Carmel River Lagoon Restoration Project

Carmel River Lagoon Restoration Project

Recreate the South Arm of the Carmel River Lagoon to expand open water and wetland habitat, lower elevation of several acres of property adjacent to the recreated South Arm to expand wetland habitat, restore plant communities, lower the western one-third of the existing Carmel Area Wastewater District Treatment Plant Access Road to the elevation of the surrounding floodplain, to increase the volume of overbank flow entering the restoration site, regrade the eastern portion of the site to encourage overbank flow to the south and west, towards the recreated South Arm of the lagoon, remove setback levee to restore the hydrologic function of the floodplain, construct a low berm near the historic barn complex to reduce floodwater intrusion into the area, remove fill material excavated from the restoration project to agricultural property east of highway 1 and accommodate continued public use on the site

Carmel, Carmel-by-the-Sea

Monterey

California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Recreational , Other (Habitat Restoration)

Area Development Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife