Book Description

This demonstration project was constructed pursuant to Section 106 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (WRDA 92) (Public Law 102-580), which directs the Secretary of the Army to implement a wetland demonstration project at the Sonoma Baylands site. The following is the text of that authorization: "SEC. 106. SONOMA BAYLANDS WETLAND L. The Secretary is directed to develop and carry out in accordance with this section a 320-acre Sonoma Baylands wetland demonstration project in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, California. The project shall utilize dredged material suitable for aquatic disposal to restore, protect, and expand the Sonoma Baylands for the purposes of preserving waterfowl, fish, and other wetland dependent species of plants and animals and to provide flood control, water quality improvement, and sedimentation control.