HARVEY PROJECT
Preparing to Get the Project Off the Ground
CalTrout’s, Candice Meneghin, has been working with CDFW, NMFS, USFWS, Frank B. & Associates, RBF Consulting, Stillwater Sciences, and funders to secure permits, access, contractors, funding, and develop Revegetation Plans with the project slated for implementation mid-September, 2015.
Santa Clara River watershed in home to some 47 species of special status and/or concern. While this project is focused on steelhead recovery, it should not negatively affect other species. During site visits, California Red Legged Frog (RLF) habitat was identified by U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Project
proponents decided RLF protocol surveys were needed to inform whether RLF’s are indeed present, and how that would impact construction. CalTrout is contracting with consultants to conduct a series of RLF surveys. The total cost of the project is estimated at $586k. CalTrout has secured approximately $250k from the Santa Clara River Trustee Council (CDFW and USFWS are the two Trustees on the Council, formed following an oil pipeline spill in 1994) and $140K from CDFW’s Oil Spill Response and Prevention (OSPR) unit. CalTrout is currently seeking the balance of $196k from potential match sources and donors.
restore a sacred timeless bond between people and a place.
Our rivers depend on it.