Lower Squaw Creek Restoration Public Workshop

for

The Friends of Squaw Creek

Truckee River Watershed Council

Sierra Nevada Conservancy

Prepared by:

Mike Liquori

May 15, 2008

Funding for this project has been provided by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, an agency of the State of California

May 15, 2008

Existing ConditionsExisting ConditionsExisting Conditions

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Then (1950s)Then (1950s)

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Now (2004)Now (2004)

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Historic Channel (Pre Olympics)Historic Channel (Pre Olympics)

Original Design

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Historic Channel (Pre Olympics)Historic Channel (Pre Olympics)

As-Built Overlay

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Olympic ParkingOlympic Parking

• Historic channel modifications

• Land‐use w/i watershed

• Changes in:– Sediment – Hydrology– Hydraulics– Vegetation

Mullholand, 2002

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Then (1962)Then (1962)

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

NowNow

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Then & NowThen & Now

Sound Watershed Consulting May 15, 2008

Then & NowThen & Now