Fay Slough/Cochran-Redmond (CORE) - Humboldt Bay Watershed Enhancement Program

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Development of an enhancement plan to partially restore tidal processes to diked-former tidelands along the eastern boundary of Humboldt Bay to restore critical estuarine-salmonid habitat while assisting ranchers in reducing the flood impacts on their pasture lands.

Humboldt Bay Sediment & Habitat Improvement Project (SedSHIP)

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1) Monitoring of sediment movement in the Freshwater Creek and Elk River watershed, 2) assistance to non-corporate landowners to develop compliance plans to help them meet the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements, and 3) fisheries habitat enhancement in Martin Slough (tributary to Elk River).

Martin Slough Enhancement Project

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Martin Slough, a tributary to Swain Slough/ the Elk River, is just south of the city of Eureka. This project's goals include the enhancement of aquatic and riparian habitat, improving fish access to Martin Slough, flood reduction, and improved sediment transport.

McDaniel Slough Marsh Revegetation

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Joint effort with the City of Arcata to restore tidal function to McDaniel Slough, create freshwater wetlands for bird and wildlife habitat, and re-establish brackish marsh habitat on diked-former tidelands along the northern edge of Humboldt Bay, adding over 240 acres of habitat to the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary.

Wood Creek Tidal Marsh Enhancement Project

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Assessment, implementation plan and implementation phases for restoration of 23 acres of brackish marsh habitat through removal of the Wood Creek tidegate. The conversion of agricultural grasslands to marshland will provide habitat for salmonids, tidewater goby, and other sensitive species and return some tidal function to former Bay lands.