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  • Iron Horse Vineyards Dam Removal Project

    This project removed an obsolete flashboard dam on lower Green Valley Creek at the Iron Horse Vineyards property in Sonoma County — the second of two remnant dams identified as the primary fish passage barriers in the lower creek. Approximately 35 cubic yards of concrete were excavated, banks regraded, large wood habitat structures installed, and…

  • Upper Green Valley Creek Fish Passage Project

    This project replaced a severely undersized, failing private road culvert on Upper Green Valley Creek — a Russian River tributary in Sonoma County — with a 15-foot bottomless arch culvert and a 157-foot step-pool roughened channel with boulder weirs for grade control. The culvert had blocked coho access under all flow conditions. The project opened…