PROGRAM OVERVIEW

2016

ECORESTORE ORIGINS

• April 2015 – Governor Announces EcoRestore along with California Water Fix

• EcoRestore implements parts of the California Water Action Plan

• Short term – 3 years to jumpstart restoration projects • California Department of Fish and Wildlife working on

a longer term program

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CALIFORNIA ECORESTORE

• RESTORATION PROJECTS: Program will accelerate the implementation of a comprehensive suite of habitat restoration actions in the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh MONITORING AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT: Development of a landscape Adaptive Management process to maximize effectiveness of restoration projects. PLANNING: Delta Conservancy will develop restoration plans for sub-regions of the Delta

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RESTORATION PROJECTS

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ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

• Fish passage in the Yolo Bypass – Block off Colusa Basin Drain – Agricultural Crossings – Fremont Weir Fish Ladder

• Shaded Riparian Habitat – Measured in lineal feet of habitat

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RESTORATION PROJECTS BREAKING GROUND IN 2016

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• Anticipated Construction Starts in 2016: • Wallace Weir • Hill Slough • McCormick Williamson Tract • Dutch Slough • Tule Red

HABITAT RESTORATION TARGETS & PLANNED PROGRESS THROUGH 2017

Planned In Permitting In Construction Completed EcoRestore Goals (total acres)

0Shaded Aquatic (linear

feet)

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

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1

2

3

4

5

6

Fish Passage (# ofprojects)

3,500

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

18000

20000

Floodplain Restoration (acres) Tidal & Sub-Tidal (acres) Emergent Wetland (acres) Aquatic, Riparian and Upland(acres)

17,500

1,000

9,000

RESTORATION CHALLENGES

• Complexity of regulatory permitting • Habitat/species trade-offs • State contracting and procurement • Funding of non-Biological Opinion projects • Incorporation of science

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ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

• Delta Independent Science Board recommends an Adaptive Management program for the Delta

• How well do habitat projects improve the environment? • Adaptive Management Cycle: Monitoring – Synthesis –

Decisions – Monitoring – etc. • Many well established monitoring programs exist • EcoRestore Adaptive Management is only for Ecosystem

Restoration projects in the Delta and Suisun Marsh

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ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT

• Need to Develop Institutional and Financial Structure for Ecosystem Adaptive Management

• Formation of Steering Committee and Technical Committee (IAMIT)

• Recommendation on Adaptive Management Program in 9 months from IAMIT

• Steering Committee to recommend structure and financing

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RESTORATION PROJECT PLANNING

• Delta Conservancy assigned to develop restoration plans for regions of the Delta

• Suisun Marsh Habitat, Management, Preservation and Restoration Plan already exists

• North East Delta Pilot Project • Cache Slough Complex • Other regions later • Medium and long term planning – current projects to be

implemented

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STAY INVOLVED

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