Rancho Canada Restoration Project
9:00am - 5:00pm
Tour Coordinators: Katrina Harrison, McBain Associates, and Jim Robins, Alnus Ecological
The tour will focus on the lower portion of the Carmel River watershed where the Rancho Cañada Golf Course is being removed and restoration of the site for public access, parklands, and river restoration are being planned. Staff from the NMFS, Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, Trout Unlimited, California Coastal Conservancy, McBain Associates, and others will provide an overview of the project and tour of the restoration site. On site presentations will include various aspects of planning activities with focus on restoration of stream channel and active floodplain including:
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Floodplain and rearing habitat design in an incised setting
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Modeling salmonid benefits for evaluating restoration design concepts
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Restoration near the urban interface
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Building coalitions for restoration
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Managing multiple benefits on public lands
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Educational opportunities for range of constituents
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Consideration of basin-wide conditions and the role of lower floodplain restoration
