Jacoby Creek Riparian and Wetland Restoration Project - Phase 1 Planning and Acquisition
Project Overview
Basics
Jacoby Creek Riparian and Wetland Restoration Project - Phase 1 Planning and Acquisition
- Address Climate Change and Extreme Event Effects, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
- Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
- Engage with Regional Partners to Inform High Quality Planning and Implementation
- Work across Jurisdictional Boundaries to Achieve Common Objectives Effectively and Efficiently
NCRP RFFC Technical Assistance (DOC)
Completed
The Jacoby Creek Riparian and Wetland Restoration Project will enhance native salmonid habitat and water quality in the lower Jacoby Creek watershed through acquisition and restoration of four acres along the creek. This project is supported by the Jacoby Creek Water Sustainability and Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Feasibility Study, a planning project that will develop to a 15% design level three community-supported multi-benefit project concepts that enhance aquatic habitat quality and reduce flooding impacts in the lower Jacoby Creek watershed. Technical assistance will support riparian property acquisition that is expected to be funded by the State Coastal Conservancy.
2023
2023
2023
1/2/2025
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The Jacoby Creek Riparian and Wetland Restoration Project will enhance native salmonid habitat and water quality in the lower Jacoby Creek watershed through acquisition and restoration of a key property comprised of four acres along the creek. This project is supported by the Jacoby Creek Water Sustainability and Anadromous Fish Habitat Enhancement Feasibility Study, a planning project that will develop to a 15% design level three community-supported multi-benefit project concepts that enhance aquatic habitat quality and reduce flooding impacts in the lower Jacoby Creek watershed. Technical assistance will support riparian property acquisition that is expected to be funded by the State Coastal Conservancy. The property described in this proposal is important to the enhancement project because it includes an area that frequently floods during coho and chinook spawning season. Fish are swept out of the creek and are unable to return as water recedes. Restoration will reduce this.
Solutions
Capacity - Technical Assistance, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Conservation Planning, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Land Acquisition & Protection, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Water
Spatial Information
Tribal Region
None
Project Size (Acres)
4
acres
Location
This Project's Simple and Detailed location is considered private and is hidden from most users.
In reviewing the California Disadvantaged Communities Mapping Tool, I believe that this area is not in a mapped Disadvantaged Community because the (census?) data is not available. I know the community well enough to know that it is in-line with that of the surrounding mapped Disadvantage Community.
Organizations
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| Funders | |
| Project Sponsor | |
| Local and/or Political Support | Mike Wilson, Humboldt County Supervisor, District 3; Emily Sinkhorn, City of Arcata, Environmental Services Director |
Contacts
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Project Benefit Performance Measures
Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | 1 count | |
| Capacity Enhancement - Type(s) of CE | Type: Technical Assistance | 1 |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 0.1 | |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | Type of Technical Assistance: Assessments/ Appraisals/ Reports | 1 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Capacity Enhancement - # of projects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | count |
| Capacity Enhancement - Type(s) of CE | |||||
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| Type | Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Technical Assistance | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | number |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | number |
| Grant applications submitted - # of proposals | |||||
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| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 1 | N/A | 1 | N/A | number | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | number |
| Grants received - dollar amount awarded | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| $690,000 | $690,000 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Total | $690,000 | $690,000 | $0 | $0 | |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | |||||
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| Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units | |
| 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | number | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | number |
| Land protection | |||||
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| Protection method | Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Fee title | 80 | 80 | N/A | N/A | acres |
| Total | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | acres |
| Technical Assistance - Type(s) of TA | |||||
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| Type of Technical Assistance | Total | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Units |
| Assessments/ Appraisals/ Reports | 1 | N/A | N/A | 1 | number |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2023 | Total | |
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| NCRP Technical Assistance (CA Dept of Conservation) | $11,000.00 | $11,000.00 |
| Proposition 68 Grants (CA State Coastal Conservancy) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Grand Total | $11,000.00 | $11,000.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Types
Project Types
This project has been identified as an important piece of the Jacoby Creek Enhancement Project, a landscape-level study of flooding in the lower Jacoby Creek Watershed. Data collection, mapping, and data analysis will contribute to the region's body of knowledge as it relates to coho and chinook salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout. Once riparian and wetland habitat is restored on this property it will be monitored and goals addressed through adaptive management in cooperation with partners City of Arcata, Humboldt County, and private landowners.
This project requires extensive long-term planning by many groups. Portions of the project property are located within the Coastal Zone, Streamside Management Area, Floodplain, Floodway, and it includes mapped wetlands. Any restoration activities would require cooperation with and permitting by the regulatory agencies that oversee these protected designations.
Technical assistance will fill a capacity gap in the sponsoring organization.
Restoration of this parcel is an important object of the Jacoby Creek Enhancement Project, a landscape level plan that covers an area that includes 100 individual landowners, 50 of whom reside along Jacoby Creek. Throughout this project we are engaging landowners and stakeholders to work together to address improving native fish habitat and reducing the impact of flooding on private property. The success of this project will serve as an outreach and engagement tool to encourage landowners to work together within the Stream Corridor Management Plan, an objective of the Enhancement Plan.
The ability to restore this property will enhance aquatic habitat quality and reduce flooding impacts in the lower Jacoby Creek watershed. During major winter storm events, Jacoby Creek breaches its banks both upstream and downstream of Old Arcata Road, abutting this parcel. This flooding of a major county road that connects Arcata and Eureka creates a major health and human safety concern as drivers continue to traverse the flooded roadway. Restoration of this parcel is part of a landscape level approach to reduce the impacts to human safety of Jacoby Creek flooding.
This property is located in an area where water flows across the floodplain during winter rains. When this happens, native salmonids are swept out of the channel and are stranded when floodwaters recede. Restoration of this parcel may include the creation of a secondary overflow channel with the capacity to accept creekwater with accompaning native fish and direct them back into the channel as floodwaters recede. Additionally the ability to manage woody debris within the creek in cooperation with partners City of Arcata and neighboring conservation easement holders.
The Jacoby Creek Enhancement Project focuses upon lower Jacoby Creek to its outflow into Humboldt Bay. By evaluating historic and current data and employing climate change models, acquisition of this property will provide the opportunity to improve native fish habitat that may be different than existing or future conditions due to climate change. Wetland restoration will help absorb the impacts of more severe storms and drought that is associated with this period of climate change.
Project Details
Attachments
NCRP Technical Assistance Application Supplement Form
- Uploaded On
- 2/3/2023
- File Type
- Description
- Includes Application, Certification of Authority, and Organization Statement of qualifications.
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Notes
| 02/03/2023 11:52 PM | Stephanie MIetz | Supplemental Information from the Jacoby Creek Enhancement Project in support of this project is included in the external links. The public power point presentations provide a helpful overview for the need and benefits of this plan as well as projects that will come out if it (this being one). The summer 2022 update includes useful field notes related to winter conditions on the creek from the fisheries biologists including photos of dead stranded fish. Calendar year 2022 was very dry and yet still flooding occured both on the subject property and county roads many times throughout the winter. Rainfall during 2023 has increased and flooding events have been more severe. Aerial photos taken with a drone are also included in the 2022 Summer project update Restoration of this property will support native salmonids and mitigate flooding in the area and on this major county road. |