Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery

Status Completed County Sonoma
Project Type Repair/Maintenance Location 38.53148° N, -122.66855° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 164.0 Last Updated 16 March 2023
Project Abstract The project occurred in the 2017 Tubbs Fire burn area in the Mark West Creek watershed, an important Coho Salmon bearing stream. The project involved treating 164.25 acres for forest fuel management and 31 identified erosion sites along 3.23 miles of hydrologically connected roads.
Administrative Region California Department of Fish and Wildlife - Hildie Spautz, CDFW

Project Identification

IDType
P1896037 CDFW - Prop 1 Grant ID

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery Implementation Restoration (unspecified) Upland Forested 164.0 Completed

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery Completed 164.0

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2022-10-01 Project end date
2022-10-01 Groundwork end End of road maintenance and erosion control work for project. Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery
2022-10-01 Phase end End of project. Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery
2022-08-09 Phase start CDFW contract executed- start of project. Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery
2021-10-15 Groundwork end End of forest management work for project. Post Fire Forest Management and Sediment Reduction for Coho Recovery
2019-08-09 Project start date

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Agency Staff Aaron Fairbrook Sonoma Resource Conservation District Not applicable/Unknown

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
Implementation Restoration (unspecified) CDFW Prop 1 - Watershed Restoration Grant Program $1,423,108
Implementation Repair/Maintenance California Department of Fish and Wildlife $0

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
No Data
Name File Type Submitted On Submitted By
Burn Pile 1 Photo 2022-12-12 Hildie Spautz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
CCNB Crew Photo 2022-12-12 Hildie Spautz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Culvert Replacement Photo 2022-12-12 Hildie Spautz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Fuels Reduction 1 Other 2022-12-12 Hildie Spautz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Fuels Reduction 2 Photo 2022-12-12 Hildie Spautz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Road Grading Photo 2022-12-12 Hildie Spautz, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

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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