Statement of Purpose

News/Status

Removing Matilija Dam:

• Why Remove Matilija Dam?
• Objectives
• Benefits from Removal
• Impacts: Habitat
• Impacts: Sediment
• Matilija Dam spilling

Final Design:

• Project Description
• Sediment Management
• Slurry Disposal
• Levees
• Bridges
• Robles Diversion modifications
• Arundo (giant reed) management
• Our Comments

Feasibility Study:

• Feasibility Study
• Baseline Conditions
• Alternatives
• Our Comments

Early Progress:

• Demonstration Project
• Babbitt Visit October 12, 2000
• Drilling Core Samples

Background Information:

• Ventura River
• Matilija Dam Facts
• Matilija Dam Timeline

About the Matilija Coalition:

• Coalition Members
• Logo & T-shirts
• Newsletters & Publications
• Events
• Arundo mapping
• Stream Team
• Join Us
• Sponsors
  

Contact us

Links

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

Surfrider Foundation Ventura County Chapter	Patagonia Inc.	Environmental Defense Center
California Trout	American Rivers	Friends of the River

• Friends of the Ventura River
• Environmental Coalition of Ventura County

Help build the Matilija Coalition:

We invite you to join the founding member organizations and show your support for the removal of Matilija Dam as a sign-on group or individual. Sign-on groups will be listed on our website, and listed in correspondence where the broad base of support is needed to illustrate the community support for the removal of the dam. Sign on to add your group to the Matilija Coalition!

Sign-on Organizations:

Planning and Conservation League
Endangered Habitats League
Green Party of Ventura County
Matilija Fly Fishers
Trout Unlimited of California
Mountains Restoration Trust
West Virginia Rivers Coalition
California Trout, Inc.
The Roanoke Company
The Beacon Foundation
Citizens to Preserve Ojai
Friends of the Santa Clara River
American Whitewater
Keep the Sespe Wild
Center for Biological Diversity
Environmental Coalition of Ventura County
Federation of Fly Fishers, Southwest Council
Sespe Fly Fishers
Ecology Center of Southern California
CA Water Network
Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper
Sierra Club – Los Padres Chapter
Green Party of Ventura County
River Policy Network Japan
Friends of the Eel River
Los Padres Forest Watch
South Coast Habitat Restoration