What are those questions that would guide better decision making to a rewilding of the Clear Lake watersheds ecosystems? The first might be to determine how to restore the Middle Creek area to its most effective wetland attributes without creating more problems of flooding or mosquito invasions. Basically, how much landform change is needed to best support the interactions of wildlife, human enjoyment and sediment trapping. Right now the operating principle is to purchase all the land back to a public ownership and only then turn the designing and construction over to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
WINDOW ON LAKE COUNTY
Mistakenly named in 1850 for eel-like lamprey, the Eel River begins its 196 mile journey…