California Breaches Levee to Restore Habitat

California Breaches Levee to Restore Habitat
The California Department of Water Resources and Ecosystem Investment Partners hold a levee breaching ceremony on Sept. 18, 2024, to celebrate the completion of the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration Project in Solano County. Andrew Nixon / California Department of Water Resources
Ilene Eng
Ilene Eng
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California is breaching a large-scale levee near Sacramento for the first time in 100 years to restore wildlife habitat and provide new flood capacity.

The Department of Water Resources and Ecosystem Investment Partners held a levee breaching ceremony on Sept. 18 to celebrate completing the Lookout Slough Tidal Habitat Restoration and Flood Improvement Project. Nine places on the levee will be breached to create an open-water habitat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.