San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Project 54 San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Projects 2002-01-01 Unknown Sarah Beamish Puckett Sarah Beamish Puckett spuckett@n-h-i.org John Cain John Cain jcain@n-h-i.org Tom Hall Tom Hall thall@water.ca.gov California Department of Water Resources

US State Coastal Conservancy

US Sandy Scoggin sscoggin@sfbayjv.org CALFED - Bay Delta Authority Funder CALFED - Bay Delta Authority Cooperator California Department of Water Resources Lead agency California Department of Water Resources Funder California Department of Water Resources Cooperator Conservation Fund, The Cooperator Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Cooperator Natural Heritage Institute Cooperator Oakley, City of Cooperator State Coastal Conservancy Lead agency State Coastal Conservancy Funder State Coastal Conservancy Cooperator Unknown Unknown 0 State and local agencies completed the purchase of 1,166 acres in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, paving the way for the largest scale wetlands restoration effort in the region. The acquired land will be restored under the Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project, a collaborative effort that will benefit a diversity of fish and wildlife, including at-risk species. It also will support future opportunities for public recreation and shoreline access, environmental education, scientific research, levee protection and flood control. Located in the western Delta near Oakley, Dutch Slough is a critical transition zone between saltwater and freshwater habitats and is important to resident and migratory fish. When restored, the site will provide a strategic link in a 20 mile wildlife corridor that extends from the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and Suisun Marsh, offering a diversity of wetlands and terrestrial habitats to support native wildlife. The land has been acquired and the restoration conceptual plan has been completed. The first phase of the project will entail excavating approximately 400,000 cubic yards of material on 100 acres owned by the Ironhouse Sanitary District. Unknown 90 -90 180 -180 Wetlands Habitat Protection Habitat Restoration Bay Habitat - Tidal marsh 1166 juvenile Chinook salmon (all runs) Sacramento Splittail Delta Smelt Giant Garter Snake California black rail. Contra Costa County The Dutch Slough restoration site is located within the City of Oakley, in eastern Contra Costa County, California. The site was historically tidal marsh that adjoined sand dunes and the mouth of Marsh Creek. The site is currently diked and was, until recently, used primarily for cattle grazing and dairy production. The site is bordered to the west by the channelized Marsh Creek, to the north by Dutch Slough, to the east by Jersey Island Road, and to the south by the Contra Costa Canal. CalEDLN project standard 1.0RC1 2009-11-06 Sandra Scoggin