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Rutherford Dust Restoration Team

In 2002, the Rutherford Dust Society Board of Directors voted unanimously to empower a subcommittee, the Rutherford Dust Restoration Team (RDRT or "our dirt"), to initiate a plan to manage and restore the Napa river. The sub-committee is co-chaired by two Rutherford Dust Society board members: John Williams, president of Frog's Leap Winery, and Davie Pina, owner of Pina Vineyard Management, LLC.

The goal of RDRT is to manage and restore the four-mile stretch of the Napa River, and its watershed, which flows through the Rutherford American Viticultural Area (AVA) between Zinfandel Lane Bridge and Oakville Cross Road.

RDRT (or "our dirt") seeks to:

• understand the underlying causes of the instable river system
• stabilize river banks and address bank erosion, loss of habitat and sediment issues, which are symptoms of the wider watershed system instability
• reduce the impacts of flooding
• protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat
• reduce Pierce's Disease pressure on vineyards
• provide ongoing education about the river and its watershed

For more information visit the following links:

Rutherford Dust Society (official web site)

Conceptual Plan for the Stabilization & Restoration of the Napa River

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