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Levees and Environmental Engineering
- Special Projects
- Subventions
- North Delta
- West Delta
- DKIP
- DRMS
- GIS
- RAMP
- Conservation Framework and Conservation Strategy
- Delta Ecosystem Enhancement
- Urban Streams
- Fish Passage
- Salton Sea
- Watershed Program
Floodway Ecosystem Sustainability
Environmental Restoration and Enhancement
FloodSAFE Environmental Stewardship and Statewide Resources Office (FESSRO)
- About Us
FESSRO began operations in July 2009 to provide a focus for integrating environmental stewardship into DWR’s FloodSAFE California initiative and related programs.
The mission of FESSRO is: to implement integrated environmental stewardship and flood management statewide, through collaboration, sound science and innovative engineering.
FESSRO includes three branches: Delta Levees and Environmental Engineering, Floodway Ecosystem Sustainability, and Environmental Restoration and Enhancement.
The Delta Levees and Environmental Engineering branch provides engineering assistance and funding to Delta reclamation districts to improve levees and other flood protection facilities in a way that avoids environmental damages and enhances habitat. This work is accomplished through the Subventions and Special Projects components of DWR’s Delta Levees Section. The branch coordinates with Delta agencies to improve and support levee stability and maintenance and flood emergency preparedness. Its programs also support research into on-island subsidence reversal and carbon sequestration, and their effects on Delta flood protection, water conveyance, and environmental systems. In addition, the Delta Knowledge Improvement Program (DKIP) actively funds studies to fill in data gaps identified in the Delta Risk Management Strategy (DRMS) Project. Finally, the program supports projects that provide multiple benefits, such as the North Delta flood control and habitat restoration project.
The Floodway Ecosystem Sustainability (FES) branch is developing the Central Valley Flood System Conservation Strategy, to support the Department's efforts towards integrated flood system planning and the development of Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. During 2010 and 2011, FES provided support on environmental aspects and the integration of environmental stewardship into the development of the 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP)(PDF, 38 MB) and developed the Conservation Framework (Attachment 2 to Volume 1 of the CVFPP)(PDF, 8.1 MB). FES is currently focusing on the development of the Central Valley Flood System Conservation Strategy, a comprehensive effort to create a systemwide conservation plan to support the 2017 update of the CVFPP. The branch also coordinates regional advance mitigation planning (RAMP), a comprehensive statewide effort promoting more meaningful, large-scale, and cost-effective conservation by establishing mitigation banks before flood projects are implemented.
The Environmental Restoration and Enhancement branch oversees a range of programs and funding activities to mitigate, enhance and restore the State's aquatic ecosystems and watersheds, particularly those associated with DWR's water resource projects. Programs extend from the mountains to the coast and include urban streams restoration, riverine ecosystems such as native anadromous fish passage improvement, Delta ecosystem enhancement, and Special Projects such as the Salton Sea Restoration Program. The Branch also works with local and regional land use planners, land owners, flood management agencies, water management agencies, federal and State regulatory agencies, and non-profit groups to provide ecological and restoration information and data analyses through open collaboration forums such as the Riparian Habitat Joint Venture (RHJV).
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will hold a technical workshop on Thursday, May 2, 2013, to focus on the approach for developing measurable objectives as part of the Basin-Wide Feasibility Studies (BWFS) and Central Valley Flood System Conservation Strategy. These objectives correspond directly to the goals identified in the 2012 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (CVFPP), available for download in the Documents section.
During the workshop, DWR will provide an overview on the process for developing measurable objectives, and provide a status update on their development. DWR will be seeking technical input from workshop participants on the types of metrics that could be used to measure progress on the objectives, and will discuss next steps in further articulating measurable objectives. The workshop will not focus on broader CVFPP issues.
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Time: 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Location: City of West Sacramento City Hall (Galleria Room) - 1110 West Capitol Ave., West Sacramento, CA 95691
If you plan on attending the workshop, please do the following:
- Reply to the RSVP, as materials will be sent in advance of the workshop to those who reply: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MAY2RSVP
- If you were not able to participate in one of the BWFS/Conservation Strategy Orientation Webinar Briefings that were held in March, please refer to the 2013 CVFMP Meeting page for information related to past meetings.