Tag: South Coast Habitat Restoration

Davy Brown and Munch Creek Fish Passage Engineering Project

This project completed final engineering designs for the removal of three concrete low-water crossings on Davy Brown and Munch Creeks, tributaries to Manzana Creek within Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County. One Munch Creek crossing will be removed and channel restored; two Davy Brown crossings will be replaced with stream-spanning bridges. The work will open approximately 3.1 miles of additional habitat in the Sisquoc River watershed — a Core 1 recovery priority — for federally endangered Southern California steelhead.
Carpinteria Creek Fish Passage Project

This project removed the last major migration barrier in the Carpinteria Creek watershed — an undersized bridge and 100 feet of concrete-lined channel with drop structures — replacing it with a clear-span bridge and a restored natural stream channel incorporating rock and large wood structure. Located in coastal Santa Barbara County, the project opened at least 1.27 miles of historic spawning habitat on the mainstem Carpinteria Creek for the first time in decades, benefiting federally endangered Southern California steelhead. Location: Carpinteria Creek is located in coastal Santa Barbara County, approximately 10 miles southeast of the City of Santa Barbara. It…