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Liberty Island
| Liberty Island is an inundated island encompassing 5,209 acres and located
in Yolo and Solano counties, in the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
adjacent to Prospect Island and Little Holland Tract. It is
the southern outlet of the Yolo Bypass, a flood control element of the
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
(SAFCA). Liberty Island has been flooded since 1998 when levees were breached
during high flows through the bypass. The levees were not repaired by
the landowners and the island has remained inundated and under tidal influence.
Future restoration plans for Liberty Island are envisioned to be passive
restoration approaches that would allow wetland and riparian vegetation
to establish naturally. Restoration may also include creating additional
breaches in the levees, filling agricultural water delivery and drainage
ditches, leveling an existing road bisecting the property, and excavating
meandering sloughs to improve habitat quality and native fish access and
to prevent fish stranding. Liberty Island already supports significant
existing wildlife and has outstanding potential for restoration, floodplain
management, and endangered species recovery. |
Click the panorama for a high resolution interactive panorama |
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