Evaluating Tidal Hydraulics, Geomorphic Change, and Estuarine Habitats for different Restoration Alternatives
A Modeling Advisory Team (MAT) was created to assist the Elkhorn Slough Tidal Wetland Project teams in overseeing consulting efforts to evaluate the hydrodynamic, geomorphic, and ecosystem responses to a suite of large-scale restoration alternatives compared with a “no-action” alternative. In November 2006, a consulting team headed by Philip Williams and Associates, Ltd. (PWA), was hired. Specifically, the alternatives being evaluated include:
Option 1: No Action
Option 2: Replicate historic conditions of the estuarine mouth
Option 3: Decrease the size of the estuary’s opening under Highway 1
Option 4: Decrease the tidal prism by muting Parsons Slough
Option 5: New alternative developed by PWA
To learn more about the scope of this project, check out the RFP description or the Scope of Work and Project Schedule.
Schedule of Deliverables |
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Literature Review Memorandum: The first task in PWA’s scope of work was to complete a literature review of restoration projects conducted in the U.S. and abroad that are similar in scope to potential restoration options for Elkhorn Slough. |
Completed 2/2007 - click here to download |
Restoration Concepts Memorandum |
Completed 1/2007 |
100% Report: Model Calibration Report
(calibration & validation results) |
Completed 5/2007 |
20% Report: The Future Evolution of Elkhorn Slough
(No action only; chapters on hydrodynamics, inlet stability, morphology & habitat at years 0, 10 & 50) |
In Progress – due 6/2007 |
50% Report: The Future Evolution of Elkhorn Slough
(No action + 2 restoration concepts; chapters on hydrodynamics, inlet stability, morphology & habitat at years 0, 10 & 50) |
In Progress – due 7/2007 |
100% Report: The Future Evolution of Elkhorn Slough
(No action + 4 restoration concepts; chapters on hydrodynamics, inlet stability, morphology & habitat at years 0, 10 & 50) |
In Progress – due 9/2007 |
Conceptual Engineering Design |
In Progress – due 3/2008 |
Final Project Report |
In Progress – due 3/2008 |
Modeling Advisory Team (MAT) Working Group Current Participants:
John Callaway
University of San Francisco |
Bryan Largay
Largay Hydrologic Sciences, LLC |
Josh Collins
San Francisco Estuary Institute
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John Largier
University of California-Davis |
Robert Curry
California State University Monterey Bay |
Barb Peichel1
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve |
Ed Gross
Bay Modeling |
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Jessie Lacy
U.S. Geological Survey |
1 – Project Coordinator |
Hydrodynamic and Ecosystem Response to Proposed Restoration Alternatives
(Ecosystem-Based Management) Consultant Team Leads:
Philip Williams and Associates, Ltd. |
Jeff Haltiner1, Don Danmeier2, Bob Battalio, Peter Goodwin, Matt Brennan, Steve Crooks, David Brew |
H.T. Harvey & Associates
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Ron Duke, John Bourgeois |
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1 – Project Director, 2 – Project Manager |
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