Politics & Government
Sonoma County Gets $4.2M In Federal Funding For Bodega Bay Dredging
The last time dredging took place at Bodega Bay, the county's center for commercial and sport fishing industries, was in 2004.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has earmarked $4.2 million for maintenance dredging of the interior channel of Bodega Bay.
Bodega Bay's Operations and Maintenance schedule includes periodic inspection and repair of three breakwaters and an 11-year cycle of maintenance dredging of the Federal Channel to a depth of 12 feet, Sonoma County officials said.
Recent sounding surveys show shoaling -- a growing mound of sediment -- is occurring and the dredging is required, Deputy County Administrator Rebecca Wachsberg said.
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The last dredging was in 2004 when 120,000 cubic yards of materials were disposed of at a deep onshore disposal site 60 miles from Bodega Bay.
Bodega Bay is the center of Sonoma County's commercial and sport fishing industries that depend on the federal channel leading to Bodega Harbor.
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Sonoma County also manages the Spud Point, Mason's and Sport Fishing Center at Porto Bodega marinas and two parks and campgrounds on the bay.
By Bay City News Service
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