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Solano County include five delta habitat restoration projects , restoring over 1,600 acres of wetlands in the vicinity .
One of the restoration projects closest to Travis AFB is the Hill Slough Wildlife Area , located directly south of Suisun City , less than two miles from the end of the runway . The CDFW , along with the California Wildlife Foundation and Solano County Public Works , is working to restore the marsh near the corner of Highway 12 and Grizzly Island Road . The goal of the project is to create about 750 acres of restored tidal marsh and upland habitat . Another restoration project , Goat Island Tidal Marsh Restoration , is located directly south of the Hill Slough Wildlife Area within Rush Ranch . The Goat Island Tidal Marsh Restoration will add 80 additional acres of tidal marsh . With tidal marsh and upland habitat being ideal for waterfowl and other bird species , such as shore birds , blackbirds , geese , and ducks , the creation of new wetlands in the vicinity would increase BASH risk in the area .
The other restoration projects associated with C Solano County are the Bradmoor Island Restora Restoration to the south of Travis AFB within Su Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration several miles to Additional restoration projects have the potent the Suisun Marsh area south of Travis AFB and t northeast of Travis AFB .
The Fairfield Train Station Specific Plan , a rail‐or north of Travis AFB , includes the establishment of open space that would preserve habitat in th Noonan Ranch Conservation Bank has already b in the southern portion of the Specific Plan area Noonan Ranch Conservation Bank preserves sea marsh , and vernal pools in a grassland area . An area would be designated adjacent to the estab Conservation Bank as part of the Specific Plan a conservation areas could potentially attract bird
The City of Vacaville has experienced flooding r large amount of flow coming from the Vaca Mo the flooding , Vacaville built several regional det flow in the creeks before reaching the city . The Storm Drainage Master Plan , which identifies st and improvements needed to address existing l The Storm Drainage Master Plan identifies regio mitigate the increase in runoff from new develo required to provide 100‐year level flood protec development area and ensure that developed a impacted .
Suisun Bay ( Source : http :// www . watereducation . org /)
Future growth areas within the city ’ s urban gro concentrated on the east side of the city . Policy Vacaville General Plan requires specific plans w
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