U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

San Pablo Bay NWR
Cullinan Ranch Unit Restoration Project

Current Status:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game are proposing a restoration plan for 1,500 acres of former hayfield farm land in the San Pablo Bay. This restoration project would combine tidal salt marsh habitat for endangered species, waterfowl, waterbirds, and fish, as well as public access features to increase accessibility to wildlife resource values in the San Pablo Bay, while minimizing project-induced flood impacts to Highway 37. The public comment period ended June 17, 2008. The Service released the final abbreviated Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report May 20, 2009, for the Cullinan Ranch Restoration Project. Â A notice of availability of the final document was published in the Federal Register. The final abbreviated EIS/EIR is available below.

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Record of Decision

Cullinan Ranch Restoration Project, Record of Decision (856 KB .PDF)

Final Abbreviated EIS/EIR

Table of Contents, Introduction and Response to Comments Received ( 339 KB .PDF)
Errata to the Draft EIS/EIR (258 KB .PDF)
Clarifications and Revisions (1 MB .PDF)
Appendix 1: Comments Received (11.8 MB .PDF)
Appendix 2: Views of Cullinan Ranch (501 KB . PDF)
Appendix 3: GeoEngineers Waste Disposal Report (2.7 MB .PDF)
Appendix 4 Napa Plant Site Monitoring Plan (263 KB .PDF)

Draft EIS/EIR

Table of Contents and ES (2.62 MB PDF)
Introduction (3.58 MB PDF) Purpose and Need (1.61 MB PDF)
Existing Conditions (3.88 MB PDF)
Other Analysis and References (1.23 MB PDF)
Appendix A (3.12 MB PDF)
Appendix A Figures (5.68 MB PDF)
Appendix B (1.45 MB PDF)
Appendix C (1.41 MB PDF)
Appendix D (952 KB PDF)
Appendix D Figures (1.94 MB PDF)
Appendix D Tables (1.30 MB PDF)
Appendix D Photo Log (2.43 MB PDF)
Appendix D Chains of Custody (5.96MB PDF)
Appendix D Geo Engineers Report (1.43 MB PDF)
Appdendix D Data Validation and Field Notes (1.11 MB PDF)

Public Use Compatibility Determinations (posted 5/2009)

Fishing, Boating and Kayaking, Wildlife Observation and Photography, and Environmental Education and Interpretation

Project Contacts:

For Information on the Cullinan Ranch Unit Restoration Project: Christy Smith, Refuge Manager, phone: (707) 769-4200

San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 7715 Lakeville Highway, Petaluma, CA 94954

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