Issue for Bid – April 2025
The Wood Creek Phase III Restoration Project is located at 5851 Myrtle Ave, Eureka, CA 95503. The project is on the NRLT Freshwater Farms Reserve south of Myrtle Avenue, on the privately owned Felt Ranch north of Myrtle Avenue, and extending onto County right of way and onto a private parcel north of Felt Road.
To be constructed over two seasons, the project will restore approximately 12 acres of tidal and freshwater wetlands for fish and wildlife by constructing over 7,500 feet of tidal and stream channels, excavating a pond and two alcoves, building a new County culvert crossing of Wood Creek on Felt Road, plugging the old culvert and rerouting Wood Creek, building 72 planting hummocks along the new channel banks, and installing 102 large wood habitat structures. Much of the project lies in areas with soft and saturated soils that may require specialized low ground pressure equipment, and/or swamp mats, or other means to complete the work.
Year 1 construction will commence outside of the nesting bird season and will complete all work on the NRLT property and extend south, under Myrtle Avenue, to the existing Felt Ditch, as indicated in the Contract Drawings. Connecting the new Felt Slough channel to Felt Ditch is intended to improve local drainage for Year 2 construction. Year 1 construction will also include the cutting and laydown of vegetation within the Year 2 footprint to reduce the potential for nesting birds in the work area during Year 2 construction. The contractor may construct the new County culvert on Felt Road during either Year 1 or Year 2. Year 2 the contractor will finish construction of all remaining components of the project during the in-water work window of June 15 to October 15.