Crows Landing Riverbend Preserve Habitat Restoration Project

Crows Landing Riverbend Preserve Habitat Restoration Project

This Project will restore ecological processes and native riparian vegetation on approximately 195 acres of agricultural fields along the San Joaquin River. The primary goal of the Project is to improve connectivity and habitat quality for anadromous fish and other sensitive species. This will be achieved through improved floodplain inundation, frequency, and residence time; improved stream quality and habitat productivity; increased cool water refugia and improved food web productivity to benefit fish and other riparian-dependent wildlife. Project work will establish native vegetation, modify an existing farmer berm to reconnect historic floodplains and allow natural river process, and grade a swale to maintain flood conveyance and minimize fish entrapment risks. Reconnection of this acreage to the San Joaquin River will allow flooding for habitat benefits and transient floodwater storage. Native vegetation will be established using standard agricultural techniques including site preparation, drip and furrow irrigation, as well as chemical and mechanical weed control.

Modesto, Patterson

Stanislaus

Citywide, Countywide, Statewide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Other (Habitat Restoration)

Site Plan

Biological Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Hydrology/Water Quality, Recreation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian