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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP) will hold a levee breaching ceremony on Wednesday, September 18 at 10:00 a.m. to celebrate the completion of the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration Project. The event will feature a tour of the site, remarks from key project partners, and culminate with an excavator breaching the southeastern portion of the levee along Shag Slough.
At 3,400-acres, Lookout Slough is the largest tidal wetland restoration project to date in the Delta. After breaking ground in June 2022, construction for the project included building over 3-miles of a 25-foot-tall setback levee, which provides 100-year flood protection with allowances for future sea level rise, excavating 26-miles of open tidal channels, and restoring native habitat through grading, fill placement, and natural revegetation. The breached site provides over 40,000-acre feet of additional flood storage within the Yolo Bypass.
What: Lookout Slough Levee Breaching Ceremony
When: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Media will park at the Lookout Slough parking area, then take a 25–30-minute shuttle ride to the ceremony site.
Who:
Director Karla Nemeth, Department of Water Resources
Secretary Wade Crowfoot, California Natural Resource Agency
Adam Davis, Ecosystem Investment Partners
Supervisor Mitch Mashburn, Solano County Board of Supervisors
Visuals: An excavator breaching the eastern levee allowing tidal water onto the site for the first time in 100 years. 600-feet of dirt will be excavated for this single breach, making it the largest of the nine breaches planned. A view of Vogel Island which was breached in October 2022. This is an example of what the entirety of Lookout Slough will look like in the future.
Media are invited to attend this historic event. For those who do attend, please note cell phone reception is extremely poor at this location and media vehicles will not be able to park at the ceremony site. Media must park at the designated parking area and take a 25–30-minute shuttle ride to the ceremony site. Please allot enough time to park and ride the shuttle to arrive by the ceremony’s 10:00 a.m. start time. See map below for more details.
DWR asks interested media outlets planning to attend to RSVP prior to the event by emailing media@water.ca.gov.
For more information about Lookout Slough, please visit the Delta Projects page on the DWR website.
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