Reports/Maps
"Riding the Nestbox Trail"
Updates on the Putah Creek Nestbox Program
Below are updates on the Putah Creek Nestbox Trail written by Bobby Walsh who is a grad student who is basing his doctoral research on the nestbox project. He is assisted by Shawn Lockwood (undergrad in Wildlife, Fish & Conservation) and Dr. Jonathan Widdicombe (professor of human physiology) under the directorship of Andy Engilis and Melanie Truan of the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology.
As part of the Nestbox program, the birds are banded to keep track of them in the field and to participate in national conservation efforts. Keeping track of upcoming banding needs is a major undertaking! Bobby is also performing specialized data collection on chick diet as part of his research.
Nestbox Updates #1&2 (April 2008)
Nestbox Updates #3-6 (May 2008)
Nestbox Updates #7 (June 2008)
Safe Eating Guidelines for Putah Creek Fish Consumption
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has published safe eating guidelines for fish consumption from Putah Creek. OEHHA recommends that you choose fish to eat that are low in mercury, including "Best Choices" fish caught from Putah Creek, including Lake Solano.
View the Fish Consumption Guidelines from the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Invasive Species Mapping Tool
This tool, provided through the Lower Putah Creek Watershed Portal, is a map based interface to browse, search, and add weed locations in the Lower Putah Creek Watershed. You can select a species to map, or add new locations by selecting them from a map.
Go to mapping tool
Lower Putah Creek Watershed Management Action Plan (WMAP)
Abstract/Description:
The Lower Putah Creek Watershed Management Action Plan (WMAP) represents Phase I of a three-phase program for enhancing watershed resources in the lower Putah Creek watershed. The WMAP is a comprehensive science-based and community-based approach to protect and enhance resources in the lower Putah Creek riparian corridor, including tributaries, extending from Lake Berryessa to the Yolo Bypass.
The Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee (LPCCC), formed by a settlement
agreement (Accord) between Solano County water users and Yolo County environmental advocates concerning the adequacy of flows to protect fish and wildlife resources of Putah Creek, consists of representatives of Solano and Yolo counties with interests in the protection of Putah Creek resources. The LPCCC represents the Boards of Supervisors of Solano and Yolo counties; Cities of Davis, Fairfield, Suisun, Vacaville, Vallejo, and Winters; Solano County Water Agency; Solano Irrigation District; Maine Prairie Water District; University of California, Davis; Putah Creek Council; and riparian landowners. The WMAP is one of the first actions initiated by the LPCCC, through funding by a grant from the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. The LPCCC serves as the watershed group joining several primary stakeholders together to oversee implementation of the Accord and to begin planning for protecting and
enhancing of Putah Creek’s resources.
This is a dynamic WMAP that landowners and other stakeholders can use as a framework and that will be updated with new information and new ideas to improve the watershed. It provides landowners and management entities with a blueprint for actions to protect and enhance resources in the lower Putah Creek watershed in a manner that is compatible with and respectful of landowner priorities, interests, and concerns.
View or download the plan
Biomonitoring Report for the Putah Creek Design Channel
Wildlife Survey and Photo Service
October 16, 2006
Download the report in PDF format (1 MB)
Putah Creek: A New Structure for Collaboration and Restoration
Moderator: Lois Wolk, Assemblywoman 8th District
Joe Krovoza, Putah Creek Council
David Okita, Solano County Water Agency
Rich Marovich, Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee
Dawn Lindstrom, Putah Creek Council
March 20, 2004
Download the PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format (10 MB)
Gravel and Temperature Surveys of Lower Putah Creek
Gus Yates, Hydrologist
Prepared for the Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee
July 2003
Download as a PDF (2.7 MB)
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