Every year, Little Chico Creek goes nearly bone dry by the time autumn finally arrives, however, this year it had some longevity restored by the recent stormy winter.
This is the same for many waterways throughout the north valley, like the Miocene Canal that, outside of the occasional boost from rainfall, has sat dormant since the Camp Fire. This creates enough inconsistency to make it difficult for ecosystems to take hold. Even with waterways that stay relatively continuous like Big Chico Creek and Butte Creek, years of dry weather can have an impact.
Greene said Little Chico Creek doesn’t have the same level of drainage the larger creeks do, creating additional strains on its recharge rate in terms of inflow. “When we think about recharge and how water gets into the groundwater system, there’s the main ways like direct rainfall, and the other way is rivers flowing over groundwater basins which soaks in and recharges it that way,” Buck said.
“Certainly native vegetation received a reprieve with the return of wetter conditions this year,” Buck said. “The last three years of drought and extremely low precipitation during that time placed noticeable stress on unirrigated native trees and plants.” The letter expresses the county’s desire to create a groundwater recharge action plan by Jan. 1, 2024 which will contain recommendations that could lead to increased groundwater recharge during the wet months.
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