Strawberry Creek Wetland Coho Habitat Restoration Project

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Project ID	724758
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	06/15/2016
End Date	04/10/2018
Year	2015
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/25/2024

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Description

Conceptual through final designs were prepared to improve fish passage and rearing habitat in Strawberry Creek. The design addresses 1400 feet of Strawberry Creek and 21 acres of pond and wetland area formed by a historic meander scar of Redwood Creek.

Project Benefit

The developed restoration plans will restore Coho access to the area, result in the removal and/or control of invasive grasses, improve summer and winter habitat and water quality, restore riparian area, and create in-channel and off-channel habitat complexity with off-channel features and using large wood.

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$95,339

Report Total:

$95,339

Worksites

7211051

Worksite Identifier: 7211051
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Strawberry Creek

Location Information

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

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 41.2773
Longitude: -124.0726

ESU

Central California Coast Coho Salmon ESU

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Metrics

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

. . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 198,590.00
. . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 21.0

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

. . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 95,339.00

. . . . B.1.b.11 Engineering/design work for restoration projectsY (Y/N)

. . . . . . B.1.b.11.a
Name of plan implemented

NOAA Fisheries, 2012, Recovery Plan for California Central Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit, NOAA , Santa Rosa, CA

. . . . . . B.1.b.11.b

Description and scope of the plan implemented

The proposed project will address the above task by developing conceptual through final design plans that address 1,400 feet of Strawberry Creek and 21 acres of pond and wetland located between Phases 1 and 2. This highly complex area consists of wetland and two large large pond formed by a historical meander scar of Redwood Creek. Much of the area has become completely covered with invasive grasses, which block fish passage, create low dissolved oxygen conditions, and obstruct a large area of open water that could be used as off-channel habitat for salmonids. The developed restoration plans will restore fish access to the area, result in the removal and/or control of invasive grasses, improve summer and winter habitat and water quality, restore riparian area, and create in-channel and off-channel habitat complexity with off-channel features and using large wood.