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Blackrock Waterfowl Habitat Area
The MOU specifies that a 1,500-acre off-river area with a mixture of pasture
and wetlands be enhanced through flow and land management to benefit wetlands
and waterfowl. Approximately 500 acres of the habitat area are to be flooded at
any given time when runoff is forecasted to be average or above average with
reductions in water supplies in less than average runoff years. The proposed
flooding will increase wetland productivity and diversity, which is consistent
with the approach described in the LORP Plan. The management units would be
subject to periodic cycles of wetting and drying so that one to three management
units would be wholly or partially flooded at any given time. Various physical
improvements to existing ditches, berms, and spillgates will be necessary to
manage water conveyance and flooding in the management units.
For further information on Blackrock, see the
EIR-EIS Chapter 7
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