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California Reclamation Districts are legal subdivisions within California's Central Valley that are responsible for managing and maintaining the levees, fresh water channels, or sloughs (pronounced slü), [1] canals, pumps, and other flood protection structures in the area. Each is run autonomously and is run by an elected board and funded with ...
Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-long (11 km) [2] [3] tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. It is California's second largest estuary and the United States' first estuarine sanctuary. [4] The community of Moss Landing and the Moss Landing Power Plant are located at the mouth of the slough on the bay.
Middle Creek is a creek that drains through Rodman Slough into Clear Lake in Lake County, California. It supplies 21% of the streamflow to Clear Lake. It supplies 21% of the streamflow to Clear Lake. The watershed vegetation has been drastically modified by European settlers through sheep and cattle grazing, logging and farming in the valley ...
The mouth of Kellogg Creek lies at an elevation of 7 feet (2.1 meters) at its confluence with Indian Slough in Contra Costa County. Its source is located at 37°47′23″N 121°42′51″W / 37.78972°N 121.71417°W / 37.78972; -121.71417 at the head of a canyon in the hills north of Brushy Peak , in the Diablo Range in Alameda ...
Sewage from the city of Arcata is treated and released to Humboldt Bay via complex flow routing through a number of contiguous ponds, wetlands, and marshes. Resemblance of treatment features to natural bay environments may cause potential ambiguity about where wastewater ceases to be considered partially treated sewage and meets enhancement objectives of the California Bays and Estuaries ...
The Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in the state's history, burned over 153,000 acres and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures and the economic losses totaled about $15 billion ...
Rodman Slough is at an elevation of 1,325 feet (404 m) in Lake County, California. It flows south for 2.5 miles (4.0 km) into Clear Lake. [1] The Scotts Creek and Middle Creek watersheds feed the slough. They supply about 70% of the sediment and nutrients delivered to Clear Lake, which cause the algae population to increase in the lake. [2]
Montezuma Slough, to the north and east of Grizzly Island, is the key to wetland management. Suisun Marsh Salinity Control Gates, open to allow freshwater into the Montezuma Slough. The wetland managers for both the private hunting clubs and the state's public land take water from major and minor sloughs throughout the marsh.