Spawning and Rearin

Restoration ProgramCVPIA 3406 b(13)John Hannon, Program Manager, ReclamaDan Cox, Co-Lead, Service
 Restore and replenish spawning gravel 

habitat lost from the construction and opdams

 Gravel augmentation is an ongoing activ Other CVPIA programs and agencies pl

both CVP and non-CVP streams

*B13 actions are limited to three CVP st

(American, Sacramento, and Stanislaus Rivers)

Overview of Spawnin

Habitat Restoration 
American R

Upper Sacramento River 
Restore habitat in depleted areas to create 

spawning, incubation, rearing and out-mfor salmonids to complete their life-cycle

Annual placement targets:

 10,000 tons in the Sacramento River  3,000 tons in the Stanislaus River 7,000 tons in the American River
The program 

to determin

 Percent of 

 compare 

in new grof redds (indicatinplaced gr

 Redds per 

areas of gr

Measu
 California Fish and Game, National Mar

Service, other CVPIA programs to help location of placements, and gravel spec

 Permitting  Monitoring to evaluate effectiveness of 
Primary

 The need for spawning habitat Location of placement Accessibility 

 (truck, helicopter, or sluice to deliver the grav

 Community readiness and desire  Gravel availabilitySecondary Cost Input from partners

Factors T

Gr
Gravel Pla

River Total gravel 

placed since 1997 (tons)

Gravel placed in 2007

Sacramento 168,300 6,000 Stanislaus 14,100 4,100American 13,000

0 

Total gravel placed is over 195,000 tons sin
 American River- permitting and placeme

of spawning gravel at Sailor Bar 

*(target 7,000 tons)

 Sacramento River- approximately 8,300 

were purchased and placed at Salt Creek 

*(target 10,000 tons)

 Stanislaus River- evaluation of previous 

placements and evaluation for future restopportunities

*(target 3,000 tons)

2008 Acco
 American River - gravel was added in 200

monitoring will assess the effectiveness ogravel 

 Sacramento River - Half of spawning wint

use b(13) gravel (target is 25%)

 Stanislaus River - 10% of fish spawn on b

(target is 10%) and gravel sites get high j

2008 Acc
Redding

Keswick Dam

KeswickDam site

Salt Creek site

Sac

Gravel P
Truck Placing gravel on side of River channel Project comple

Sac

2008 Salt Cre

The gravel will be high flow events o
American River 

Gravel Placement Sites

Sailor Bar
A

2008 Upper S

Pre-PlacementPost-Placement ~7,000 tons
Biological

 Snorkel surveys of salmon use of gravels Aerial photography documenting spawning Redd mapping Invertebrate sampling Egg survivalPhysical Gravel permeability studies  Gravel transport River profile data

Monitoring 
Sacramento River 

Sacramento River 

 Geomorphic

 Cross sections Substrate samples Habitat typing Sediment transport

 Fisheries

 Superimpose redd locations onto habi Gravel quality parameters and egg sur
American River (B)

American River (B)

1. Substrate characterization pre/post pl

(CSUS)

2. Chinook spawning distribution (aerial pho

3. Steelhead spawning distribution (with C4. Fish use – pre/post placement5. Substrate Size Criteria – based on fis6. Gravel mobility – quartz and tracer ro7. Effects of gravel placement on benthi

macroinvertebrates
Salmon redds in a year of low 

abundance (2007 - 10,000 in rive
Salmon redds in a year 

abundance (2003 – 160,00
Stanislaus River Stanislaus River (

(

 Topographic survey of placement areas p

gravel placement

 Determine site specific gravel movement rates

 Topographic survey of entire river in conj

Central California Area Office

 Determine future placement locations and bed 

 Mapping Chinook redds on placed gravel

 Determine site specific gravel utilization

 Snorkel Surveys (no longer occurring)

 Determined juvenile fish usage of placement v

sites and emergence timing.
 American River

 Sailor Bar Side channel renovation Lower Sailor Bar gravel placement Process on site gravel for cost effective source

 Sacramento River

 Continue to place gravel along the river banks Use sediment transport model to help decision mak Evaluate opportunity for in river placement Evaluate new sites for placement along the river ba

 Stanislaus River

 Work with communities to identify sites for restoratio Focus on creation of juvenile rearing habitat

F

 65,000 tons in the Sacramento Rive

 Old number being updated with current grav

 26,000 tons in the Stanislaus River

 Kondolf et al. 2001 reconnaissance lev

 74,360 tons in the American River

 Fairman 2007 gravel budget for Lower 

Annual Gravel Deficits i