Lower Walnut Creek Restoration Project

Document Description: The Lower Walnut Creek Habitat Restoration Project, North Reach is located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, 3 miles east of the City of Martinez, on the southern shore of Suisun Bay (the north eastern lobe of San Francisco Bay). The Project will restore and enhance coastal wetlands and adjacent habitats at the mouth of Walnut Creek (some maps show this as Pacheco Creek, or Pacheco Slough). The Coastal Conservancy will pass through USFWS, NCWC federal funding to restore a 231.9-acre subset of a larger 386-acre project area, known as the North Reach, of the larger project.

Contact Information: Avra Heller
California State Coastal Conservancy
Lead/Public Agency
1515 Clay Street 10th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone : (510) 286-1212
avra.heller@scc.ca.gov; Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development
Project Applicant

Cities: unincorporated
Counties: Contra Costa
Regions: San Francisco Bay Area
Other Location Info: Project site is located in unincorporated Contra Costa County approx. 3 miles east of the City of Martinez, along the lower 2.5 miles of Walnut Creek and 1.5 miles of Pacheco Creek in Central Contra Costa County

Final Environmental Document Available at: Contra Costa Public Works Department, 255 Glacier Drive, Martinez, CA 94553

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment: No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project: Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project: Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes