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TWP Restoration Projects: Parsons Slough

Parsons Slough Wetland Restoration Plan

The State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), working closely with the Elkhorn Slough Reserve and Elkhorn Slough Foundation, has hired a consulting team led by Moffatt & Nichol to provide consulting services to develop a Parsons Slough Wetland Restoration Plan. The Plan will evaluate tidal marsh restoration alternatives for Parsons Slough including actions to reduce the tidal prism in the area and/or add sediment to rebuild marsh elevations.  This Plan is part of the Elkhorn Slough Tidal Wetland Project.
Additional details about the project scope can be found in the Request for Services (.pdf 597KB), in the Project Work Program (.doc 65KB), and in the Project Goals and Objectives (.doc 51KB).

Parsons Slough
2005 Aerial Photo of Parsons Slough


Schedule of Deliverables

 

Conduct initial team meeting to establish goals and objectives for the project.  Develop the list of goals and objectives as a draft and modify it after input from attendees.  Deliverable: List of Goals and Objectives (Draft and Final).

Expected July 30, 2007

Prepare a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for use of existing and new data.  Deliverable: Quality Assurance Project Plan (Draft and Final)

Expected August 3, 2007

Prepare an Existing Conditions Report (ECR) as the baseline for subsequent environmental review.  Identify existing data on habitat, birds, fish, invertebrates, hydrology, water quality, and soil character and quality.  Determine habitat types, sensitive species, distributions, and values.  Prepare a GIS habitat map and a matrix of acreage types.  Deliverable: Existing Conditions Report (Draft and Final)

Expected December 12, 2007

Analyze options to add sediment to Parsons Slough to raise marsh elevations.  Consider sediment sources, costs, construction methods, fill sequencing, regulatory issues, and environmental impacts.  Deliverable: Options for Sediment Additions Report (Draft and Final)

Expected April 21, 2008

Develop and evaluate four restoration options including No Action.  Illustrate and describe concepts, model hydraulics, estimate expected habitat areas, estimate sediment quantities, construction techniques, construction costs, and maintenance needs. Perform preliminary environmental review.  Deliverable: Alternatives Analysis Report (Draft and Final)

Expected May 30, 2008

Prepare the Parsons Slough Restoration Plan to include an CEQA Initial Study checklist for the preferred alternative sufficient for CEQA review, and applying for permits and grant applications.  The level of detail will be towards the 30% design level.  Deliverable: Restoration Plan (Draft and Final)

Expected December 12, 2008

 

Parsons Restoration Team (PRT)  Current Participants:

Trish Chapman1
California Coastal Conservancy

Jim Oakden
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Becky Christensen
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Barb Peichel1
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Ross Clark
California Coastal Commission, Central Coast

Mary Root
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura

John Krause
California Department of Fish and Game

Peter von Langen
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast

Cheryl McGovern
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9

Lisa Windham
U.S. Geological Survey

Bill McIver
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura

Andrea Woolfolk
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Katie Morange
California Coastal Commission

1 – Project Managers

 

Parsons Slough Restoration Planning Consultant Team Leads:

Moffatt & Nichol

Chris Webb1, Dilip Trivedi1

Chambers Group, Inc.

Noel Davis

Wetlands & Water Resources

Stuart Siegel

FarWest Restoration Engineering

Roger Leventhal

 

1 – Project Leads

 

 

 


 

 

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