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Our mission is to protect the quality of the State's environmental resources via compliance, permitting, habitat restoration and State Water Project (SWP) mitigation.

Environmental Compliance and Evaluation

• Provides environmental compliance services to DWR and occasionally to other State and federal agencies.
• Develops environmental documents in support of the SWP; flood protection and levee maintenance activities; and preservation and restoration of the State's ecosystem.
• Provides the Department's Wetlands, Cultural and Historic Resources Coordinator, and Environmental Site Assessments.
• Supports and participates in environmental stewardship and coordination of environmental requirements as specified in Water Resource Engineering Memorandum 58a.

Ecological Studies

• Responsible for developing scientific data and solutions for habitat restoration actions in the Yolo Bypass and the Sacramento River Basin.
• Provides support for planning and implementation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license for the Oroville Project and the related Habitat Expansion Agreement.

Mitigation and Restoration

• Analysis and evaluation of ecological, water resource, and restoration projects.
• Support the planning and implementation of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and CALFED Record of Decision
• Manage mitigation projects for the SWP.
• Deploy monitoring and restoration programs for DWR and California Bay Delta Authority.