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■ MARIPOSA COUNTY 

 □ MARIPOSA CREEK 



Mariposa County has been using 

 their Stream Restoration Program 

 grant for the purposes of developing 

 Mariposa Creek as an economic asset 

 to the town of Mariposa located on the 

 route to Yosemite National Park and 

 to prevent damage from eroding 

 stream banks. The management plans 

 have been developed by donated help 

 from local engineers and professionals 

 and from California Polytechnic State 

 University (Cal Poly) at San Luis 

 Obispo. Ultimately, Mariposa hopes 

 to draw visitors to their town's creek 

 green belt. 



The Mariposa Arts Council is 

 assisting the county government by 

 coordinating stream clearing, restora- 

 tion and public access projects on 

 Mariposa Creek. The projects involve 

 carrying out stream surveys and chan- 

 nel and bank stabilization using plans 

 developed by the Soil Conservation 

 Service and the Department of Fish 

 and Game. A volunteer advisory com- 

 mittee from Cal Poly has developed a 

 plan for public access and has been 

 organizing an effort to acquire dedica- 

 tions of land easements from creek- 

 side property owners. It is hoped this 

 plan will prevent problems from en- 

 croachment on the floodplain. The 

 California Youth Authority and the 

 Mother Lode Job Training Agency 

 which employs summer youth have 

 provided labor for selective clearing 

 work 



CITY OF PLEASANT HILL and 

 FRIENDS OF CREEKS ~1N URBAN 

 SETTINGS (FOCUS) 



GRAYSON, MURDERERS 

 MATSON CREEKS 



and 



FOCUS is composed of neighbors 

 living in the Grayson, Murderers and 

 Matson Creek watersheds in Contra 

 Costa County who organized in order 

 to develop a less expensive plan than 



previous flood control proposals while 

 preserving the aesthetic assets of the 

 creeks. The plan is being developed 

 by a team designated by the county. 

 The team consists of citizen par- 

 ticipants, their consultants, the coun- 

 ty flood control district, and the U.S. 

 Army Corps of Engineers. A com- 

 munity stream cleanup, revegetation 

 and educational events were 

 organized and a continuing volunteer 

 channel maintenance program is 

 planned. 



■ MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER 



MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 

 □ CARMEL RIVER 



Severe winters of 1980 and 1983 

 have left eroded banks along the 

 Boronda and Schulte reaches of the 

 Carmel River, endangering homes 

 and other property. This innovative 

 plan developed by the Monterey 

 Peninsula Water Management District 

 and supported by the Carmel River 

 Watch and the Peninsula League of 

 Women Voters uses extensive plant- 

 ings of willow cuttings along the 

 riparian corridor to help stabilize the 

 river meanders. The plan is based on 

 the idea of restoring the river's 

 equilibrium by redirecting the flows 

 along a former, stable alignment, us- 

 ing the vegetation to help redirect the 

 flow. 



Carmel River, California. Willow cuttings 

 were planted along the Carmel River as a 

 part of a plan to protect adjacent property 

 and bridge abutements from the river 

 meander. 



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