Restoration Program

Program Administration

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The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) has awarded nearly $5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds this year to a local contractor for the mechanical channel rehabilitation projects at the Lowden, Trinity House Gulch and Reading Creek sites. This ARRA funding will accelerate the completion of the channel rehabilitation aspect of the program resulting in a more efficient construction schedule and providing important aquatic habitat in support of the Trinity Basin fisheries. Channel rehabilitation projects are intended to increase the amount of shallow, low velocity areas for salmonid fry rearing, increase fish habitat complexity in the Trinity River, and allow the river dynamics necessary to maintain an alluvial system.

Construction activities for this year's projects will be carried out beginning in July 2010 and finishing by December 2010, thus concluding the Phase 1 portion of the channel rehabilitation mission. With more in-channel work than ever before, there may be some temporary rafting and fishing disruptions within the project areas due to construction. Restoration activities will include floodplain lowering and re-contouring, side channel development, gravel augmentation, large wood placement, riparian establishment, and other geomorphic and aquatic habitat enhancement activities. An overview of the sites planned for implementation in 2010 is shown below.

More detailed maps of 2010 project sites, as shown at the TRRP public meeting on May 27th:
Lowden Ranch, Trinity House Gulch, and Reading Creek.

TRRP and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) also wish to advise all locals and visitors that the Douglas City campground will be closed temporarily until the 2011 season as a safety precaution, due to the rehabilitation work being performed at the Reading Creek site. The Steiner Flat, Steel Bridge, and Junction City sites are a few other campgrounds nearby that will remain open for public use. If you have any questions regarding additional alternative locations you may contact the BLM Redding Field Office at (530) 224-2157 or visit www.ca.blm.gov/redding.

Since 2005, construction activities have been completed for 17 of the 47 planned sites along the Trinity River mainstem. It is currently anticipated that it will take 5 years to complete the remaining Phase 2 sites.

We would like to thank the community again for their continued support of this important program. It is you who make it possible for our team to continue the improvement of this wild and scenic river and contribute to the overall enhancement of Trinity County for future enjoyment.