What watershed and habitat improvement activities would most likely lead toward more desirable conditions in a timely, cost effective manner?

Van Duzen Basin Wide Recommendations XXX: Highest Priority
Issues	Recommendation Activities	Yager Subbasin	Lower Subbasin	Middle Subbasin	Upper Subbasin
Barriers to Fish Passage	Continue efforts to identify and repair culverts, sediment deltas, or other features that may impair anadromous fish migrations.	XXX	XXX	XX	XX
Flow and Water Quality	Insure that all water diversions, ponds and near stream wells are operated in a manner that does not impair salmonid habitat.	XX	XXX	XX	XX
	To help reduce water temperatures in areas with insufficient streamside shade canopy (ie<50% canopy density) plant willows, redwood, alder, and/or Douglas fir to increase overstory and understory shade canopy.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	In order to help reduce water temperature in tributaries and the mainstem, ensure that near stream forest management encourages growth and retention of conifers sufficient for providing shade and cool micro climate benefits to stream and riparian zones.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	Timber harvests or other land use should be conducted in a manner that does not increase peak flows, accelerate runoff rates, or contribute to excessive sediment inputs to stream channels.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
Erosion and Fine Sediment	Continue to identify and reduce sources of sediment delivery to stream channels from road systems.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XX
	Re-vegetate exposed stream banks to increase bank stability.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	Reduce sediment input from land slides where possible.	XX	XX	XXX	XX
	Consider installation of exclusion fencing where livestock have caused significant bank erosion or impaired growth of riparian vegetation.	XX	XX	XX	XX
	Use best management practices that prevent erosion and sediment inputs to stream channels during land use projects.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
Riparian and Instream Habitat	Plant barren nearstream areas with alder, willow, redwood, or fir trees to increase streamside shade canopy and allow for LWD recruitment.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	Add large woody debris and other structure to increase depth, area and shelter complexity in existing pools and flatwaters.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	To increase the number of pools, design and install pool forming structures.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	To address the lack of instream large woody debris and loss of shade canopy, managers should promote growth and retention of large conifers in the nearstream forest and riparian corridor. Management should allow natural recruitment of these trees to stream channels.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
Education, Research, and Monitoring	Water Temperature monitoring by land owners and responsible agencies should continue at current and additional sites.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	Monitor suspended and in-channel stored sediments by sampling sediment size distribution, turbidity, V*, photo points, etc.	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
	Utilize CalVeg GIS layers to locate areas where coniferous trees are too small to provide beneficial functions of LWD loading over the near term. These areas should be considered for LWD addition to stream channels to promote desirable pool characteristics, sediment routing and other channel maintenance processes;	XX	XX	XX	XX
	Continue efforts to support watershed education programs and watershed, landowner, and road association groups.	XX	XX	XX	XX