Humboldt Bay Regional Invasive Spartina Eradication Project
Status | In-progress | County | Humboldt |
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Project Type | Non-mitigation | Location | 40.80836° N, -124.16643° W Map |
Project Area (Acres) | 80.00 | Last Updated | 20 May 2021 |
Project Abstract | The overarching goals of the Project are to coordinate and implement the treatment of invasive Spartina on 80 acres in Humboldt Bay under the Regional Spartina Eradication Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR). | ||
Project Groups | CDFW Prop 1 | ||
Administrative Region | California Department of Fish and Wildlife - Hildie Spautz, CDFW |
Project Identification
ID | Type |
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P1796016 | CDFW - Prop 1 Grant ID |
Habitat Plan
Site Name | Phase | Activity | SubActivities | Habitat | SubHabitat | Acres | Activity Status | Water Regime |
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Humboldt Bay, Ca | None | Restoration (unspecified) | Vegetation Management | Estuarine Wetland | Marsh | 80.00 | Implementation in-progress | Fully tidal |
Related Habitat Impacts
Impact Project Name | Habitat | Acres Lost | Type of Loss |
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No Data |
Sites
Name | Status | Acres |
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Butcher Slough | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
Dead Mouse Marsh | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
Gannon Slough | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
G Street Marsh | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
Humboldt Bay, Ca | In-progress/Implementation | 80.00 |
McDaniel Slough | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
Samoa Spit | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
Woodley Island | In-progress/Implementation | No Data |
Events
People
Type | Name | Organization | Department |
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Agency Staff | Gena Lasko | California Department of Fish and Wildlife | WRGB |
Agency Staff | Susannah Manning | Natural Resources Services - Redwood Community Action Agency | Natural Resources Services |
Funding
Phase | Activity | Funder | Amount |
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None | Restoration (unspecified) | CDFW Prop 1 - Watershed Restoration Grant Program | $450,000 |
Related CRAM Assessments
Visit Date | Version | Site Name | Wetland Type | Index Score |
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2015-03-31 | 6.1 | South G St. Log Pond | perennial/seasonal depressional | 71 |
2012-09-07 | 6.1 | Butcher Slough Log Pond | perennial/seasonal depressional | 90 |
Performance Criteria
Status | Details | Evaluation Date |
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Criteria not evaluated yet | Success Criteria and adaptive management: 1. Spartina cover (live plants) diminishes by at least 50% each year until cover <5%.If criterion is not met, follow up treatments may be conducted more frequently, or different methods (chemical or mechanical) may be employed. 2. Spartina cover is maintained at a level <5% until regional eradication is achieved.If criterion is not met, more frequent or intensive maintenance treatments will be applied.3. Cover by non-Spartina emergent vegetation ≥50% by the end of the third year.If criterion is not met and site appears to have limited influx of native marsh species propagules, planting of natives will be undertaken. If site appears to be a localized depression with anoxic conditions, revegetation is expected to take longer. 4. Vegetation is dominated by native marsh plant species by the end of the fifth year.If criterion is not met, planting of natives will be undertaken. | 2018-10-01 |
Performance Measures
Plan Name | Plan Goal | Performance Measure | Measure Value | Status | Evaluation Date |
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Delta Conservancy Proposition 1 Grant Program | Ecosystem Protection, Restoration, and Enhancement | Increased acres or linear feet of invasive species treated | 80 acres |
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How to Use the Habitat Development Curve
Habitat Development Curves (HDCs) are used to determine the developmental status and trajectory of on-the-ground projects to create, restore, or enhance California wetland and stream habitats. Each HDC is based on assessments of habitat condition for different age areas of one habitat type that in aggregate represent the full spectrum of habitat development. The assessments of condition are provided by expert applications of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Visit the CRAM website for more information about CRAM.
For each HDC, reference condition is represented by areas of a habitat that consistently get very high CRAM scores, have not been subject to disruptive management practices, and exist within landscapes that are protected and managed for their natural conditions. The horizontal lines intersecting the top of an HDC represent the mean CRAM score and standard deviation of scores for 25 qualifying reference areas.
The age of a project is estimated as the elapsed time in years between the groundwork end date for the project and the date of the CRAM assessment. To add or update a groundwork end date, use the Project Events form in Project Tracker (ptrack.ecoatlas.org). The minimum age in years of a non-project area, including any natural reference area, is estimated from all available local information, including historical maps and imagery, historical written accounts, and place-specific scientific studies of habitat development.
An HDC can be used to address the following questions:
- At what time in the future will the area of assessed habitat achieve the reference condition or other milestones in habitat development? The HDC can answer this question if the CRAM score for the assessed area is within the confidence interval of the HDC. The answer is the time in years along the HDC between the current age of the assessed area and the future date corresponding to the intersection of the HDC and the reference condition or other milestone.
- Is the area of assessed habitat likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace as most other areas of the same habitat type? The habitat area is likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace if the CRAM score for the area is above, below, or within the confidence interval of the HDC, respectively.
- What can be done to improve the condition of the habitat area or to increase its rate of development? HDCs by themselves cannot answer this question. Possible answers can be inferred by the following analysis that involves HDCs:
- Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
- Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
- For any low-scoring Attribute, examine the component Metric Scores (note: the Metric Scores for any public CRAM assessment in the CRAM database can be obtained through EcoAtlas);
- Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
- Consider modifying the design or management of the habitat area in ways that will sustainably increase its score(s) for the low-scoring Metric(s).
For more information about CRAM Attributes and Metrics, including their scientific rationale, see the CRAM Manual.