Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project

Status Completed County Solano
Project Type Compensatory mitigation Location 38.21996° N, -122.03851° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 267.0 Last Updated 22 November 2023
Project Abstract The 267.02-acre Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project, located in the Suisun Marsh, consists of restoring managed marsh to a tidal marsh ecosystem for the benefit of Delta smelt, longfin smelt, and salmonids. The Wings Landing project is a partnership between California Department of Water Resources and Natural Resources Group, Inc.
Project Groups Alkali Sink Conservation Bank | EcoRestore
Administrative Region San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board - Xavier Fernandez, SFBRWQCB

Project Identification

IDType
M2020.014.00md BCDC - Permit Number
C20205 California Bay-Delta Authority
2081-2020-014-03 CDFW - CESA MOU/Permit
WCRO-2012-00005, ID-1760 NMFS - Biological Opinion/Take Permit
SCH#2003112039 SCH - State Clearinghouse Number
PRC 5893.9 SLC - Lease Number
WDID # 2 CW437275 SWRCB - 401 Certification Letter (e.g., Site Number or WDID)
WDID: 2 48C391249 SWRCB - Waste Discharge Requirement
SPN-2018-00344 USACE - Nationwide General Permit
08FBDT00-2020-F-0177 USFWS - Biological Opinion/Take Permit

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project (Estuarine Wetland-Marsh) None Restoration (unspecified) Estuarine Wetland Marsh 267.3 Completed
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project (Estuarine Wetland-Open water) None Restoration (unspecified) Estuarine Wetland Open water 4.67 Completed
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project - Project Boundary None Restoration/Re-establishment Wildlife-specific Measures Estuarine Wetland Marsh 267.0 Construction completed Fully tidal

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project (Estuarine Wetland-Marsh) Completed 267.3
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project (Estuarine Wetland-Open water) Completed 4.67
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project - Project Boundary Construction completed 267.0

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2020-10-02 Levee breach Levee Breach #2 (#4 out of 4). Southern breach on Peytonia Slough.
2020-10-01 Levee breach Levee Breach #3 (#3 out of 4). Northern breach on Peytonia Slough.
2020-09-30 Levee breach Levee Breach #5 (#2 out of 4). Northern breach on Suisun Slough.
2020-09-29 Levee breach Breach #1 (#1 out of 4). Southern breach at Suisun Slough.
2020-09-18 Inspection QSP Inspection for the SWPPP.
2020-09-16 Groundwork start Mobilization of equipment onsite, Worker Environmental Training Program, Cultural Sensitivity Training, staging area setup.
2020-09-15 Habitat survey Phragmites survey.
2020-09-14 Habitat survey Vegetation and special status plant survey.
2020-09-11 Permit San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission Permit NO. M2020.014.00md
2020-08-25 Permit California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Incidental Take Permit for Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project, 2081-2020-014-03
2020-08-14 Permit San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Clean Water Act Certification and Order for Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project. Place ID 865608, WDID# 2 CW437274
2020-08-12 Permit Department of The Army, San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, File Number SPN-2018-00344, Nationwide Permit 27, Section 404 permit.
2020-07-31 Monitoring start Dissolved Oxygen in Peytonia Slough as required by the Regional Water Quality Control Board 401 permit.
2020-07-31 Permit California Environmental Quality Act, Notice of Determination, SCH#2003112039
2020-07-15 Permit United States Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion. 08FBT00-2020-F-0177
2020-05-15 Permit California State Lands Commission, 1979 Memorandum of Understanding determination. File Ref: PRC 5893.9
2020-04-24 Permit National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Biological Opinion. NMFS No: WCRO-2012-00005, ID-1760

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Landowner Caitlin Roddy California Department of Water Resources Fish Restoration Program
Contact Ryan Lopez Natural Resources Group, Inc. Not applicable/Unknown

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
No Data

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2023-08-28 6.1 Wings Site 8 estuarine perennial non-saline 48
2023-08-28 6.1 Wings Site 2 estuarine perennial non-saline 48
2023-08-28 6.1 Wings Site 4 estuarine perennial non-saline 48
Name File Type Submitted On Submitted By
California Department of Water Resources Other 2020-11-06 Cristina Grosso, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Natural Resources Group, Inc. Other 2020-11-06 Cristina Grosso, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Wings Landing Tidal Habitat Restoration Project Other 2020-11-06 Cristina Grosso, San Francisco Estuary Institute

How to Use the Habitat Development Curve

Habitat Development Curves (HDCs) are used to determine the developmental status and trajectory of on-the-ground projects to create, restore, or enhance California wetland and stream habitats. Each HDC is based on assessments of habitat condition for different age areas of one habitat type that in aggregate represent the full spectrum of habitat development. The assessments of condition are provided by expert applications of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Visit the CRAM website for more information about CRAM.

For each HDC, reference condition is represented by areas of a habitat that consistently get very high CRAM scores, have not been subject to disruptive management practices, and exist within landscapes that are protected and managed for their natural conditions. The horizontal lines intersecting the top of an HDC represent the mean CRAM score and standard deviation of scores for 25 qualifying reference areas.

The age of a project is estimated as the elapsed time in years between the groundwork end date for the project and the date of the CRAM assessment. To add or update a groundwork end date, use the Project Events form in Project Tracker (ptrack.ecoatlas.org). The minimum age in years of a non-project area, including any natural reference area, is estimated from all available local information, including historical maps and imagery, historical written accounts, and place-specific scientific studies of habitat development.

An HDC can be used to address the following questions:

  1. At what time in the future will the area of assessed habitat achieve the reference condition or other milestones in habitat development? The HDC can answer this question if the CRAM score for the assessed area is within the confidence interval of the HDC. The answer is the time in years along the HDC between the current age of the assessed area and the future date corresponding to the intersection of the HDC and the reference condition or other milestone.
  2. Is the area of assessed habitat likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace as most other areas of the same habitat type? The habitat area is likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace if the CRAM score for the area is above, below, or within the confidence interval of the HDC, respectively.
  3. What can be done to improve the condition of the habitat area or to increase its rate of development? HDCs by themselves cannot answer this question. Possible answers can be inferred by the following analysis that involves HDCs:
    1. Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
    2. Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
    3. For any low-scoring Attribute, examine the component Metric Scores (note: the Metric Scores for any public CRAM assessment in the CRAM database can be obtained through EcoAtlas);
    4. Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
    5. Consider modifying the design or management of the habitat area in ways that will sustainably increase its score(s) for the low-scoring Metric(s).

For more information about CRAM Attributes and Metrics, including their scientific rationale, see the CRAM Manual.

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