Mt. Gilead Water Conservation and Streamflow Improvement Project

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	1671664731866
Recovery Domains	N Central California Coast
Start Date	04/12/2023
End Date	03/17/2025
Year	2022
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/28/2025

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Description

The project implemented a series of water conservation measures to improve streamflow in upper Green Valley Creek, a critical coho/trout spawning/rearing tributary of the lower Russian. The project was prioritized through NFWF-funded Russian River Water Resources Coho Partnership and described in the Upper Green Valley Creek Streamflow Improvement Plan to improve streamflow in upper Green Valley Creek. The water conservation measures included shrinking the irrigated area, replacement of the existing irrigation system with a more efficient system, aerating and composting the soil to improve rooting depth and water holding capacity, installation of drought-tolerant turf, and development of a new rainwater catchment system to provide a portion of the remaining irrigation water demand. The project’s water conservation measures will reduce dry season water extraction. Furthermore, the camp signed a 25yr forbearance agreement to not extract water from their alluvial wells during Aug-Oct.

Project Benefit

Summer/fall streamflow in the creek falls to critically low levels in most years, imperiling juvenile fish during the year they spend rearing in the stream before migrating to the Pacific Ocean. The project is projected to result in an increase in streamflow of roughly 0.05 cubic feet per second throughout the August-October dry season.

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$947,882

Other

$1,389,053

In-Kind Other

$106,993

Report Total:

$2,443,928

Worksites

1671664732196

Worksite Identifier: 1671664732196
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Mt. Gilead Camp and Conference Center

Location Information

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

State: California
Recovery Domain: N Central California Coast
Latitude: 38.456774
Longitude: -122.937569

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 2,443,927.00
- . . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected 4.50
- . . C.0.c
  Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
- . . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
- . . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
- . . C.3 Instream Flow ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.3.a Instream Flow Funding 2,443,927.00
  - . . . . C.3.b Length of stream 'protected' for adequate flow 4.50
  - . . . . C.3.c Change in water flow.05 (cfs)
  - . . . . C.3.e.1 Irrigation practice improvementY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.3.e.2 Acre feet of water conserved per year9.5 (Acre feet)
    - . . . . . . C.3.e.4 Initial start date of action or agreement07/30/2024 (mm/dd/yyyy)
    - . . . . . . C.3.e.5 Final end date of action or agreement10/31/2049 (mm/dd/yyyy)