Tag: Russian River Coho Water Resources Partnership

Grape Creek Streamflow Restoration — Water and Wine Program

This project addressed critically low dry-season flows in Grape Creek, a tributary to Dry Creek in the Russian River watershed of Sonoma County, by working with vineyard landowners to install off-stream ponds fed by groundwater and winter rainfall. This eliminated in-stream diversions that had historically reduced flows during salmon and steelhead migration periods. Additional work included fish passage barrier removal and streambank restoration, benefiting federally endangered Central California Coast coho salmon and federally threatened CCC steelhead.