Phase: Post-Construction/Maintenance
End of Post-Construction Phase: 2027
Project Description:
The Pacific Flyway Pond (PFP), the focal point of a joint State, County and City wetland habitat enhancement project, was built around 2011 as part of the City of Woodland’s stormwater drainage and treatment system. The Pond functions primarily as a detention basin that treats about a third of the City’s storm drain runoff, but also has been documented in recent years as prime wildlife habitat, especially for waterfowl and other birds. It has about 90 acres of open water year-round which attracts both resident birds and those migrating along the Pacific Flyway. The PFP hosts several thousand migratory birds daily during their respective migration seasons and also has been documented to host over 50 different species on a daily basis. Last year, a UC Davis research team observed thousands of Tricolored Blackbirds (a California Threatened Species) who nested in an upland area at the southeast corner of the basin.
The City of Woodland and Yolo County Resource Conservation District obtained a State of California Wildlife Conservation Board grant for enhancements at the PFP site last year. Bank slope repairs and construction of a 2.5 acre shallow-water habitat island and two upland loafing islands were completed Fall 2024. The Conservation District and City are now in the post-construction phase of the Project which includes habitat restoration, native plant establishment, vegetation maintenance and installation of educative panels.