Recommended action: Authorization to disburse up to $600,000 to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to remove and replace the existing fish ladders on the north and south forks of Caspar Creek in Mendocino County to improve fish passage throughout the watershed.

Introduction to temperate floodplains -- Hydrology -- Floodplain and geomorphology -- Biogeochemistry -- Ecology: introduction -- Floodplain forests -- Primary and secondary production -- Fish and other vertebrates -- Ecosystem services and floodplain reconciliation -- Floodplains as green infrastructure -- Case studies of floodplain management and reconciliation -- Central Valley floodplains: introduction and history -- Central Valley floodplains today -- Reconciling Central Valley floodplains -- Conclusions: managing temperate floodplains for multiple benefits

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