Habitat Creation
Create and enhance habitats, remove invasive species, and foster native plants
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Remove invasive species such as spartina, blue French Broom, poison hemlock, and pampas grass.
Foster native vegetation adapted to seasonally flooded conditions.
Pollution Reduction
Enhance the river's ability to filer pollution and help prevent waste from
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Prevent waste and debris from polluting the Petaluma River through wildlife-friendly fencing and trash monitoring and removal
Habitat Creation
Foster native vegetation adapted to seasonally flooded conditions.
Remove invasive species such as spartina, blue French Broom, poison hemlock, and pampas grass.
Create and enhance habitat for birds, pollinators, native trees, shrubs, and herbs.
Pollution Reduction
Enhance the Petaluma River’s role as a natural filter of harmful pollutants like e coli, improving the environmental health and safety of our waterways.
Prevent waste and debris from polluting the Petaluma River through wildlife-friendly fencing and trash monitoring and removal
Flood Control
Reduce flooding and protect property and infrastructure
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Reduce neighborhood flooding and protect local property and infrastructure by adding critical flood storage capacity to the river
Fire Protection
Provide public safety services and wildfire protection
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Provide the community vital public safety services and wildfire protection by offering a new site for a volunteer fire company
Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Replaces heavy-polluting trucks by using water-based transportation
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Replaces heavy-polluting trucks, removing up to 5,693 tons of CO2e by switching to a local source of asphalt production that uses water-based transportation
Flood Control
Reduce neighborhood flooding and protect local property and infrastructure by adding critical flood storage capacity to the river
Fire Protection
Provide the community vital public safety services and wildfire protection by offering a new site for a volunteer fire company
Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Replaces heavy-polluting trucks, removing up to 5,693 tons of CO2e by switching to a local source of asphalt production that uses water-based transportation
Local Materials Source
Ensure roads and infrastructure are built on time and under budget
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Ensure roadways and critical infrastructure are built on time and under budget by using a viable local source of construction materials.
Local Materials Source
Ensure roadways and critical infrastructure are built on time and under budget by using a viable local source of construction materials.
Restores our wetlands, bolsters our climate resilience, and keeps our economy moving for generations to come
Replaces heavy-polluting trucks with water-based transportation
Creates no wetland impacts
Has already been approved by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in 2010
Removes up to 5,693 tons of CO2e
Provides local source of asphalt production
Restores our wetlands, bolsters our climate resilience, and keeps our economy moving for generations to come
Replaces heavy-polluting trucks with water-based transportation
Creates no wetland impacts
Has already been approved by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in 2010
Removes up to 5,693 tons of CO2e
Provides local source of asphalt production
December 14, 2010
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors certifies project’s environmental impact report and approves project.
December 14, 2016
Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD) confirms project permit is vested
March 28, 2019
Dutra revises project, resulting in total elimination of wetland impact and retains and enhances wetland mitigation plan
October 8, 2019
Army Corp of Engineers (ACOE) confirms the “project will not result in the placement of fill materials within waters or wetlands” and therefore does not need further ACOE approvals to proceed
December 4, 2019
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board concurs with ACOE that the “project has been redesigned to avoid filling wetlands and other waters on site,” and therefore needs no further Regional Water Board approvals to proceed.
April 3, 2020
Dutra submits revised project layout to PRMD
October 23, 2020
The County’s Planning Director concludes the revised project requires approval from the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA)
How can I get involved?
How will the project protect endangered native species and remove invasive species from the wetlands?
Dutra Materials’ Wetland and Riparian Enhancement Plan (WREP) requires native vegetation and riparian plantings throughout the site as well as along the Petaluma River and along the tidal channel adjacent the SMART tracks. Plantings will also be focused on areas containing high concentrations of invasive species to be removed.
Will Haystack Landing impact the wetlands? How will the Haystack Landing project protect bird and pollinator habitat?
Dutra Materials’ Wetland and Riparian Enhancement Plan (WREP) requires the improvement of nesting and foraging habitats for 75 avian species within the plan area. Reproductive habitats for pollinators like hummingbirds and bees will also be improved through native vegetation and riparian plantings.
Why was the Haystack Landing site selected for this project?
Dutra Materials selected this site due to its proximity to the Petaluma River. This location allows Dutra to transport aggregate materials used in the asphalt production process via barge, eliminating heavy truck trips.
What is the estimated reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Haystack Landing project?
5,693 tons of CO2e.
How and why was the project revised in 2019?
Dutra Materials revised the Haystack Landing project to eliminate all impacts to wetlands. The revised project moved a conveyer less than 50 feet, adjusted the sound wall to avoid wetlands, and moved a landscaped berm to avoid filling wetlands.
How will the Haystack Landing project prevent flooding?
Flood prevention will occur via enhancement and enlargement of the planned flood management basin, adding flood storage capacity to the Petaluma River watershed. Flood prevention will not involve the placement of fill into existing or newly created wetlands.
How do I know that the Haystack Landing project will not cause any impacts to wetlands?
The County of Sonoma’s Conditions of Approval required Dutra Materials to obtain Clean Water Act approvals for impacts to wetlands and jurisdictional waters including a Section 404 permit from the Army Corps of Engineers and a Section 401 certification from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board). State and Federal regulations require applicants for these permits and certifications to attempt to modify projects to avoid or reduce impacts to wetlands and jurisdictional waters prior to formal consideration. Dutra’s revised project was submitted to the ACOE and Regional Water Board in 2019.
The ACOE confirmed in October 2019 that the revised “project will not result in the placement of fill materials within waters or wetlands” and indicated the Section 404 permit was not needed.
In December 2019, the Regional Water Board concurred “that the Project has been redesigned to avoid filling wetlands and other waters on site” and confirmed the Section 401 certification was not needed.
