Wilson Landing Side Channel Restoration Project

The project’s purpose is to restore reliable, frequent seasonal rearing habitat for juvenile salmon by excavating and reconnecting a side channel - a single, larger channel served by an additional upstream inlet and several outlets - that draws water from the mainstem Sacramento River at relatively low flows. The side channel is designed to flow through at approximately 4,000 cubic feet per second cfs, a flow that occurs frequently during the low-flow months of fall and early winter roughly Octo...