Big Napa Valley habitat restoration project to begin next year
Vintner Ted Hall’s wish that steelhead trout could more easily go from the Napa River on the Napa Valley floor to the Bear Creek spawning grounds in the Mayacamas Mountains is getting a boost. Bale Slough is a key. … Bale Slough over the decades has been channelized and straightened. Next summer, the Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District will launch a Bale Slough restoration that ultimately could total $6.6 million. The multi-year project at 14 sites over 1.6 miles will create floodplains and seasonal wetlands — in short, a more natural habitat for steelhead and other wildlife.
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