Individual Management Plan Updates
When the Suisun Marsh plan was certified in 1977, it required an individual management plan (IMP) for each private duck club. The IMPs were originally developed by the U.S. Department of Agricultural Soil Conservation Service and certified by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) in 1984. The original IMPs were created to provide managed wetlands water management guidelines for waterfowl food crop production and habitat management. These Plans had not been updated for over 35 years and lacked flexibility for adaptive habitat management, changes in environmental and regulatory constraints, and did not provide detailed background resources for landowner to reference.
The 2021 update of the Individual Ownership Adaptive Habitat Management Plans (IOAHMPs) provides a more flexible and practical framework for landowner’s wetland management and incorporates new science that has been developed over the past 35 years. Additionally, the 2021 IOAHMPs can readily be updated as club improvements occur, or future regulatory and environmental conditions change. The goal of the 2021 IOAHMP is to provide a managed wetland landowner with an overview describing existing conditions, operations, and guidance to support a diversity of waterfowl and wildlife habitats. The Plan includes a conservation map, soils map, elevation model, summary of water control structures, analysis of the water management program, and evaluation of the current conditions of levees, ditches, and water control structures.
Plan Example and Supporting Documentation
Suisun Resource Conservation District Board of Directors held a special meeting to conduct a public hearing on April 14, 2021 regarding an Amendment to SRCD’s component of the Suisun Marsh Local Protection Program (LPP). The public hearing was continued on August 11, 2021 where the Board adopted SRCD’s Amendment to the LPP consisting of 124 updated IOAHMPs. These 124 updated IOAHMPs were certified by BCDC on March 17, 2022. A management plan for the SRCD owned property, Lower Joice Island, is linked below as an example.
August 11, 2021 SRCD Board Meeting Agenda
April 9, 2021 SRCD Notice of Public Hearing and April 14, 2021 Final Agenda
Attachment A. Plan Example – 424 Lower Joice Island
Attachment B. Signed CEQA Notice of Exemption
Attachment C. Supporting Documentation and Scientific Information
Attachment E. Outreach Documentation
Attachment F. ALUC Consistency Determination
Attachment G. Signed Resolution
Appendices
History of Legislation and Administrative Actions
Appendix A: Legislation, Protection Policies, and Plans
Appendix A1: Suisun Marsh Preservation Act 1977
Appendix A2: BCDC Suisun Marsh Protection Plan
Appendix A3: Solano County Local Protection Program
Appendix A4: SCMAD Local Protection Program
Appendix A5: SRCD Local Protection Program
Appendix A6: DWR Suisun Marsh Plan of Protection EIR 1984 (Part 1)
Appendix A6: DWR Suisun Marsh Plan of Protection EIR 1984 (Part 2)
Appendix A7: Suisun Marsh Habitat Management, Preservation, and Restoration Plan EIR/EIS 2011,2014
Environmental Permitting and Compliance
Appendix B: USACE Regional General Permit 3
Appendix C: SFBRWQCB 401 Water Quality Certification
Appendix D: USACE Letter of Permission Suisun Marsh Dredging Permit
Appendix E: SFBRWQCB Dredging 401 Certification
Appendix F: NOAA Biological Opinion
Appendix G: USFWS Biological Opinion
Appendix H: DFW Incidental Take Permit
Physical Considerations
Appendix J: Infrastructure Descriptions
Appendix K: Suisun Marsh Channel Water Salinities
Appendix L: Soils and Soil Salinities
Appendix M: Drainage Infrastructure and Modeling Report 2018
Biological Considerations
Appendix N: Managed Wetland Conceptual Model
Appendix O: Example Water Management Schedules
Appendix P: Water Quality Improvement Best Management Practices
Appendix Q: SCMAD Managed Wetlands Best Management Practices
Appendix R: Key Wetland Plants and Growth Requirements
