Strentzel Watershed Project.pdf - Bay Area IRWMP
Strentzel Watershed Project.pdf - Bay Area IRWMP
Strentzel Watershed Project.pdf - Bay Area IRWMP
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STRENTZEL WATERSHED PROJECTS<br />
Cece Sellgren<br />
Contra Costa Co Public Works Dept.<br />
Igor Skaredoff<br />
Igor Skaredoff<br />
Friends of Alhambra Creek
ALHAMBRA CREEK WATERSHED<br />
‣ Central Contra<br />
Costa County –<br />
Martinez<br />
‣ Population = 14,200<br />
‣ 10,735 ac<br />
‣ Alhambra Creek<br />
‣ Arroyo del Hambre<br />
‣ Franklin Creek<br />
‣ Annual rain = 22”
STRENTZEL WATERSHED – A SPECIAL PLACE
FLOODING W/IN STRENTZEL WS
ALHAMBRA CR WATERSHED PLAN<br />
‣ Sponsored by Contra<br />
Costa Resource<br />
Conservation District<br />
‣ Comprehensive natural<br />
resource planning<br />
document<br />
‣ Wide variety of interests<br />
‣ Consensus decisions<br />
‣ Completed in 2001
STRENTZEL LANE SEDIMENT CONTROL<br />
PROJECT<br />
‣ Sediment Control at<br />
<strong>Strentzel</strong> Meadow<br />
‣ Create meandering<br />
channel<br />
‣ Sediment trap &<br />
trash rack<br />
‣ Culvert backyard &<br />
overstreet flow<br />
‣ Protect houses &<br />
John Muir’s<br />
Gravesite
CONSTRUCTION
JUST BEFORE CONSTRUCTION<br />
SPRING AFTER CONSTRUCTION<br />
BEFORE AND AFTER
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE – PARTNER AND PATRON<br />
‣ 1964 - John Muir National Historic Site<br />
founded<br />
‣ 1992 – Mt Wanda added to JM NHS<br />
‣ 2001 – John Muir grave stability study<br />
‣ 2003 – <strong>Strentzel</strong> Ln Sediment Control<br />
<strong>Project</strong><br />
‣ 2005 –Cattle pond restoration in upper<br />
watershed<br />
‣ 2009 – Invasive plant plan
THE EVOLVING MEADOW - SEDIMENT<br />
Initial plan to keep water in<br />
the channel (& meadow) and<br />
let the sediment settle near<br />
trash rack regularly remove<br />
sediment
THE EVOLVING MEADOW - FLOODPLAINS<br />
Encourage sediment to<br />
spread out onto<br />
floodplain aggradation<br />
of floodplain
THE EVOLVING MEADOW - PLANTINGS<br />
Initial focus on<br />
creating riparian area<br />
w/ willow cuttings<br />
Evolving focus on<br />
creating floodplain<br />
habitat w/ buckeyes<br />
oaks, roses, and<br />
sedges & rushes
THE EVOLVING MEADOW - WEEDS<br />
‣ Decades as a horse<br />
pasture + grade the<br />
dirt + water = weeds!<br />
‣ Dedicated volunteers<br />
doing what they can<br />
‣ NPS Invasive Plant Plan<br />
‣ Strategic Action<br />
‣ <strong>Watershed</strong> focus<br />
‣ Gaining the advantage
WIDESPREAD SUPPORT – A PARTIAL LIST<br />
Restoration ti Trust<br />
Environmental Studies Academy<br />
Shell Oil: Martinez Refining Co.<br />
Diablo<br />
Alhambra<br />
Valley<br />
Kids for the <strong>Bay</strong> High<br />
College<br />
School<br />
Cal State East <strong>Bay</strong><br />
Las Juntas Elementary University<br />
Condor<br />
Pittsburg<br />
H.S Env<br />
Country<br />
Consulting<br />
Club<br />
Martinez<br />
Junior<br />
High<br />
Sup. Gayle Uilkema<br />
Phillip Williams<br />
St. Catherines<br />
of Siena<br />
Martinez<br />
Chamber of<br />
& Assoc. School<br />
Commerce<br />
Zentner<br />
And<br />
Zentner<br />
Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center
TAKE HOME MESSAGES<br />
‣ Collaborate! Collaborate! Collaborate!<br />
‣ Evolution & adaptive Management<br />
‣ Restoration as mechanism to obtain<br />
money for flood protection<br />
‣ Importance of local Resource<br />
Conservation Districts
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