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PROJECT EXPERIENCE • Restoration of sand and gravel mine area of river • Implementation of anadromous fish restoration project • Biological studies • IS /MND and EA/FONSI • Permit acquisition • Construction monitoring Tuolumne River Restoration Projects Stanislaus County, California Client: Turlock Irrigation District (TID) EDAW is working with the Turlock Irrigation District (TID) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in planning, environmental analysis, permitting, and monitoring of restoration projects along two reaches of the Tuolumne River. The restoration projects will restore riparian and anadromous fish habitat by reestablishing a functional river channel and floodplain system. Along much of the Tuolumne River below LaGrange Dam, levees constrict the river floodplain to a narrow zone. Riparian woodlands along the river have been removed by agriculture and gravel mining. A flood in January 1997 resulted in the capture of the river by several large pits created by past gravel mining. These captured pits provide warm -water habitat for predators of special- status salmon species. The restoration is being funded in part by the federal Anadromous Fish Restoration Program and serves as a portion of the mitigation for relicensing of New Don Pedro Dam. Restoration will be accomplished by filling or re- isolating mining pits from the channel, reconstructing river geomorphology with appropriately - scaled base flow and bankfull channels, and setting levees back at least 500 feet from the river. These actions will create a functioning floodplain on which riparian and other floodplain habitats can be restored. It will have the capacity to convey floods up to 15,000 cfs, and will allow the channel to migrate naturally within the 500 -foot band. These projects will not only restore the physical form of the river, but will also restore the processes necessary for long -term maintenance of riverine and riparian habitats. EDAW prepared an Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration and conducted fieldwork and consultations in support of wetlands and endangered species permitting. EDAW biologists conducted pre- construction surveys for nesting raptors, burrowing owl, California tiger salamander, valley elderberry longhorn beetle habitat, and San Joaquin kit fox. EDAW biologists successfully conducted federal Section 7 consultation and California Dept. of Fish and Game code section 2090 consultation. EDAW prepared a wetland delineation and successfully secured the relevant permits from USACE, USFWS, CDFG, and RWQCB for Phase I and II and are working on Phase III. EDAW INC DESIGN, PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTS WORLDWIDE