West Bombay Beach Vegetation Enhancement
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Project Overview
Basics
West Bombay Beach Vegetation Enhancement
Construction Completed
West Bombay Beach includes 93 acres of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation property which is leased by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The site has been implemented as a vegetation enhancement project using a combination of stormwater spreading, engineered roughness using straw bales, seeding, and surface roughening.
2021
2021
2025
1/13/2026
Project Attributes
Purpose & Goals
Purpose & Goals
The purpose of this project is to increase the surface roughness through placement of non-erodible organic elements, create swales along contour lines to promote stormwater spreading and establish and expand native vegetation through stormwater spreading and groundwater supply,
Schedule Status
Design
Complete
Land & Water Rights
Complete
Environmental
Complete
Construction
Complete
Notes about Status
Construction of the site is complete. There is still interim work with additional seeding to fill in the vegetation.
Location
Organizations
Contacts
Katie Burnworth - California Department of Water Resources (DWR) (katie.burnworth@water.ca.gov)
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Activities & Outcomes
Expected Activities & Outcomes
| Dust Suppression Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target | Type: Completed Dust Suppression | 93 acres |
Reported Activities & Outcomes
| Dust Suppression Acres Counted Towards SWRCB WR 2017-0134 Target | ||||
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| Type | Total | 2025 | 2022 | Units |
| Interim Dust Suppression | 93 | N/A | 93 | acres |
| Completed Dust Suppression | 93 | 93 | N/A | acres |
| Converted Acres | ||||
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| Converted From | Total | 2025 | 2022 | Units |
| Interim Dust Suppression | 93 | 93 | N/A | acres |
| Surface Roughening Conducted | ||||
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| Total | 2025 | 2022 | Units | |
| 93 | N/A | 93 | acres | |
| Total | 93 | 0 | 93 | acres |
| Vegetation Enhancement Performed | ||||
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| Vegetation Type | Total | 2025 | 2022 | Units |
| Halophytic scrub | 93 | 93 | N/A | acres |
| Total | 93 | 93 | 0 | acres |
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| Year(s): | 2021, 2023-2024 |
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| Explanation: | In addition to the reported Activities & Outcomes, this project also had jobs created as part of the vegetation enhancement sites which may be shared among all sites. |
Program Phases
Program Phases
Benefits
Benefits
Endangered Species
Endangered Species
No Endangered Species set for this Project.
Habitat Types
Habitat Types
Project Details
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West Bombay Beach Vegetation and Dust Control (May 2024)
- Uploaded On
- 7/18/2024
- File Type
- Description
- Site map as of May 21, 2024 shows project progress
West Bombay Beach Vegetation and Dust Control (June 2023)
- Uploaded On
- 6/27/2023
- File Type
- Description
- Site map as of June 20, 2023 showing locations of vegetation and dust control.
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