The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) says it has received a nearly $238,000 planning grant from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for the Scotts Creek Lagoon and Marsh Restoration Project.
The Scotts Creek project will develop a restoration design that includes a 21st-century transportation corridor and restoration of the ecological condition and dynamism of the Scotts Creek lagoon, marsh, and dune system while also planning for climate change resiliency.
Scotts Creek is a small coastal watershed near the unincorporated town of Davenport along Highway 1 in northern Santa Cruz County. The Scotts Creek estuary provides invaluable habitat for a variety of native biota, including coho salmon, steelhead, red-legged frog, tideway goby, and snowy plover.
