Dutch Bill Creek Dam Removal and Creek Restoration

The Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District, in partnership with the Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District, would like to invite you to a public meeting on August 1, 2009 at 10 am – 12 pm to discuss the Dutch Bill Creek Dam Removal and Creek Restoration Project.

The construction of the project is going to start on or around August 5, 2009 and we would like to discuss project goals and answer your questions before work IN THE CREEK officially begins. This project is the first phase of the Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District’s larger vision to revitalize the park area for families and the community.

If this is the first time you are hearing about the project, it has two primary objectives:
1. To eliminate all known fish barriers along the mainstem of Dutch Bill Creek, and
2. To provide the community with a new and hopefully well-utilized pedestrian walkway that spans the creek.
These objectives will be accomplished in the following ways:
1. Remove the instream summer dam below the Post Office;
2. Retrofit the culvert under Market Street with baffles;
3. Install a series of boulder weirs downstream of the Market Street culvert; and
4. Replace an important community connector (footbridge) between Camp Meeker proper and the community recreation site.

We need your help us make this project a success. We want to make sure your questions are answered, while at the same time enlist your eyes and ears to make sure the project is not vandalized. This is a project that we hope Camp Meeker can be proud of for many generations.

Please join us on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the Camp Meeker Fire House at 10 am for refreshments and project information.

Lisa Hulette
Executive Director
Gold Ridge RCD
PO Box 1064
Occidental, CA 95465
P: (707) 874-2907
F: (707) 874-9607
W: www.goldridgercd.org