Photo: Chinook salmon holding in a lower South Fork Eel River pool. (Pat Higgins/Eel River Recovery Project)
MENDOCINO Co, CA, 4/23/23 — Several North Coast projects designed to strengthen the climate resiliency of our coastline have been recommended to receive substantial grants from the federal government, Vice President Kamala Harris announced this week. Among these are projects in and adjacent to Mendocino County that focus on salmon recovery, abalone breeding, and floodplain reconnection. The recommendation signals expected approval of these projects, though funding has not yet been allocated.
The Pinoleville Pomo Nation’s $739,000 project will focus on reconnecting Ackerman Creek, a tributary of California’s Russian River that runs between the river and North State Street, to its floodplain. Funding will support tribal staff positions to lead the planning effort and liaise with partners; a series of collaborative workshops to share cultural and traditional ecological knowledge will also take place.
“The economy, jobs, recreation, and the culture and subsistence of tribes are all centered around the iconic coastlines and thriving ecosystems of our region. But climate change and underfunding have left our coastal communities under serious threat. … I’m incredibly glad to see investments going towards so many great projects in my district that will have an enormous impact for all that rely on our coasts.”
Congressman Jared Huffman
Just south of the Mendocino County line, the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria will undertake abalone restoration on their ancestral lands by establishing a tribal breeding program for red abalone. Further, the tribe will train and employ tribal divers to conduct ecological monitoring — and will […]
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