The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) was awarded a $999,521 federal project grant by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) on June 7, 2024. The funding will be used to complete the study and design of two 25-acre floodplain restoration projects along the lower Mokelumne River, a tributary of the San Joaquin River in California's Central Valley. These restoration projects aim to inundate roughly 50 acres of off-channel rearing habitat to benefit federally listed, fall-run Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. The project will include baseline surveys, modeling, and stakeholder outreach to develop the restoration designs. Once implemented, the floodplain restoration will provide high-quality rearing habitat along the Mokelumne River's migration corridor, offering multiple opportunities for the endangered fish species to access refugia habitat and improve juvenile growth rates before out-migration into the Delta.
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