Section 3406 (b)(1) 

Anadromous Fish Restorati

R M ti amon 

Marti

n

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Background

• The Central Valley Project Improv(CVPIA) was signed into law in 199(CVPIA) was signed into law in 199

• The CVPIA directs the Secretary develop and implement a program 

reasonable efforts to double naturareasonable efforts to double natura

anadromous fish in Central Valley r• The Final Restoration Plan (FRP

actions to be implemented by the Pactions to be implemented by the P

help achieve the Act’s anadromous • The impacts of this programmatic

Plan were analyzed in the CVPIA PPlan were analyzed in the CVPIA P

Environmental Impact Statement aDecision was signed in 2001. • The FRP focused on 26 watershe

The FRP focused on 26 watershe

westside tributaries, and the Delta. 

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Introduction

( )( ) g b)(1) Program Goal• “implement a program which makes all reasonable efforts 

that, by the year 2002, natural production of anadromous 

Central Valley ,

 rivers and streams will be sustainable, on a 

term basis, at levels not less than twice the average levels during the period of 1967-1991(Section 3406(b)(1) of the 

• AFRP Chinook Salmon Natural Production Targets 

Central Valley 990,000 Fall Run 750,000Late-Fall Run Fall Run 68 000 ,Spring Run 68,000Winter Run 110,000

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Introduction

(b)(1) Program Goal• AFRP Anadromous Fish Production Targets Fish Production Targets

Steelhead 13,000 

Green sturgeon 1,966White sturgeon 11,142Strip ,, ed Bass 2,500,000American shad 4,300

• Additional information on AFRP production 

targets and estimates can be found in the targets and estimates can be found in the

2011 CAMP Annual Report.

http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/Fisheries/CAMP-Program/Doc

R t /D t /2011 CAMP l t df

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Reports/Documents/2011_CAMP_annual_report.pdf
(b)(1) Objectives (b)(1) Objectives

• Improve habitat for all life stages of anadromous 

th h i i f fl f it bl lit throug

h provisions o

f flows o

f suit

able quality, qu

and timing, and improved physical habitat.

• Improve survival rates by reducing or eliminating 

ent i t f j il t di i trainmen

t o

f juveniles a

t diversions.

• Improve the opportunity for adult fish to reach th

spawning habitats in a timely manner.

• C f ollect 

fish population, health, and habitat data 

facilitate evaluation of restoration actions.

• Integrate habitat restoration efforts with harvest 

hth t a

t

c

hery managemen

t.

• Involve partners in the implementation and evalu

restoration actions.

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Chinook Salmon Production Estimat

1,000,000

Production (natural production of all races for the Central Valley)Adult escapement (Calculated in CHINOOKPROD using Grand Tab in-river escapement data)

Chinook Salmon Production Estimat

Goal = 990,000 (Final Restor

ook

800,000

Baseline (Mills and Fisher)

1967-1991 Average= 497,054

1992-201= 410,790

adult Chino

600,000

l races of a

400,000

mber of all

200,000

imated nu

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Chinook Salmon Producti

Chinook Salmon Producti

American River fall run

•

The 

percent of natural 

Calaveras River winter run

Butte Creek spring run

Butte Creek fall run

Big Chico Creek fall run

Bear River fall run

Battle Creek late-fall run

Battle Creek fall run

Antelope Creek fall run p 

during the doubling perin relation to the baseli1991).

Cottonwood Creek fall run

Cosumnes River fall run

Clear Creek fall run

Central Valley winter run

Central Valley spring run

Central Valley late-fall run

Central Valley fall run

Central Valley all races

Calaveras River winter run

• The doubling goal for C

production for the periohas been exceeded on 

f

Mill Creek spring run

Mill Creek fall run

Merced River fall run

Feather River fall run

Deer Creek spring run

Deer Creek fall run

Cow Creek fall run

Cottonwood Creek fall run

and Battle creeks and hmet on the Mokelumne 

Stanislaus River fall run

San Joaquin River fall run

Sacramento River winter run

Sacramento River spring run

Sacramento River late-fall run

Sacramento River fall run

Paynes Creek fall run

Mokelumne River fall run

Chinook Salmon Natural PEstimates: 

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-100 0 100 200 300 900 1000

Yuba River fall-run

Tuolumne River fall-run http://www.fws.gov/stockto
Chinook Salmon Produc

Salmon Produc

Watershed and Chinook salmon run

Baseline period (1967 –1991) natural

Doubling period (1992 –2010) nat ral

P values associatechanges in the aveprod ction bet ee

* Indicates a fish hatchery is present in the watershed 

1991) naturalproduction averages

2010) naturalproduction averages

production betwee

1967-1991 and 199time periods

Battle Creek fall run * 5,013 17,977 Battle Creek late-fall run * 273 681 Butte Creek Butte Creek fall run fall run 765 2,466 Butte Creek spring run 1,018 10,035 Clear Creek fall run 3,576 10,940 Mokelumne River fall run * 4,680 8,024 

• Significant increase in the average natural production of fal

Significant increase in the average natural production of fal

Chinook salmon between the baseline period and the doubperiod in Battle, Butte, Clear creeks and in the Mokelumne 

• Significant increase in the average natural production of late

run Chi k l b t th b li i d d th d 

Chinook salmon between the baseline period and the d

period in Battle Creek.

• Significant increase in the average natural production of sp

Chinook salmon between the baseline period and the doub

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p 

period in Butte Creek.
(b)(1) Program Status (b)(1) Program Status

CVPIA Pro

g y (

ram Activit

y Review 

(CP

Accomplishments

• Total of 128 High and Medium Priority Action

Total of 128 High and Medium Priority Action

the Final Restoration Plan.

– 75 are Non 75 are Non

-structural Actions with Endpoints of w

structural Actions with Endpoints of w

(33%) have been completed to date. 

– 53 are Structural Actions with Endpoints of which 

have been completed to date.

• About 23% of all Restoration Plan actions an

evaluations (289) have been completed in the 2010 ti i d 2010 time perio

d.

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

FY 2011 Accomplishments Y ba Ri er Y

uba Ri

ver Hammon Bar Restoration Bar Restoration

• All the environmental documents were completed in 2

implement a riparian restoration pilot project. 

• Five acres were 

p p

lanted with cottonwood and willow 

p

to restore riparian habitat in the lower Yuba River (Ev

• Total Cost $315,000

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Credit: CBEC 
(b)(1) Habitat Restoration (b)(1) Habitat Restoration

FY 2011 Accomplishments Mokelumne River S

p g awnin

g Habi

• Purchased and placed 4,166 yds

3 of coa

improve natural production of Chinook salmsteelhead at several spawning sites (Action• Total Cost $500 000 Total Cost $500,000

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoration (b)(1) Habitat Restoration

FY 2011 Accomplishments 

American River S

pg g awnin

g and Rearin

g Habitat Restor

• Environmental Compliance Documents and Pecompleted.• Restored a dewatered side-channel 1⁄4 mile lonenhanced an existing gravel bar with 5 000 yds

3 an existing gravel bar with

5,000 yds 

3 

• Total Cost $410,418

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

FY 2011 Accomplishments 

Merced River Ranch Floodplain RestoratioMerced River Ranch Floodplain Restoratio

• Added 28,000 yds3 of coarse sediment for spawning (Ac

• Once completed in 2013, the Merced River Ranch Flood

Enhancement Proj p p

ect will restore u

p to 6 acres of ri

paria

1.23 miles of spawning habitat.

• Total cost to date $1,474,254

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Merced River Ranch River Ranch 

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

FY 2011 Accomplishments 

Stanislaus River Flood

p (

lain Restoration 

(Action 

• Environmental Compliance Documents and Permits were completed.• The Lancaster Road Project was completed and restored 640 feet of rchannel habitat for fall run Chinook salmon and steelhead (Total Cost $4channel habitat for fall run Chinook salmon and steelhead (Total Cost $4• The Honolulu Bar Project will restore 2.5 acres of riparian floodplain, aof spawning gravel, and restore 485 feet of side-channel habitat (Schedfor fall run Chinook salmon and steelhead ( ,) Total AFRP Cost $660,170).• Addresses Action III.2.3 in NMFS OCAP BO

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

Photo: USFWS Photo: USFWS

Lancaster Road Project - Before

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

Photo: USFWS 

Lancaster Road Project - After

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

Photo: USFWS 

Lancaster Road Project – After (600 cfs)

Photo: USFWS

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

FY 2011 Accom

plishments 

Tuolumne River Bobcat Flat

• Environmental Compliance Docume

Permits were completed. 

• Phase 2 was completed that excav

19,000 

yds

3 , y of 

g 

ravel and restored 

acres of highly disturbed floodplain 

miles of fall run Chinook salmon ansteelhead s

pg g awnin

g and rearin

g ha

(Action 2).

• Total Cost $619,433

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(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

(b)(1) Habitat Restoratio

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(b)(1) Fish Screens (b)(1) Fish Screens

FY 2011 Accomplishments FY 2011 Accomplishments

Antelope Creek Juvenile Fish Passage ImpProject at Edwards Diversion Dam (Action 

• Feasibility study completed, environmental documen

initiated, and designs were developed.

• Total cost to date $60,000

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(b)(1) Fish Passage (b)(1) Fish Passage

FY 2011 Accomplishments 

Antelope Creek Tehama Wildlife Area Road CAntelope Creek Tehama Wildlife Area Road C

Project (Action 1)

• Construction designs and environmental compliance 

completed.

• Once completed in 2012 it will improve passage to 13 

spawning and holding habitat for spring run Chinook 

• Addresses Action I.3.5 in NMFS OCAP BO 

• Total Cost $800,000

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(b)(1) Fish Passage (b)(1) Fish Passage

FY 2011 Accomplishments 

Cow Creek Millville Diversion Dam Fish Passage Project ( ) Action 3

)

• Environmental compliance documents 

and 

permits for a boulder weir fishwa

y

were completed in 2011. 

• This project will provide access to an 

i d 10 il f f ll Chi k

estimate

d 10 miles of fall run Chinoo

k

salmon and steelhead habitat.

• Total AFRP Cost to Date $90 000 Total AFRP Cost to Date $90,000

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(b)(1) Fish Passage (b)(1) Fish Passage

Cottonwood Creek Anderson-Cottonwood IrrDi i (ACID) Si h P j (A i 2 District (ACID) Si

p

hon 

Project (Action 

2

)

• Construction was completed in FY 2011.• This project improved passage to 30 miles of spawning h

This project improved passage to 30 miles of spawning h

fall Chinook salmon, spring Chinook salmon, and steelhe

• Total AFRP Cost $130,000

Cottonwood Creek ACID Siphon Fish Barrier

Before

After Photo: USFWS 
(b)(1) Fish Passage (b)(1) Fish Passage

FY 2011 Accomplishments (cont’d

Calaveras River Passage Improvement Project (ACalaveras River Passage Improvement Project (A

• The Budiselich Flashboard Dam boulder weir retrofit wa• This project restored access to about 10 miles of habita

and steelhead and steelhead.

• Total AFRP cost $294,453

B f e

fore After

Budiselich Flashboard Dam Boulder Weir Fishwa

Photo: USFWS 
(b)(1) Monitoring (b)(1) Monitoring

Project specific Monitoring Project specific Monitoring

• evaluates restoration actions succes

Demonstration Projects Demonstration Projects• showcases new technologies or 

methodology through evaluations stmethodology through evaluations st

• short term (1 to 3 years) Sh i E i t Sharing 

Equipmen

t

• MOU or Agreements

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(b)(1) Monitoring (b)(1) Monitoring

VAKI Riverwatcher Fish Counting System

• Currently have two AFRP VAKI Fish Counting being operated by CDFG at the Yuba River DagueDam and a fi i ii 

ish count

ing we

ir w

ith a VAKI system 

Stanislaus River operated by Tri-Dam. 

Yuba River Daguerre Point Dam Monitoring Stanislaus River Fis

Photo: USFWS 
(b)(1) Monitoring Resul

(b)(1) Monitoring Resul

Yuba River Monitoring

C
(b)(1) Monitoring Resu

(b)(1) Monitoring Resu

Cumulative Chinook Passa

ge at the Stanislaus River Weir

4,0005,000

20032004

3,0004,000

Chinook2005 2006 2007

1,0002,000

No. of C 2008 2009

2010

0

Stanislaus River Monitoring
FY11 (b)(1) Monitoring Proje

FY11 (b)(1) Monitoring Proje

• Identify sturgeon spawning habitat and use in the Feather 

rivers with sonic telemetry (Evaluations 5 and 7).

• Underwater video surveys were conducted in the Yuba Ri

May 24 – 26, 2011 and 4 green sturgeon were documenteDaguerre Point Dam plunge pool.

Photo: Cramer Fish Sciences

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FY11 (b)(1) Monitoring Proje

FY11 (b)(1) Monitoring Proje

• Identify sturgeon spawning habitat and use in the San Joaquin River system (Evaluation 4).• Twenty-four white sturgeon eggs were captured by 

egg mats in late April through early May 2011, 

representing the first documentation of sturgeon spawning in the San Joaquin River basin. 

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Adaptive Managem

Adaptive Managem

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Adaptive Managem

• Lessons learned Lessons learned

o Mokelumne River Spawning Habitat Integrated Reha

App ( ) g g roach (SHIRA) model used to guide gravel restora

 Redd, habitat, and gravel distribution information is 

annually.

 Very labor intensive but results have shown high u

Very labor intensive but results have shown high u

gravel enhanced areas. 

 Redd superimposition has decreased.

 % of Redds in gravel enhanced area has increased in gravel enhanced area has increased

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Adaptive Managem

1.1% 1.3% 

1.9% 0.7% 

2003 2004 

0 8% 2 9% 

2006 2007 

• 203 of 563 redds (36%) found in 

SHIRA reach

0.8% 2.9% 

2009 2010 

• 52 of 563 redds (9%) found in 

2011 project area• % of redds in project area has 

Mokelumne River Spawning Habitat Improvement P

increased 
Adaptive Managem

100 

Redds in enhancement areas (%) 

Adaptive Managem

708090

l redds 

( )

Gravel added (cumulative total)

30405060

ent of tota 

0

102030

Perce

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Mokelumne River Spawning Habitat Improvement P

ea

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Adaptive Managem

• Lessons learned Lessons learned

o In 2010 and 2011, AFRP began implementing floodp

sp g pj awning habitat restoration projects in the American 

Merced River where project monitoring and evaluationadditional insight for planning future phases of these p

 New alternative was develop 

ed for the American R

Sunrise Project.

 Gravel estimates of total volume and composition f

Merced River Ranch restoration project activities pfor FY12 and available for other future projects we

 Pre- and Post- project monitoring revealed immedi

response from Chinook salmon and steelhead usinAFRP gravel recommendations.

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Adaptive Managem

Adaptive Managem

• AFRP recomme

gravel mixtures salmonid spawnshould contain should contain 

than 16mm (US

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Adaptive Managem

• Lessons learned Lessons learned

 Sturgeon studies in FY11 experimented with egg mat

underwater video survey techniques to identify and m

sturgeon habitat Consequently four green sturgeon sturgeon habitat. Consequently, four green sturgeon 

were found at the pool downstream of Daguerre Pointhe Yuba River and 24 white sturgeon eggs were sam

the San Joaquin River the San Joaquin River.

 This information will be used to spatially and tempo

focus our FY12 sampling efforts in the Yuba River, 

River and lower San Joaquin River River, and lower San Joaquin River. 

 Information is important to assess fish passage an

spawning habitat in the Yuba River and in the San 

River.

 Physical habitat data will inform future restoration p

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Adaptive Managem

• Lessons learned

o Preliminary reports, fish monitoring, and 

assessments regarding fish passage barrierstemporal and spatial flows as well as potentitemporal and spatial flows, as well as potenti

restoration opportunities have been completeCalifornia Department of Fish and Game (CD

the USFWS.

 Existing fish ladders and fish screens were surveye

determine whether they meet current CDFG and N

criteria.

 This information was used to prioritize and plan FY

p gpj assage projects and studies in Deer Creek, Cow Antelope Creek and help guide future restoration in watersheds.

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FY12 (b)(1) AWP FY12 (b)(1) AWP

1.1 Program Management $495,0821.2 Program Support $1.974 m1 4 R t ti A ti 1.4 Restoration Actions $1 8 illi $1.8 milli

1.5 Research $1.1 milli

1 8 Planning 1.8 Planning $293 273 $293,2731.12 Monitoring $10,0001.13 Modeling $385,000Total FY12 AFRP Funding $6.075 m

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FY12 (b)(1) Performance Targ

FY12 (b)(1) Performance Targ

• 14 Habitat Assessments encompassing over 49

of t s

tream.

• 4 Population Assessments, Studies, and Evalua

• Fund 7 Restoration Projects that will provide mo

Fund

7 Restoration Projects that will provide mo

95,000 cubic yards of spawning gravel, restore 1of floodplain habitat, and 8 stream miles. 

• 2 Fish Passage Projects that will restore access 

miles of habitat.

FRP Structural Actions with Endpoints FRP Non FRP Non

-structural Actions with Endpoints structural Actions with Endpoints

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FY12 (b)(1) Restoration Projec

FY12 (b)(1) Restoration Projec

• Merced River Snellin

gp 

 Flood

plain Restoration P

(Phase 2)(Task 1.4.1)

• Merced River Snelling Channel Restoration Proj

(Ph 2)(T k 1 4 2) (Phase 2)(Tas

k

1.4.2)

• Merced River Ranch Floodplain Enhancement (

1.4.3)

• Yuba River Hammon Bar Restoration Project (T

1.4.4)

• Lower American River Spawning and Rearing H

Restoration (Task 1.4.5)

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FY12 (b)(1) Restoration Projec

FY12 (b)(1) Restoration Projec

• Cosumnes River and Delta Cou

gar Wetland Res

Project (Task 1.4.6)

• Stanislaus River: Two Mile Bar Restoration Proj

1 4 7) . .

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FY12 (b)(1) Fish Passage Proje

FY12 (b)(1) Fish Passage Proje

• Deer Creek: Lower Falls Fish Passa

g p e Im

prove

Project (Task 1.4.8)

• Cottonwood Creek: South Fork Cottonwood Lad

P I t P j t (Ph 1) (T k Passage Improvemen

t

Projec

t (Phase 1) (Tas

k

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FY12 (b)(1) Research FY12 (b)(1) Research

• San Joa

q g y( 

uin River Stur

geon Acoustic Stud

y

(Ta

• Contaminants, Age, and Growth Study for Sturg

(Task 1.5.2)

• Stanislaus River Juvenile Chinook and O. mykis

Mortality Study (Task 1.5.3)

• San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessmen

San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessmen

1.5.4 and 1.5.5)

• Mill and Deer Creeks Wild Juvenile Chinook Aco

Tagging Investigations (Task 1.5.6)

• Lower Antelope Creek: Geomorphology Study (T

1 5 7) . .

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Questions?

Battle Creek Chinook

salmon 

(65 lbs) (65 lbs)

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Photo: CDFG