Featured Projects

River Partners is the only California nonprofit that acquires, restores and protects riparian ecosystems on a large scale. We permanently protect habitat for federal and state listed species on thousands of acres of riverbanks – one tree, one shrub and one native grass seed at a time. We invite you to explore some of the more than 300 projects in 21 watersheds that we have completed throughout California.

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Saving Monarchs

Restoring river corridor habitat is a leading strategy to save this iconic species from extinction.

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Active Projects

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Projects

• Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta
  Dutch Slough From Cattle Ranch to Freshwater Tidal Marsh Today, very little estuary marsh habitat remains—only about 2%, at the most. It’s critical we actively re-establish the rich ecological network of these essential wetlands, and fast. Many native species who depend on tidal marshes are on the brink of extinction, such as salmon and Delta smelt.

Sacramento Valley Projects

• Sacramento Valley
  Bear River Setback Levee Permanent Flood Protection, Novel Ecosystem Restoration Design and implementation of habitat restoration within the floodway and levee setback area for the 2-mile Bear River Levee Setback Project was a collaborative feat that will forever improve flood safety.
• Sacramento Valley
  Dos Rios Norte Area Essential for All Runs of Chinook Salmon In partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB), River Partners is ready to restore Dos Rios Norte. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and Feather rivers and Lower Butte Creek, Dos Rios Norte will provide nearly 1,600 acres of haven for endangered wildlife including Chinook salmon.
• Sacramento Valley
  Flynn Wildland Preserve A River Conservation Ambassador River Partners designed this Preserve to serve as habitat specifically for Bald eagle, Chinook salmon, steelhead, Swainson’s hawk, valley elderberry longhorn beetle, western yellow-billed cuckoo, and willow flycatcher.
• Sacramento Valley
  Hamilton City Project Construction Leveraged for Conservation The Hamilton City project is the first riparian restoration effort undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. River Partners won a competitive federal construction bid to restore over 1,400 acres of habitat at the newly-created levee setback area along the Sacramento River.
• Sacramento Valley
  Rancho Breisgau Restoring Critical Salmon Habitat on Battle Creek Battle Creek is the largest Sacramento River tributary north of the Feather River, with a watershed that covers approximately 360 square miles. The Rancho Breisgau unit is one of the last remaining parcels needed to connect a wildlife corridor of continuous riparian habitat that stretches from the Sacramento River up to the headwaters of Battle Creek in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
• San Joaquin Valley
  Turning Point Preserve Fish Will Serve as Restoration Focal Point This property will be restored to native floodplain habitat in several phases to benefit endangered salmon and other imperiled wildlife
• Sacramento Valley
  Willow Bend Preserve A Model for Salmon Recovery Restoration of this flood-prone Sacramento Valley former farmland may offer a new solution to resuscitate what was once one of the most prolific salmon runs in the world.

San Joaquin Valley Projects

• San Joaquin Valley
  Dos Rios Ranch Preserve California’s Largest Floodplain Restoration Project Our Dos Rios project is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in California, a leading example of green infrastructure that lowers flood risk and brings life back to the San Joaquin Valley to protect endangered species.
• San Joaquin Valley
  Hidden Valley Ranch From Dairy Farm to High-Quality Riparian Habitat After 10 years of management, four years of planning, and five active months of planting, River Partners has completed transformation of its 350-acre Hidden Valley Ranch, a former dairy west of Modesto, back into native wildlife habitat.
• San Joaquin Valley
  Panorama Vista Preserve A Natural Respite Amongst Oil Fields River Partners commitment to restore Panorama Vista Preserve, a 1,000-acre nature preserve located in the heart of industrial Bakersfield, has helped grow the popularity of the park in the community. On any given day one is likely to come across residents running, biking, horseback riding, walking dogs, and bird watching.
• San Joaquin Valley
  San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge A living laboratory brings life back to the San Joaquin Over 15 years, River Partners secured more than $20 million from competitive state and federal grant programs to design and restore wildlife habitat at a scale never seen before in this region.
• San Joaquin Valley
  Sweetwater Part of the Single-Largest Wildlife Corridor in California Restoration will reintroduce the ancient riparian habitat that once flourished in Merced County to this site, permanently protecting it.

Southern California Projects

• Southern California
  Finney-Ramer Unit Habitat Restoration Projects Reviving the Alamo River flowing into the Shrinking Salton Sea Southern California’s Salton Sea is one of California’s most dire environmental catastrophes. Restoration along the Alamo River, which terminates in the Salton Sea, provides a glimmer of hope for the region.
• Southern California
  San Dieguito River Park Improving Habitat Value on Designated Conservation Lands River Partners restored the floodplain along the San Dieguito River to accommodate the endangered Arroyo Toad, and created new models for habitat recovery in designated conservation areas.
• Southern California
  Otay Delta Project A Wildlife Refuge Near I-5 At a Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge River Partners has created a birding hotspot, immediately adjacent to the State’s largest highway.

Statewide Projects

• Statewide
  Urgent Action to Save Monarch Butterflies Restoring habitat to save a species We’re working with a strong coalition of scientists and conservation partners to reintroduce monarch habitat at the largest coordinated scale in the western U.S.