For Sonoma County Regional Parks Department
Cloverdale, California

This project included: 1) design of recreational and habitat/bank stabilization improvements funded by a River Parkway Grant, and 2) FEMA-funded repair of flood and erosion damage and mitigation against future flood damage. Questa completed geomorphic, hydraulic and biological analyses, prepared regulatory permit applications, construction PS&Es, CEQA documentation, and a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), assisted with project bidding, and provided construction monitoring.

Recreation improvements included construction of an ADA-accessible river access ramp and boat portage and parking area, additional picnic sites, ADA-accessible paths, and installation of interpretive panels. Streambank stabilization, restoration and storm water repair improvements included removing a portion of the existing eroding levee, restoration of eroded bank slope using willow mattresses, willow sprigging and cottonwood poles, hydroseeding disturbed areas, replanting over 300 native tree and shrubs, and replacing the irrigation system.

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