Laguna-Mark West Creek Watershed Master Restoration Planning Project

Status Planning County Sonoma
Project Type Non-mitigation Location 38.40307° N, -122.79263° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 7,378 Last Updated 28 June 2023
Project Abstract The Sonoma County Water Agency coordinated with the San Francisco Estuary Institute and the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation to prepare the Laguna-Mark West Creek Watershed Master Restoration Plan. The Restoration Plan will lead to improved ecosystem functioning through a suite of stream and wetland restoration projects.
Project Groups CDFW Prop 1
Administrative Region California Department of Fish and Wildlife - Hildie Spautz, CDFW

Project Identification

IDType
P1796008.00 CDFW - Prop 1 Grant ID

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Laguna-Mark West watershed None Restoration (unspecified) Riverine Wetland Riparian area 7,378 Planning in-progress

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
LAGUNA-MARK WEST CREEK WATERSHED MASTER RESTORATION PLANNING PROJECT – HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT Planning/Scoping No Data
Laguna-Mark West watershed Planning/Scoping 7,378
Please delete: Laguna-Mark West watershed Planning/Scoping No Data

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2023-08-15 Project end date Estimated date
2018-03-12 Other Monday, March 12 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Heron Hall Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation 900 Sanford Rd, Santa Rosa, CA
2017-09-01 Project start date Estimated date

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Contact Neil Lassettre Sonoma County Water Agency Environmental Resources

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
None Restoration (unspecified) CDFW Prop 1 - Delta Water Quality and Ecosystem Restoration Grant Program $517,000

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2017-06-28 6.1 Carinelli vernal pool system 86
2013-10-28 6.1 Laguna Schoch Forested forested slope 79
2013-10-28 6.1 Laguna Schoch forested slope
2013-09-27 6.1 Reservoir Slope forested slope 80
2013-09-24 6.1 Gallo Island perennial/seasonal depressional 76
2013-09-24 6.1 Gallo Forest forested slope
2013-09-20 6.1 Occidental Road Unit Slope 11 forested slope 87
2013-09-16 6.1 Cooper Road Slope 45 channeled wet meadow 79
2013-09-16 6.1 Cooper Road Unit River 12 riverine non-confined 74
2013-09-13 6.1 Washoe Creek riverine confined
2013-09-11 6.1 Occidental Road Unit depression north perennial/seasonal depressional 68
2013-09-11 6.1 Occidental Road Unit depression middle perennial/seasonal depressional 77
2013-09-11 6.1 Occidental Road Unit depression south perennial/seasonal depressional 74
2013-08-30 6.1 Santa Rosa Creek FCC riverine confined 78
2013-08-29 6.1 Brown Farm Riverine riverine non-confined 72
2013-08-20 6.1 Old Mark West Creek channeled wet meadow 70
2013-08-13 6.1 Occidental Laguna channeled wet meadow 81
2013-08-08 6.1 Laguna at Clahan Park riverine non-confined 73
2013-08-08 6.1 Balletto Field non-channeled wet meadow 65
2013-08-02 6.1 Ben's Slope forested slope 86
2013-08-02 6.1 Lynmar Slope forested slope 88
2013-07-26 6.1 Meadowlark Field channeled wet meadow 79
2013-07-23 6.1 Alpha Farm Pond perennial/seasonal depressional 44
2013-07-22 6.1 Depressional Begining Intercal perennial/seasonal depressional 60
Name File Type Submitted On Submitted By
Restoration Vision for the Laguna de Santa Rosa Other 2023-06-27 Neil Lassettre, Sonoma County Water Agency

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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