Lichau Creek Channel Maintenance Project

Lichau Creek Channel Maintenance Project

The Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District and Sonoma County Water Agency (Zone 2A) are proposing a vegetation management/flood conveyance project on Lichau Creek through the unincorporated community of Penngrove in Sonoma County. The proposed project will help to improve the riparian zone, stabilize eroding streambanks, and improve the flood flow capacity, thereby alleviating the frequency of flooding of roads, adjacent land, businesses, and residences in this area. The SSCRCD proposes to selectively (using hand tools) thin or remove trees (mainly young Arroyo willows) that impede the flow of water in the main channel of the creek. The primary focus will be removing trees growing on the channel bottom, and selectively thinning and climbing trees growing on the channel banks. Red Willow cuttings and Cottonwood seedlings will be planted in openings along 4,500 foot reach to enhance native riparian vegetation.

Sonoma

Cal Fire, California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

Channel Maintenance

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife