Bolinas Lagoon Restoration - Bolinas, California

In 1992-94, as mitigation for the fill disposal at the Lone Tree Slide, CalTrans provided funds to remove a causeway and fill disposal site in Bolinas Lagoon, Marin County. It was anticipated that these actions would increase the tidal prism, and restore natural hydrodynamic functioning and fishery habitat of the lagoon. The Benthic Lab group performed a year's baseline surveys describing benthic invertebrates, birds, marine mammals, fishes, and plants prior to the removal of the causeway and fill. Post construction monitoring continued for an additional two years to track the effects of the mitigation.