Sedimentation and Contamination from Carneros Watershed affecting Elkhorn Slough

Resources at stake

• Soil stability
  • ...

• Water quality

• Habitat suitability

Stakeholders

• Private Landowners

• Farmers

• Elkhorn Slough Foundation (ESF)
  • non-profit environmental organization concerned with conservation of Elkhorn Slough

• Audubon Society
  • Elkhorn Slough is said to be an Important Bird Area along the Pacific Flyway

• US Fish and Wildlife
  • endangered species present

• Army Corps of Engineers
  • responsible for 404 permitting

• California Department of Fish and Game
  • concern over habitat health (ESNERR)
  • enforcement of California Endangered Specices

Laws and regulations

• Clean Water Act
  • Section 401

• US Endangered Species Act

• California Endangered Species Act