Napa County and its partners have been presented with the 2019 Outstanding Environmental Project Award by the Friends of the San Francisco Estuary for ongoing efforts to restore riparian and floodplain habitat along an important segment of the Napa River between Oakville Crossroad and Oak Knoll Avenue.

The Outstanding Environmental Project Award was presented to Napa County, the Napa County Resource Conservation District, Environmental Science Associates and riverside landowners at the biennial State of the Estuary Conference held in Oakland in October.

The award recognized the first three phases of the Oakville to Oak Knoll Project focused on restoring and enhancing long-term Napa River and floodplain function, improving the quality and resilience of riparian habitat, and reducing property damage and sediment impacts associated with flooding and erosion.

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