Welcome to the Hallwood Floodplain and Side Channel Restoration Project
A Habitat Enhancement Project on the lower Yuba River
This project will improve habitat in the lower Yuba River for Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. In an area mostly consisting of steep cobble embankments, the project has the potential to enhance or create up to 157 acres of seasonally-inundated riparian floodplain habitats, more than 1.7 miles of perennial side channels and alcoves, and more than 6.1 miles of seasonal side channels, alcoves, and swales.
Latest News
Fall 2019 Construction Photos
Progress as of late September 2019. Standing on the middle training wall looking west toward the Sutter Buttes. Front loaders [...]
Construction Begins!
We are pleased to announce that the Hallwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project began Phase 1 implementation in August [...]
Happy New Year: Implementation is set for 2018
The Hallwood Project Team intends to begin implementation in Spring 2018. Several permit applications were completed and permits obtained in [...]
Environmental Assessment/Initial Study Public Draft
Yuba County and USFWS (the CEQA and NEPA Leads, respectively) submitted the Public Draft EA/IS to the State Clearinghouse on [...]
Initial results from monitoring experiments completed by Cramer Fish Sciences fisheries biologists are available! Key findings:
Installed fyke net and trap box at the Hallwood Restoration Site
- Non-native predatory fish (largemouth bass and sunfish) have been observed within the large backwater pool at the lower end of the Project reach.
- Rearing habitat quality dramatically alters residence time and survival of juvenile Chinook salmon.
- Individual predators may be having a disproportionately large effect.
