g.2 Number of bridges installed or improved/upgraded 1
    - . . . . . . C.2.g.3 Miles of stream made accessible by bridge installation or improvement/upgrade 4.70