| Fish Friendly Farming® Certification Program: Russian, Navarro, Gualala, Napa River Watersheds |
| LMA developed this program for farmers to assess their lands and implement beneficial management practices (BMPs) for restoring habitat for endangered salmon and steelhead and improving water quality. The beneficial management practices were developed in cooperation with a committee of landowners, grapegrowers, wineries, environmentalists and regulatory agencies. Since 1999, LMA has directed the implementation of the program, including workshops for farmers and the design of erosion control and stream and watershed restoration projects on private land. The program expanded to Napa Valley at the request of the Grapegrowers Association, Vintners Association and Farm Bureau in 2004. LMA prepares over 50 Farm Conservation Plans and 25-30 project plans every year. |
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| For Sake of Salmon Watershed Coordinator - Russian River |
| This project involved organizing community groups and involving the public in activities to restore and monitor salmon and steelhead habitat. Much of the focus of the project was communication between various interest groups and facilitating greater cooperation between all the parties in the area. |
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| King Farm Riparian Floodplain Restoration Project, Mendocino County |
| LMA designed an innovative project along the floodplain of the Russian River below Coyote Dam. The dam has caused the river channel to incise 20 feet isolating the former floodplain and reducing the viability of riparian areas. This project excavated a new lower elevation floodplain and used the excavated material to create a vineyard terrace. LMA completed project design, CEQA documentation and oversaw implementation. |
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| Lake Merritt Wetland Restoration, City of Oakland |
| LMA evaluated a variety of alternatives for restoring a wetland in this highly urban city park with an altered tidal system. This restoration project was technically difficult and required the integration of recreational uses into wetland restoration options. |
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| Maacama Creek Watershed Assessment and Enhancement Plan, Sonoma County |
| The physical features of this 70-square mile watershed stream
network, stream slope and confinement, geology, soil types, vegetation, roads,
riparian vegetation, watershed vegetation and land uses were mapped in a GIS
(Geologic Information System). Water quality and temperature monitoring data
were collected and analyzed. Land cover, riparian corridor size, road networks
and land uses were compared from the 1940s, 1960s and current aerial photographs.
Recommendations for stream and watershed restoration projects were included. |
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| Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Wetland Restoration - Port of Oakland |
| LMA produced brochures and oversaw all aspects of a public event for the breaching of the largest wetland restoration in the City of Oakland. The event included public speakers from organizations that had once been in litigation with the Port. LMA coordinated these many disparate parties to speak with one voice at the event. LMA also oversaw all the press and media work and produced original illustrations of the site for the event. |
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| Morongo Band Reservation Gravel Pit Reclamation Project, Riverside County |
| This project involved the implementation of a negotiated settlement between the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the Vulcan Materials gravel company for the closure and restoration of a large gravel extraction pit on the Morongo reservation. LMA served as the administrative technical expert (ATE) to oversee and approve all aspects of the project including the mediation of all disputes as the program was implemented. |
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