Summer Dam Removed to Create Fish Refuge - Camp Meeker Dam Removal
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Summer Dam Removed to Create Fish Refuge - Camp Meeker Dam Removal
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Story of how a community, centered around a summer swimming pool created by their creek dam, came together to tear down that dam, turning one of the strongest fish barriers in the watershed into a new model for how to restore a creek that's good for both fish and people - allowing fish passage, creating wildlife habitat, educating visitors and giving the local and regulatory community a reason to be proud.
a Gold Ridge RCD Project
a film by Ben Zolno & ZoDoCo Productions
Funding by:
State Coastal Conservancy
CA Department of Fish and Game
NOAA Restoration Center
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
National Association of Counties
US Fish and Wildlife Service
County of Sonoma
Restoration by:
Gold Ridge RCD
Construction Contractor
Prunuske Chatham Inc.
Engineering Design Teams
Questa Engineering Inc.
Streamline Engineering
Community Support:
Residents of Camp Meeker
Gold Ridge RCD Board of Directors
Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District
Camp Meeker Volunteer Fire Department
Special thanks to:
Trout Unlimited
Office of Supervisor Efren Carrillo
Office of former Supervisor Mike Reilly
Office of Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
Dutch Bill Creek Watershed Group
Camp Meeker Dam Plan Committee
Elliott Doss
Production by:
Jim Coleman, Archive footage, construction photography, set assistance
Brock Dolman, Construction photography, set assistance
Jenni Perez, Set assistance, editing assistance
Gary Helfrich, Historical photographs
David Berman, Coho footage