Upper Devereux Slough Restoration Implementation

Status In-progress County Santa Barbara
Project Type Non-mitigation Location 34.42026° N, -119.87659° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 136.0 Last Updated 2 May 2022
Project Abstract The Conservancy provided $1,672,473 in US Fish and Wildlife Service funds and $1,053,126 in Proposition 1 funds to U.C. Santa Barbara for restoration of the upper Devereux Slough for the purposes of preserving fish and wildlife habitat and open space.
Project Groups Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
Administrative Region Southern California Wetland Recovery Project - Katie Nichols, State Coastal Conservancy

Project Identification

IDType
No Data

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Upper Devereux Slough Implementation Restoration (unspecified) Estuarine Wetland Emergent Saline to Brackish Marsh 136.0 Implementation in-progress

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
Upper Devereux Slough In-progress/Implementation 136.0

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2017-02-09 Project start date SCC funded project began

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Contact Lisa Stratton University of California, Santa Barbara CCBER

Funding

Funding Need: $250,000

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
Implementation Restoration (unspecified) Unknown/Unspecified $14,850,000

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2023-08-31 6.2 Santa Barbara Vernal Pool North Parcel 15 individual vernal pool 66
2023-08-29 6.2 Santa Barbara North Parcel Vernal Pool 19 individual vernal pool 79
2022-11-03 6.1 Upper Devereux Slough bar-built estuarine 86
2016-07-07 6.1 Devereux Creek riverine non-confined 60

Performance Measures

Plan NamePlan GoalPerformance MeasureMeasure ValueStatusEvaluation Date
2018 Regional Strategy Goal 1: Restore Coastal Wetlands 5A. Protect existing transition zones up to 1,600' from wetland 0 no in-progress/partially achieved
2018 Regional Strategy Goal 1: Restore Coastal Wetlands 5C. Increase non-contiguous transition zones up to 1,600' from wetland 0 no in-progress/partially achieved
2018 Regional Strategy Goal 1: Restore Coastal Wetlands 5D. Create adjacent habitat for upstream migraiton of wetlands after 24" of SLR 0 yes in-progress/partially achieved
2018 Regional Strategy Goal 1: Restore Coastal Wetlands 6A. Restore tidal characteristics (range, extent, & residence time) 0 yes in-progress/partially achieved
2018 Regional Strategy Goal 1: Restore Coastal Wetlands 6B. Restore watershed freshwater & sediment flows (volume, frequency, & timing) 0 yes in-progress/partially achieved
2018 Regional Strategy Goal 1: Restore Coastal Wetlands 6C. Restore or manage sediment inputs for wetland migration after 24" of SLR 0 yes in-progress/partially achieved

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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:
    1. Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
    2. Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
    3. 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);
    4. Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
    5. 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.

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