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PARTNERS INCLUDED: City of Napa • County of Napa • Bay Area IRWMP • USDA NRCS • numerous private landowners and volunteers • Enhanced over 18.5 miles of stream for fish migraon and rearing • Completed habitat surveys for 10 creeks in the Upper Napa River watershed and assessed 24 fish passage barriers for removal • Planted over 1,000 nave trees and understory plants for streambank stabilizaon • Coordinated volunteer days to clean up 15 miles of waterways in Napa County • Coordinated the planng of 300 nave Valley Oak acorns for a restoraon project in the Maxwell Creek Watershed • Planned and coordinated 8 watershed workshops for 330+ local residents • Coordinated 3 Bay-Friendly Landscaper Qualificaon Program courses and 2 Bay- Friendly Garden Tours in the City of Napa “The Coordinators facilitated cooperave mul-objecve watershed planning and projects at various geographic scales.” - Frances Knapczyk, Watershed Coordinator NAPA COUNTY RCD The Napa County Resource Conservaon District (RCD) Watershed Coordinator focused on issues important to the Napa River and the larger San Pablo Bay. These included excess sediment, stream bank instability, increased water temperatures, decreased summer stream flows, lack of instream and riparian habitat, fish migraon barriers, and overall aquac habitat degradaon. The Coordinator worked with numerous partner agencies on the Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) update. As a result, 33 natural resource management projects were added to the 2013 plan update. The Napa RCD’s Coordinator supported community efforts to address the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) on the Napa River. The Coordinator provided direct community outreach and spearheaded a grant proposal for the watershed that funded restoraon and enhancement of over 18.5 miles of stream for fish migraon and rearing. Pracces addressing water quality and erosion control prevented 19 thousand cubic yards of sediment from entering Carneros and Sulphur Creeks. Several small dams were removed which resulted in the restoraon of over two miles of addional channel for wild salmon passage. For more informaon visit the Napa County RCD website at hp://www.naparcd.org San Pablo Bay Watershed - North Improving fish habitat and passage in the Napa River and San Pablo Bay Watersheds Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counes; State Senate District 2, State Assembly District 7 39 Department of Conservaon Watershed Coordinator

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Page 1: San Pablo Bay Watershed - North - conservation.ca.gov · the larger San Pablo Bay. These included excess sediment, stream bank instability, increased water temperatures, decreased

PARTNERS INCLUDED: City of Napa • County of Napa • Bay Area IRWMP • USDA NRCS • numerous private landowners and volunteers

• Enhanced over 18.5 miles of stream for fish migration and rearing

• Completed habitat surveys for 10 creeks in the Upper Napa River watershed and assessed 24 fish passage barriers for removal

• Planted over 1,000 native trees and understory plants for streambank stabilization

• Coordinated volunteer days to clean up 15 miles of waterways in Napa County

• Coordinated the planting of 300 native Valley Oak acorns for a restoration project in the Maxwell Creek Watershed

• Planned and coordinated 8 watershed workshops for 330+ local residents

• Coordinated 3 Bay-Friendly Landscaper Qualification Program courses and 2 Bay-Friendly Garden Tours in the City of Napa

“The Coordinators facilitated cooperative multi-objective watershed planning and projects at various geographic scales.”

- Frances Knapczyk, Watershed Coordinator

NAPA COUNTY RCD

The Napa County Resource Conservation District (RCD) Watershed Coordinator focused on issues important to the Napa River and the larger San Pablo Bay. These included excess sediment, stream bank instability, increased water temperatures, decreased summer stream flows, lack of instream and riparian habitat, fish migration barriers, and overall aquatic habitat degradation. The Coordinator worked with numerous partner agencies on the Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) update. As a result, 33 natural resource management projects were added to the 2013 plan update.

The Napa RCD’s Coordinator supported community efforts to address the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) on the Napa River. The Coordinator provided direct community outreach and spearheaded a grant proposal for the watershed that funded restoration and enhancement of over 18.5 miles of stream for fish migration and rearing. Practices addressing water quality and erosion control prevented 19 thousand cubic yards of sediment from entering Carneros and Sulphur Creeks. Several small dams were removed which resulted in the restoration of over two miles of additional channel for wild salmon passage.

For more information visit the Napa County RCD website at http://www.naparcd.org

San Pablo Bay Watershed - NorthImproving fish habitat and passage in the Napa River and San Pablo Bay WatershedsNapa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties; State Senate District 2, State Assembly District 7

39 Department of Conservation Watershed Coordinator