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Consultant briefs Sutter Butte board on Lower Feather River side‑channel project, $10M CVPIA grant funds planning
Summary
Paul Frank of FlowWest told the Sutter Butte board that a $10 million Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) grant plus a $250,000 Fish and Wildlife Service grant are funding planning, design and phased construction of a Lower Feather River side‑channel project aimed at restoring juvenile salmon rearing habitat; hydraulic models show minimal predicted change to the main river corridor and staff expect a first construction phase around 2028.
Paul Frank, a project engineer with FlowWest, briefed the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency on Feb. 11 on a River Partners‑led Lower Feather River side‑channel restoration that aims to reconnect remnant floodplain channels to the mainstem Feather River to create juvenile salmon rearing habitat.
Frank said the project partners include River Partners (grantee), FlowWest (consultant), Yurok Construction Corporation (likely builder for an initial phase), Audubon Society (landowner), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), local levee maintainers, and private landowners. He told the board the Bureau of Reclamation, through the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), provided $10,000,000 for planning and related work spanning roughly 2025–2028, and the Fish and Wildlife Service provided a $250,000 grant that funded a Nelson Slough feasibility study completed in 2025.
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