FISHERIES

CHARTERS APPENDIX

FOR THE

2016 ANNUAL WORK PLAN

PUBLIC DRAFT

CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT IMPROVEMENT ACT

TITLE XXXIV OF PUBLIC LAW 102-575

JULY 9, 2015

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Contents

b2 operations............................................................................................................................... 1

AFSP Base Projects .................................................................................................................... 5

AFSP Additional Projects........................................................................................................... 7

CAMP rotary screw trap Platform enhancements ...................................................................... 9

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission database support................................................ 11

b1 Bay-Delta Sturgeon Age, Growth, and Microchemistry ..................................................... 13

b1 Sturgeon Population Dynamics and Demographics Evaluation .......................................... 17

SDM Phase 2............................................................................................................................. 21

American River rotary screw trap monitoring.......................................................................... 23

American River SDM model development and monitoring..................................................... 25

American River Spawning and Rearing Habitat FY16............................................................. 29

b1 North Fork Battle Creek Natural Barrier Removal.............................................................. 33

b12 Clear Cr Spawning Gravel Injection.................................................................................. 37

b12 Clear Creek Adaptive Management................................................................................... 41

b12 Clear Creek Channel Maintenance Flows (aka EWP)....................................................... 45

b12 Clear Creek Flows.............................................................................................................. 49

b12 Clear Creek Stream Channel Restoration including Phase 3C.......................................... 53

b12 Lower Clear Cr Aquatic Habitat and Mercury Abatement Project.................................... 57

b1 Cosumnes River Adult Escapement and Juvenile Outmigration Monitoring...................... 61

b1 Henderson Park Channel & Floodplain Restoration............................................................ 63

b1 Merced River Instream & Off-Channel Drought-Resilient Habitat Rehabilitation............. 65

b1 Mokelumne Spawning Habitat Improvement...................................................................... 69

Delta Salmon Survival Study.................................................................................................... 73

b1 Green Sturgeon Juvenile Investigation ................................................................................ 77

b1 Sacramento River Redd & Life History Monitoring ........................................................... 81

Sacramento River Habitat Restoration at Anderson River Park............................................... 85

Sacramento River Salmonid Habitat Additional Project at one of five sites............................ 87

Sacramento River Salmonid Habitat Restoration at Reading/Rancheria Island....................... 89

Sacramento River Salmonid Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration................................ 91

Quantify adult winter-run Chinook salmon escapement on the Sacramento River.................. 95

Sacramento River - Red Bluff Diversion Dam rotary screw trap monitoring .......................... 97

TFFIP Implementation.............................................................................................................. 99
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b1 San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessment .............................................................. 103

b1 Buttonbush Floodplain Restoration Project....................................................................... 107

b1 Knights Ferry Floodplain Restoration Project ................................................................... 111

b1 Migratory Corridor Rehabilitation..................................................................................... 115

b1 Sturgeon Barrier Evaluation .............................................................................................. 119

Stanislaus River rotary screw trap monitoring........................................................................ 121

Stanislaus River Salmonid Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration ................................ 123

b1 Tuolumne River - River Mile 44 Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration.................. 127

b1 Tuolumne River: Dos Rios Floodplain Restoration........................................................... 131

b1 Impacts of Marijuana Activity on Fish .............................................................................. 135

b1 Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Tagging ................................................................................ 139

b1 Yuba River Daguerre Alley Floodplain Restoration Project ............................................. 143

b1 Yuba River Hammon Bar Velocity Validation.................................................................. 147

b1 Yuba River Juvenile Salmonid Rearing Habitat Restoration ............................................ 149

b1 Yuba River Narrows Restoration Project .......................................................................... 153

CVP watershed adult salmon escapement database................................................................ 157

b12 Clear Creek McConnell Foundation ................................................................................ 161

b12 Replace Oak Bottom Temperature Control Curtain ........................................................ 163

Instream Water Acquisition .................................................................................................... 165
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b2 operations

Develop operational products used to make b2 management decisions

Classification: Administration, Water Operations

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - Priority 1 (admin) and priority 2(operations) are intertwined. 

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(2) Dedicated Yield 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

CVP yield 800000 acre-feet

Salmonid doubling -9999 number of fish AFRP stream dependent

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 Annual Accomplishment Report

Sep. 2016 Annual Narrative Summary

Sep. 2016 Annual Operations and Accounting Presentation

Narrative

This charter is the operational funding for implementation of the (b)(2) program. It includes both 

FWS and USBR staff

time for interagency coordination and collaboration, technical workgroup participation, 

operational forecast development, hydrologic modeling support, and daily accounting 

procedures.

Data Management

The (b)(2) Program generates both monthly and annual data products. On a monthly basis, 

Reclamation produces 12-month

operational forecasts that include estimates of water year (b)(2) fishery actions and daily 

accounting of both (b)(2) and non-(b)(2)
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fishery actions. At the end of each water year, the Program also produces summary documents 

that include (b)(2) daily accounting, a

narrative summary, and annual accounting summary tables. All of these data products are posted 

on the Reclamation Central Valley

Office (CVO) website at the appropriate time of year:

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/

Risks

No Data.

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $320,213 $97,244 $222,970

2017 CVPRF $320,213 $97,244 $222,970

2018 CVPRF $320,213 $97,244 $222,970

Total Cost: $960,640

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Forecast/Accounting/Modeling

Labor $11,376 FWS CVPRF Hydrologic computer model simulations will be 

conducted on a monthly basis (CVP forecast model) to 

assess various (b)(2) implementation scenarios, and 

CALSIM II and ECOSYM modeling will be done on an 

as needed basis

Labor $97,244 BOR CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily accounting

Labor $56,880 FWS CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily accounting

Planning and Analysis - Interagency Collaboration

Labor $154,714 FWS CVPRF b2 Interagency Team meetings. Confer with project 

operators and biologists to determine when and where b2 

water should be used.

2017

Implementation - Forecast/Accounting/Modeling

Labor $11,376 FWS CVPRF Hydrologic

computer model
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July 9, 2015

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Type Total Agency Fund Description

simulations will

be conducted

on a monthly

basis (CVP

forecast model)

to assess

various (b)(2)

implementation

scenarios, and

CALSIM II and

ECOSYM

modeling will be

done on an as

needed basis.

Labor $97,244 BOR CVPRF Develop CVP

monthly

forecasts, daily

accounting

Labor $56,880 FWS CVPRF Develop CVP

monthly

forecasts, daily

accounting

Planning and Analysis - Interagency Collaboration

Labor $154,714 FWS CVPRF b2 Interagency

Team meetings.

Confer with

project

operators and

biologists to

determine when

and where b2

water should be

used.

2018

Implementation - Forecast/Accounting/Modeling

Labor $97,244 BOR CVPRF Develop CVP

monthly

forecasts, daily

accounting

Labor $11,376 FWS CVPRF Hydrologic

computer model

simulations will

be conducted
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

on a monthly

basis (CVP

forecast model)

to assess

various (b)(2)

implementation

scenarios, and

CALSIM II and

ECOSYM

modeling will be

done on an as

needed basis.

Labor $56,880 FWS CVPRF Develop CVP

monthly

forecasts, daily

accounting

Planning and Analysis - Interagency Collaboration

Labor $154,714 FWS CVPRF b2 Interagency

Team meetings.

Confer with

project

operators and

biologists to

determine when

and where b2

water should be

used.
Annual Work Plan Public Draft

July 9, 2015

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AFSP Base Projects

AFSP Fish Screen Projects

Classification: Improvement, Diversion Screening

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - Base funding for one or more small screens.

Partners: CDFW, NMFS

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(21) AFSP 100.0%

Metrics

No Data.

Deliverables

No Data.

Narrative

This action consists of providing cost share funding for construction of fish screen projects in 

Central Valley streams. In Fiscal Year 2015, the AFSP funded activities to assess fish projects in 

priority watersheds in the Central Valley, and the AFSP is currently coordinating with CDFW, 

NMFS and USFWS (AFRP) to assess additional fish projects to be funded in Fiscal Year 2016. 

Project selection will be based on project cost and benefits, and project readiness. Priority will 

be given to projects that have matching non-federal cost share funding (at least 50% cost share 

match). 

Data Management

Information resulting from activities funded by this charter, including all program reports, will 

be permanently housed at BOR's Mid-Pacific Regional Office in Sacramento, and FWS's Pacific 

Southwest Regional Office in Sacramento. 

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Screen projects require cost share match 1 1
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $760,676 $0 $760,676

Total Cost: $760,676

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Construction - This action provides cost share funding by the AFSP towards Central Valley fish 

screen projects. 

Equipment or 

Materials

$760,676 FWS CVPRF Cost share funding to design and construct 

fish screen projects. 
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July 9, 2015

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AFSP Additional Projects

AFSP Fish Screen Projects

Classification: Improvement, Diversion Screening

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - Additional funding for small screens for consideration under 

competitive project funding.

Partners: CDFW, NMFS

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(21) AFSP 100.0%

Metrics

No Data.

Deliverables

No Data.

Narrative

This action consists of providing cost share funding for construction of fish screen projects in 

Central Valley streams. In Fiscal Year 2015, the AFSP funded activities to assess fish projects in 

priority watersheds in the Central Valley, and the AFSP is currently coordinating with CDFW, 

NMFS and USFWS (AFRP) to assess additional fish projects to be funded in Fiscal Year 2016. 

Project selection will be based on project cost and benefits, and project readiness. Priority will 

be given to projects that have matching non-federal cost share funding (at least 50% cost share 

match). 

Data Management

Information resulting from activities funded by this charter, including all program reports, will 

be permanently housed at BOR's Mid-Pacific Regional Office in Sacramento, and FWS's Pacific 

Southwest Regional Office in Sacramento. 

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Fish screen projects require a cost share match. 1 1
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $200,000 $0 $200,000

Total Cost: $200,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Construction - This action provides cost share funding by the AFSP towards Central Valley fish 

screen projects. 

Agreement $200,000 FWS CVPRF Cost share funding to design and construct fish 

screen projects. 
Annual Work Plan Public Draft

July 9, 2015

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CAMP rotary screw trap Platform enhancements

Document, maintain, and enhance a complex computer application that stores and analyzes 

rotary screw trap data at several locations across the Central Valley

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 - Funding is required to bring the CAMP RST Platform to a complete 

level of capability and funds are needed to develop the 

metadata/documentation that Platform user's require to understand how 

different data analyses are conducted. Charter is to be funded using the 

FY 2016 CAMP President’s budget allocation.

Partners: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0% Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

data 

management

0 number 

of fish

The outputs from the CAMP rotary screw trap 

Platform have the unique advantage over other data 

storage systems in that the CAMP Platform 

standardizes a variety of juvenile Chinook salmon 

data, e.g., the calculation of juvenile salmon 

production estimates. That advantage facilitates the 

ability to compare and combine juvenile salmon data 

from different watersheds, and allows them to be 

combined in a synergistic fashion to answer questions 

that are pertinent at a Central Valley-wide scale.

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 Enhance various analysis and reporting capabilities involving the CAMP 

RST Platform in 2016
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Narrative

Document, maintain, and enhance the programming code the conducts sophisticated analyses by 

the CAMP Rotary Screw Trap Platform. The Platform produces juvenile Chinook salmon 

production estimates and a diverse array of data summaries. Juvenile salmon production 

estimates for the following watersheds are expected to be available in FY 2016: American 

River, Battle Creek, Clear Creek, Feather River, Mokelumne River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam at 

the Sacramento River, and Stanislaus River.

Data Management

The CAMP Rotary Screw Trap Platform consists of three components. These are: (1) 

programming code that provides a user interface that allows raw data to be entered in the 

Platform, (2) a Microsoft Access database used to store raw data, and (3) Program R 

programming code that analyzes and summarizes data. This charter provides funding to enhance 

the analytical capabilities of the existing R programming code.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $100,000 $0 $100,000

2017 CVPRF $60,000 $0 $60,000

Total Cost: $160,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Agreement $100,000 FWS CVPRF Cost includes a 6% contract overhead cost.

2017

Monitoring -

Agreement $60,000 FWS CVPRF Cost includes a 6% contract overhead charge.
Annual Work Plan Public Draft

July 9, 2015

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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission database support

Provide database support to the CAMP program manager

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 - The database support allows the CAMP to function in a productive and 

effective manner. Charter is to be funded using the FY 2016 CAMP 

President’s budget allocation.

Partners: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0% Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

support to 

CAMP 

Program 

Manager

1 number 

of fish

The database specialist provides continuous support to 

the CAMP Program Manager, thereby facilitating the 

acquisition and provision of high quality data sets in a 

timely fashion. For example, some data sets have 

already been provided for use in the CVPIA 'Big Data' 

project, and other data will be used in the context of the 

decision support models associated with the new 

proposed CVPIA Implementation Plan.

Deliverables

Date Title

Oct. 2015 various databases

Narrative

The CAMP program manager requires staff assistance to collect and check the quality of new 

rotary screw trap data collected by various partners. A database specialist that works for the 

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission will provide that assistance. The person will also 

help to resolve outstanding data issues in historical rotary screw trap data. The database 

specialist provides support on other projects on an as needed basis, e.g., building and enhancing 
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a database that will be used by CVPIA managers as proposed projects are ranked according to 

priority and funding need.

Data Management

The database specialist stores data in a variety of databases, e.g., the backend database in the 

CAMP rotary screw trap platform.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $116,000 $0 $116,000

2017 CVPRF $119,480 $0 $119,480

Total Cost: $235,480

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Agreement $116,000 FWS CVPRF cost includes 6% contract overhead cost

2017

Monitoring -

Agreement $119,480 FWS CVPRF 2017 cost includes 6% contract overhead cost and a 

3% inflation cost over and above the 2016 cost 
Annual Work Plan Public Draft

July 9, 2015

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b1 Bay-Delta Sturgeon Age, Growth, and Microchemistry

Study and analysis of Age, Growth and Fin Ray Microchemistry of Sturgeon in the Sacramento 

and San Joaquin River Delta

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 11 - Final portions of a five year evaluation of the effects of contaminants 

on sturgeon (Central Valley-Wide Evaluations 6 & 8). No funding request 

beyond FY16.

Partners: CDFW, Cramer Fish Sciences, Foundation Sportsman's Club, UC-Davis

Related Programs: Interagency Ecological Program

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% Both White and Green Sturgeons are included as anadromous 

species under CVPIA, with unique doubling goal targets and 

actions/evaluations in the Final Restoration Plan. However, 

limited resources have resulted in a highly limited 

understanding of the status of these populations and how we 

might recover them or manage their habitats. Beginning to 

understand some of the structure of these populations and how 

they are impacted by their current environment is needed to 

inform any future work that CVPIA and our partners may do 

with these fish.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Age, growth and impacts of contaminants on 

sturgeons report

1 number of 

reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Jul. 2016 Final Data Report and Management Recommendations

Narrative

White Sturgeon are an anadromous fish species 'identified for restoration in the CVPIA' (Final 

Restoration Plan 2001). Accordingly, a doubling goal has been established and the Final 
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Restoration Plan for the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program outlined various actions and 

evaluations needed to achieve doubling. Two of those, Central Valley-Wide evaluations 6 and 8, 

involve evaluating the effects of trace elements and other contaminants on the health and 

production of White and Green sturgeons. 

Understanding movement patterns in White Sturgeon will provide greater resolution when 

evaluating contaminant loads (and biological end-points; e.g., intersex, decreased fecundity, 

histopathology abnormalities). Further, additional data derived from fin ray microchemistry 

analyses can provide useful information for future management including: determining basin of 

origin, identifying common juvenile rearing areas, and characterizing contemporary age at first 

spawning migration, spawning periodicity, and common migratory patterns. This information 

will be used to inform areas to focus habitat restoration actions and whether those actions should 

be contaminants remediation or physical construction projects or water management decisions.

Final funding is needed to complete microchemical analyses of fin rays from White Sturgeon 

collected during CDFW trammel netting operations and angler-harvested fish and complete final 

analyses (e.g., contaminants, microchemistry) and project reports.

Data Management

Data generated from this project will be stored in databases at the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office 

and reports will be available on the office website.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Additional Data Opportunities; see 2nd paragraph of narrative; 

these are expected and of unknown, but positive, impact.

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $238,500 $0 $238,500

Total Cost: $238,500

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Collect biological samples; conduct general toxicology and 

histopathology screening; analyze fin ray microchemistry.

Agreement $128,790 FWS CVPRF This covers tasks associated with completing the 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

collection and processing of biological tissue 

samples.

Reporting - Perform statistical analyses on results of biological tissue sampling tasks and 

begin development of comprehensive project report.

Agreement $109,710 FWS CVPRF This covers tasks associated with completing 

statistical analyses, modeling, and the 

comprehensive report.

Annual Work Plan Public Draft

July 9, 2015

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b1 Sturgeon Population Dynamics and Demographics Evaluation

The purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate the population demographics and dynamics 

of White Sturgeon, develop an age-structured population model, evaluate different management 

and habitat restoration alternatives, and project a realistic timeline for achieving doubling. 

Classification: Research, Reconnaissance

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 19 - Program Priority Comments: This has been identified as an urgent 

need in order to inform doubling goal progress tracking and high-priority 

action implementation needs for meeting the doubling goal for White 

Sturgeon.

Partners: USGS, CDFW

Related Programs: Interagency Ecological Program

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% Both White and Green Sturgeons are included as anadromous 

species under CVPIA, with unique doubling goal targets and 

actions/evaluations in the Final Restoration Plan. However, 

limited resources have resulted in a highly limited 

understanding of the status of these populations and how we 

might recover them or manage their habitats. Beginning to 

understand some of the structure of these populations and how 

they are impacted by current management and the 

environment is needed to inform any future work that CVPIA 

and our partners may do with these fish.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Doubling progress evaluation 1 number of reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Management implications report

Dec. 2016 Management implications annual report
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Narrative

White Sturgeon are an anadromous fish species 'identified for restoration in the CVPIA' (Final 

Restoration Plan 2001). Accordingly, a doubling goal has been established and the Final 

Restoration Plan for the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program includes six stated general 

objectives that need to be met to achieve the program goal. Two of those general objectives 

support the need for this project: collect fish population, health, and habitat data to facilitate 

evaluation of restoration actions; integrate habitat restoration efforts with harvest and hatchery 

management. 

The purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate the population demographics and dynamics 

of White Sturgeon, and provide managers with current, system-specific data on White Sturgeon 

in the Central Valley of California. Specifically, we will use data on the population 

demographics (e.g., age at maturity, sex ratio, spawning frequency) and dynamics (e.g., growth, 

mortality) to develop an age-structured population model. Research leading to an understanding 

of the complexities of White Sturgeon ecology is essential to achieve the doubling goal. The 

model will identify critical periods in the life history of White Sturgeon in the system and serve 

as a platform to evaluate different management and habitat restoration alternatives that should 

lead to achieving the doubling goal, as well as projecting a realistic timeline. 

Data Management

Data and resulting reports will be archived at the Lodi FWO.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Permitting needed to conduct new research, if needed. Existing 

data is likely sufficient, so this is low risk, low impact.

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $121,900 $0 $121,900

2017 CVPRF $121,900 $0 $121,900

Total Cost: $243,800

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Research - Age-structured population model

Agreement $121,900 FWS CVPRF Funding graduate student project; year 1 of 2.
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

2017

Research - Age-structured population model

Agreement $121,900 FWS CVPRF Funding graduate student project; year 2 of 2.

Annual Work Plan Public Draft

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SDM Phase 2

Structured Decision Making Phase 2 Public Process

Classification: Administration, Administration

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This is a CVPIA programmatic priority necessary for funding other 

fisheries activities.

Partners: CDWR, NMFS, CDFW

Related Programs: CALFED, BDCP, NMFS-RP, EWP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

Administration 100.0% Necessary for alignment of the Restoration Fund and 

other resources on fisheries actions.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b1: Contribute towards Priority 

Actions

0 N/A results will help prioritize 

actions

Deliverables

Date Title

Apr. 2014 Report: SDM Public Process Outcomes

Narrative

This Charter provides support for development of the Adaptive Resource Management Decision 

Support Models.

Data Management

Information developed by this Charter will ultimately be housed on our CVPIA website (in 

development), and will be accessible to other agencies, stakeholders and the Public. The model 

and all of its accompanying data would be accessible to individuals or entities interested in 

refining the model, or using the model test against other like models.

Risks

No Data.
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $201,250 $0 $201,250

2017 CVPRF $300,000 $0 $300,000

2018 CVPRF $300,000 $0 $300,000

Total Cost: $801,250

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Task will be for our SDM expert to work with CVPIA staff, CORE 

team members and the public on refinining our decision model and sub-models

Agreement $100,000 FWS CVPRF Contractor will update and refine the SDM 

decision model and submodels based on input 

we receive from stakeholders and the public

Planning and Analysis - FWS will work with the data obtained from the SDM modeling 

process. Goal of this task will be to build internal capacity for the care and feeding of future 

updates, revisons and analyses to the SDM modeling process.

Agreement $33,750 FWS CVPRF Staff time for FWS staff member to work with 

the data obtained from the SDM modeling 

process. Resource type to be determined.

Reporting - Funds will be used to report out on the progress of the SDM to other agencies, 

stakeholders and the public

Agreement $67,500 FWS CVPRF Funds will be used to report out on the progress 

of the SDM to other agencies, stakeholders and 

the public. Resource type to be determined.

2017

Planning and Analysis - Out-year SDM Support

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF Additional agreements and labor to be 

determined for continuing the SDM effort.

2018

Planning and Analysis - Out-year SDM Support

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF Additional agreements and labor to be 

determined for continuing the SDM effort.
Annual Work Plan Public Draft

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American River rotary screw trap monitoring

Quantify production of juvenile Chinook salmon and the abundance of juvenile steelhead in the 

American River using rotary screw traps.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: Watershed, American River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 - Monitoring of juvenile salmon production on the American River 

provides fundamental data that are necessary to assess the biological 

response to habitat restoration activities in a CVP watershed. The project 

is also a CAMP-recommended monitoring activity in the CAMP 

Implementation Plan (element #76), and it is a required element in the 

OCAP biological opinion. Charter is to be funded using the FY 2016 

CAMP President’s budget allocation.

Partners: CDFW, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0% Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

count of 

fish 

produced

0 number 

of fish

The production or abundance of different life stages of 

juvenile salmon and steelhead are calculated on an 

annual basis based on monitoring data that are 

collected with rotary screw traps.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 annual American River rotary screw trap report

Narrative

The rotary screw trap monitoring activities in the American River provide data that can be used 

to assess the biological response to habitat management activities in that watershed. As such, 

they can be used to infer, at a watershed-level scale, how habitat restoration activities are 

affecting the number of juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead in that river. The CAMP and its 

partner entities (California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Pacific States Marine Fisheries 
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Commission) have had an excellent record collecting high quality data and producing 

deliverables on a timely basis in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The 2013 and 2014 reports are currently 

available on the CAMP website at: http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/Fisheries/CAMPProgram/Documents-Reports/fisheries_camp-program_documents-reports.htm

Data Management

The American River rotary screw trap data will be stored in a digital database maintained by the 

CAMP. Data summaries from that database can be provided to CVPIA managers, stakeholders 

and the public on an as needed basis.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $190,800 $0 $190,800

2017 CVPRF $196,524 $0 $196,524

Total Cost: $387,324

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Agreement $190,800 FWS CVPRF Project cost includes the 6% contract overhead cost.

2017

Monitoring -

Agreement $196,524 FWS CVPRF The 2017 project cost uses the 2016 cost estimate 

(and therefore includes the 6% contract overhead 

cost), and includes a 3% inflation cost.
Annual Work Plan Public Draft

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American River SDM model development and monitoring

Refine the SDM model for the American River and expand it to include all management 

decisions, rather than just spawning and rearing habitat restoration

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: Watershed, American River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: - This is an ongoing action for the American River and a high priority 

(listed as AFRP - American River Structured Decision Making (SDM) 

Monitoring Studies)

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 33.0% SDM model would support b13 decisions

(b)(2) Dedicated Yield 33.0% SDM model would support b2 decisions

(b)(3) Instream Flows 34.0% SDM model would support b3 decisions

Metrics

No Data.

Deliverables

No Data.

Narrative

Managers and scientists on the American River spawning and rearing habitat restoration team 

(including multiple agency partners and stakeholders) participated in a structured decision 

making (SDM) workshop in October 2012. During the rapid prototyping workshop, team 

members identified and structured management objectives and developed a draft prototype 

model for evaluating the effectiveness of alternative management actions in the face of 

uncertainty. The draft prototype model was parameterized using the expert judgment of the 

participants and was considered a good first approximation that required further modification to 

be useful for management decision making. The model allows for the integration of monitoring 

data so that reliable information on the factors affecting salmonids and their habitats is updated 

as data are collected. 

Workshop participants and other partners (including the Water Forum and agency partners) have 

identified the need to expand the model to support other decisions made to manage the American 
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River, including spawning and rearing habitat restoration, temperature management, and flow 

management. In 2014 and 2015 managers have implemented emergency drought monitoring to 

help inform real-time operations for temperature and flow management. To best learn from these 

monitoring efforts, these data should be incorporated into the SDM model and the model should 

be expanded to support decisions made to support real-time operations. In addition to benefits for 

managing salmon and steelhead, the Water Forum stakeholders and individual water and power 

purveyors in the American River basin are all affected by real-time operations decisions for the 

American River and would all benefit from a tool that can show predicted trade-offs of 

alternative management actions. In addition, it is expected that this model will inform all 

watershed-scale monitoring for the American River (i.e., all monitoring that is not considered 

implementation monitoring of specific projects) and will also be available to the CVPIA DSMs.

Deliverables:

(1)A decision support tool to evaluate trade-offs of alternative management actions related to 

water operations, temperature management, and habitat restoration and support discussions and 

recommendations about real-time operations.

(2)All related data sets and reports

Objectives:

(1)Refine the existing prototype model in cooperation with gravel team members and an 

expanded group of scientists and stakeholders to include water operations and temperature;

(2)Identify and compile existing data and information for parameterizing the refined model;

(3)Parameterize the prototype model relating candidate management actions and uncontrolled 

drivers to the predicted responses of anadromous salmonid populations under alternative 

hypotheses; 

(4)Perform sensitivity analyses to identify key uncertainties and prioritize future monitoring 

efforts; and

(5)Develop a means to integrate new and existing monitoring data to reduce key uncertainties 

and improve future decision-making.

(6) Collect additional early life stage monitoring data as needed to refine specific model 

parameters (e.g., egg, larvae, and juvenile growth and survival data using rotary screw traps, egg 

tubes, acoustic tagging, etc.).

Data Management

Data management is a key consideration under the Structured Decision Making approach and the 

model is meant to be a tool that can synthesize all existing data collected for the American River. 

Initially, all data will be housed by FWS and BOR (implementing agencies) with Julie 
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Zimmerman and John Hannon as contacts. Eventually, data management will be coordinated 

with the CVPIA Center for Data Management.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

No funding so it doesn't occur. 1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $975,000 $0 $975,000

2017 CVPRF $750,000 $0 $750,000

2018 CVPRF $750,000 $0 $750,000

Total Cost: $2,475,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - Monitoring to support biological response to real-time water operations, 

including flow pulses and temperature, particularly in response to drought. This monitoring 

began in FY14, continued in FY15, and has been jointly funded by the Water Forum ; Cramer 

Fish Sciences - $100,000

Agreement $100,000 FWS CVPRF

Monitoring - Early life stage Chinook salmon growth and survival in the LAR will be assessed 

with the intent of refining SDM model parameters - $450,000

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF

Equipment or Materials $150,000 FWS CVPRF

Planning and Analysis - Hydraulic modeling updates, redd dewatering analyses, modeling to 

support prioritization of habitat restoration projects; CBEC - $50,000

Agreement $50,000 FWS CVPRF

Planning and Analysis - SDM model refinement; inter-agency agreement with Jim Peterson, 

USGS - $75,000

Agreement $75,000 FWS CVPRF
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

Research - Continue studies to inform the SDM model (began in FY15) collectively titled 

“Quantifying the benefits of restoration actions and flow management to juvenile Chinook 

salmon production and survival to adulthood”. Objectives of the studies include (1) the extent 

to which restored spawning sites produce a greater number of juveniles to the CVPIA-funded 

rotary screw traps than non-enhanced sites and (2) how water operations influence the 

expression and survival of different outmigration strategies (fry, parr, smolts) to adulthood; 

Cramer Fish Sciences - $300,000

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF

2017

Monitoring - Early life stage Chinook salmon growth and survival in the LAR will be assessed 

with the intent of refining SDM model parameters - $450,000

Equipment or Materials $150,000 FWS CVPRF

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF

Research - Continue studies to inform the SDM model (began in FY15) collectively titled 

“Quantifying the benefits of restoration actions and flow management to juvenile Chinook 

salmon production and survival to adulthood”. Objectives of the studies include (1) the extent 

to which restored spawning sites produce a greater number of juveniles to the CVPIA-funded 

rotary screw traps than non-enhanced sites and (2) how water operations influence the 

expression and survival of different outmigration strategies (fry, parr, smolts) to adulthood; 

Cramer Fish Sciences - $300,000

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF

2018

Monitoring - Early life stage Chinook salmon growth and survival in the LAR will be assessed 

with the intent of refining SDM model parameters - $450,000

Equipment or Materials $150,000 FWS CVPRF

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF

Research - Continue studies to inform the SDM model (began in FY15) collectively titled 

“Quantifying the benefits of restoration actions and flow management to juvenile Chinook 

salmon production and survival to adulthood”. Objectives of the studies include (1) the extent 

to which restored spawning sites produce a greater number of juveniles to the CVPIA-funded 

rotary screw traps than non-enhanced sites and (2) how water operations influence the 

expression and survival of different outmigration strategies (fry, parr, smolts) to adulthood; 

Cramer Fish Sciences - $300,000

Agreement $300,000 FWS CVPRF
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American River Spawning and Rearing Habitat FY16

Restoration and enhancement of spawning and rearing habitat for anadromous fish in the Lower 

American River at Sacramento Bar, primarily through gravel addition and/or floodplain or side 

channel excavation.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , American River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: -

Partners: CDFW, NMFS, CSUS, Sacramento County, Cramer Fish Sciences, 

Sacramento Water Forum, cbec, inc.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b13: American R: percentage of spawning 

CHINOOK using placed gravel

25 percentage of 

fish

b13: American R; Spawning gravel placed 

annually(tons)

7000 tons

b13: American R: percentage of egg retention in 

females

0 percentage of 

fish

b13: American R: percentage of spawning 

STEELHEAD using placed gravel

25 percentage of 

fish

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 2016 Biological monitoring results

Sep. 2016 2016 Physical monitoring results

Sep. 2016 2016 Engineering design and as-built data and report

Sep. 2017 2017 Site design, monitoring and as-builts

Narrative

In a free flowing river rocks, gravel, dirt, and other materials are continually moving downstream 

providing diverse habitats for successful salmonid spawning and juvenile rearing. The 
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construction of dams has had a dramatic effect on streams by impeding this process. Below the 

dams coursecoarse sediment continues to be transported downstream by the flowing water 

without it being replaced by upstream sources. Section 3406(b)(13) was included in the CVPIA 

to provide for a continuing program for replacing, as needed, this material blocked by the dams 

along with the associated habitat values. Sediment deficits have been estimated for the project 

rivers. This program seeks to replace a portion of the gravel deficits with a focus on sites where 

the greatest habitat values can be achieved. Spawning gravel is most limited and adult fish are 

usually most abundant in upstream reaches below the dams so the program has focused on those 

areas first. The program is now implementing projects that incorporate both spawning and 

rearing habitat features to address the freshwater lifestages of salmonids. The major program 

performance goals as stated in CPAR and other documents are to (1) increase the availability of 

spawning and rearing habitat for American River Basin Chinook salmon and steelhead trout by 

placing 7,000 tons of gravel; (2) Support at least 25% of riverwide spawning salmonids on gravel 

placement projects; (3) Less than 10% egg retention in Chinook salmon.

Gravel in the American River has been placed to create habitat features anticipated to be 

immediately usable by salmonids. Gravel has been placed at nine sites in the American River in 

1999 and 2008 - 2014: three locations at Sailor Bar, two locations at upper Sunrise, downstream 

of Lower Sunrise Bridge, at Sacramento Bar, at Riverbend Park/William Pond Park, and in the 

Nimbus Basin. The substrate at the sites was manipulated prior to gravel placement in order to 

improve water quality conditions within the gravel (the area where eggs develop) after the gravel 

was in place. The conditions in the regions where gravel was placed has been monitored and 

compared with pre-project conditions and to conditions in adjacent areas. A five year series of 

projects began implementation in 2008 and a series of five new sites (projects) will be selected 

using a Structured Decision Making process and permitted in FY16. Reclamation contracted 

with the Water Forum (City of Sacramento) for assistance in the permitting, placement, and 

monitoring of projects. Placements through 2013 totaled 91,880 tons. Work has occurred at all 

of the sites (seven main channel and three side channel sites) identified in the initial planning 

document. The program is continuing work on a planning framework using a Structured 

Decision Making process to help guide American River project selection, design, and monitoring 

(see associated charter). A data repository is being developed to house documents and data 

relevant to the projects.

Data Management

A data repository is being developed to house documents and data relevant to the projects. In 

addition, monitoring data will be incorporated into the Lower American River SDM (Structured 

Decision Making) model as it becomes available, so that knowledge gained through 

implementation and monitoring is accessible and used to influence future decisions in an 

adaptive management framework.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

permitting not completed 2 2

landowner agreements 2 2
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $600,000 $600,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $600,000 $600,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $600,000 $600,000 $0

Total Cost: $1,800,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Design - Design spawning and/or rearing habitat restoration projects, including hydraulic 

modeling, predictions of habitat suitability, construction plans, surveying, and as-built 

analysis.

Agreement $100,000 BOR CVPRF

Implementation - Permit, design, and implement the project.

Agreement $350,000 BOR CVPRF $350,000 for FY16 for implementation. FY16 

project is located at Sacrament Bar and includes 

spawning gravel restoration, floodplain restoration, 

and creation of a side channel for spawning and 

rearing habitat. This is a large site that may be 

restored over multiple years.

Monitoring - Effectiveness monitoring

Agreement $150,000 BOR CVPRF Effectiveness monitoring

2017

Design - Design spawning and/or rearing habitat restoration projects, including hydraulic 

modeling, predictions of habitat suitability, construction plans, surveying, and as-built 

analysis.

Agreement $100,000 BOR CVPRF

Implementation - Permit, design, and implement the project.

Agreement $350,000 BOR CVPRF Implementation and construction

Monitoring - Effectiveness monitoring

Agreement $150,000 BOR CVPRF Effectiveness monitoring
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

2018

Design - Design spawning and/or rearing habitat restoration projects, including hydraulic 

modeling, predictions of habitat suitability, construction plans, surveying, and as-built 

analysis.

Agreement $100,000 BOR CVPRF

Implementation - Permit, design, and implement the project.

Agreement $350,000 BOR CVPRF Implementation and construction

Monitoring - Effectiveness monitoring

Agreement $150,000 BOR CVPRF Effectiveness monitoring
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b1 North Fork Battle Creek Natural Barrier Removal

North Fork Battle Creek Natural Barrier Removal

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: , Battle Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2019

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 17 - Identified as a priority in the 2016 Interim Priorities process, Final 

Restoration Plan, NMFS Recovery Plan, part of RPA action I.2.6, highest 

priority for Battle Ck Working Group and received 2014 Emergency 

Drought Funding from State

Partners: Battle Creek Working Group

Related Programs: California Drought Response

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Fish 

Passage

2 number of 

improvements

Improvement of passage at the two barriers 

would greatly contribute to the restoration and 

recovery of listed salmonids

Fish 

Passage

100 percentage of fish Improvement of passage at the two barriers 

would greatly contribute to the restoration and 

recovery of listed salmonids

b1 

actions

1 number of 

actions

High Priority Action identified in Final 

Restoration Plan

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Fish passage evaluation report

Dec. 2017 Permits acquired

Dec. 2019 Barriers Removed

Narrative

Large boulders in North Fork Battle Creek form natural barriers that impede upstream passage of 

salmon and steelhead. Although
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much effort has gone into improving fish passage in Battle Creek at several hydropower 

diversion dams (i.e. Wildcat Dam has been

removed and Eagle Canyon dam and North Battle Creek Feeder Dam have new fish ladders & 

screens) fish are unable to migrate

upstream as envisioned for the Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project 

(Restoration Project). The Adaptive

Management Plan for the Restoration Project (RPA Action I.2.6) calls for the Resource Agencies 

to provide funding to physically

modify natural barriers. Of particular concern are the barriers on the North Fork of Battle Creek 

downstream of Eagle Canyon Dam (at

River Mile 4.46 and RM 5.06), and a new barrier just upstream of Eagle Canyon Dam (at RM 

5.41). These barriers prevent the access

to the two new fish ladders. This action is particularly important during the drought which is 

resulting in high mortality of winter

Chinook in the Sacramento River. The action would allow winter Chinook to access habitat 

required for re-introduction and eventually

recovery. Improving passage at natural barriers in Battle Creek is a priority action in the current 

SDM model.

Drought relief funding received by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2015 will fund studies 

and designs to improve fish passage.

This request for funding is for permitting and implementation of barrier modifications. .

Data Management

Completed annual reports will be stored at : http://www.fws.gov/redbluff/

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Geologic uncertainties 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2016 $900,000 $0 $0 $900,000

2017 CVPRF $106,000 $0 $106,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $530,000 $0 $530,000 $0

2016 CVPRF $123,471 $0 $123,471 $0

Total Cost: $1,659,471
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - After the project description is developed, the 

various environmental compliance and permitting documents will need to be pursued. For 

example NEPA/CEQA, ESA/CESA, Section 106 (cultural resources), Clean Water Act Section 

401 and 404, and Flood Protection Board.

Agreement $900,000 DFW Up to 900,000.00 of CDFW drought funding 

provided for Battle Creek may be used on this 

project to assess the existing situation and design 

restoration.

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Geologic, hydraulic and radiotelemetry evaluations of fish 

passage at various flows will need to occur as part of the design. 

Labor $123,471 FWS CVPRF This includes multiple staff from the Red Bluff Fish 

and Wildlife Office. Staff will implement a 

radiotelemerty study to evaluate fish passage 

alternatives at natural barriers in North Fork Battle 

Creek. Requires additional labor beyond what is 

currently funded via CVPIA admin for RBFWO 

staff.

2017

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - After the project description is developed, the 

various environmental compliance and permitting documents will need to be pursued. For 

example NEPA/CEQA, ESA/CESA, Section 106 (cultural resources), Clean Water Act Section 

401 and 404, and Flood Protection Board.

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF Contract for environmental compliance and 

permitting

2018

Implementation - Following receiving all of the necessary permits, the project will be 

implemented to allow upstream passage of adults and downstream passage of juvenile 

salmonids.

Agreement $530,000 FWS CVPRF Contract will implement fish passage improvements 

identified in 2015 CDFW contract for studies and 

designs.

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b12 Clear Cr Spawning Gravel Injection

Augment spawning gravel into Clear Creek to provide spawning habitat for anadromous 

salmonids and to promote geomorphic processes.

Classification: Improvement, Spawning Gravel

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - 2016 priority document Table 5. Record ID 1275. NMFS Recovery 

Plan action. Implement a long-term gravel program in Clear Creek per 

RPA action I.1.3.

Partners: CDWR, BLM, NPS, CDFW

Related Programs: NMFS-RP, NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek 

Flows

100.0% The addition of gravel is part of the program of 

flows.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b12: Spawning gravel placed annually (tons) 25000 tons

b12: Area of spawning hab created annually 0 square feet

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Project Completion Report

Narrative

The CVPIA (b)(12) program augments gravel in Clear Creek to meet requirements of the Central 

Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), Section 3406 (b)(12) and the CALFED Bay-Delta 

Ecosystem Restoration Program, both of which have identified the lack of instream spawning 

gravel as a significant factor limiting anadromous fish production in Clear Creek. Since 1996, 

57 gravel injection projects have added approximately 172,335 tons of spawning gravel into 

Clear Creek.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has documented that gravel from these injections have 

created new spawning habitat for all runs of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and 
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steelhead (O. mykiss). In particular, monitoring has shown that gravel added to Clear Creek has 

created spawning habitat that is currently used by spring-run Chinook salmon, and steelhead; 

both are federally listed species under the Endangered Species Act. 

Therefore, the purpose of the projects is to improve spawning habitat conditions for anadromous 

salmonid species, including the Central Valley fall-run and late fall-run Chinook salmon, Central 

Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and Central Valley steelhead. The project will also help to 

restore sediment transport processes, such as coarse bedload transport continuity and sediment 

deposition on floodplain surfaces.

Reclamation proposes to place clean, washed gravel, approximately 1⁄4 to 5 inches in diameter in 

various project sites. The sources of the gravel will be from locations outside the active stream 

channels, and the gravel will have a CalTrans cleanliness value of 85 or higher, and be 

completely free of oils or any other petroleum based materials, clay debris, and other types of 

organic matter. The injection sites may change annually, to meet restoration objectives.

Planning, acquisition/contracting costs, environmental compliance actions are all performed by 

BOR and FWS staff, and are supported under the 'Program Management' charter.

Data Management

The information developed by this Charter will be housed at Reclamations Northern California 

Area Office (Shasta Dam, CA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Red Bluff Fish and 

Wildlife Office (Red Bluff, CA).

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Funding reductions 1 3

Dry climatic conditions 2 2

High fuel costs 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $123,133 $123,133 $0

2016 WRR $144,984 $144,984 $0

2017 CVPRF $298,698 $298,698 $0

2018 CVPRF $300,830 $300,830 $0
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Total Cost: $867,645

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Gravel augmentation projects at multiple sites in Clear Creek

Agreement $123,133 BOR CVPRF Combined with WRR funding to total 10,312 tons 

at 8 sites

Agreement $144,984 BOR WRR Combined with CVPRF funding to total 10,312 

tons at 8 sites

2017

Implementation - Gravel augmentation projects at multiple sites in Clear Creek

Agreement $298,698 BOR CVPRF Gravel projects towards CVPIA target of 25,000 

tons per year

2018

Implementation - Gravel augmentation projects at multiple sites in Clear Creek

Agreement $300,830 BOR CVPRF Gravel projects towards CVPIA target of 25,000 

tons per year

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b12 Clear Creek Adaptive Management

Use monitoring and evaluation to improve restoration actions.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - In 2016 Priorities Document Table 4. Ongoing Actions, Record ID 

1877. OCAP BO RPA action and ongoing adaptive management of the 

b12 program. 

Partners: CDFW, CDWR, NMFS, BLM, Western Shasta Resource Conservation 

District, NRCS, Point Blue Conservation Science, NPS

Related Programs: EWP, CALFED, CVPIA b2, California Drought Response, NMFS-RP, 

NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows 100.0% Activities provide for the release of flows.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b12: Spawning gravel 

placed annually 

(tons)

25000 tons

b12: Area of 

spawning hab created 

annually

10000 square feet This metric was originally a target of 

347,288 square feet, not an annual target. 

b12: Stream Channel 

restored (miles)

2 miles CPAR goal was 2 miles for the entire 

program based on the length of the first 

stream channel restoration project 

proposal. 

b12: Variable flow 

target

0 cfs Variable depending on temperature control 

and pulse flow needs.

b12: Water 

Temperature Target

56 degrees For spring Chinook spawning and 

incubation, 60 for holding

b1: Contribute 

towards Priority 

Actions

1 completion
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Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 Annual summary of benthic macroinvertebrate biosampling data

Oct. 2015 Recomendations to B2 Interagency Team

Aug. 2016 Report to OCAP Science Panel

Dec. 2016 Quarterly presentations to Clear Creek Technical Team

Sep. 2016 Annual report of juvenile spring Chinook production estimates

Sep. 2016 Annual report of spawning habitat estimates for fall and spring Chinook

Sep. 2016 Annual report of geomorphic monitoring or spawning gravel evaluation

Oct. 2015 Recomendations to Sacramento River Temperature Task Group

Oct. 2015 Provide technical assistance based on monitoring for gravel and stream 

channel restoration projects

Narrative

Adaptive management will be used to evaluate and improve restoration actions. Monitoring 

activities funded through other sources will be used in addition to the following actions in 2016.

Estimates of juvenile spring Chinook production using rotary screw trapping are used to evaluate 

and guide flow management. CVP flow management is used to reduce summer water 

temperatures in Clear Creek. Warm water temperatures can lead to mortality of early life stages 

of Chinook, which is reflected in the juvenile production estimates. Production estimates can 

also reflect and guide the success of habitat restoration projects and can identify the negative 

impacts of fires, landslides and poor resources management. Action required by NMFS OCAP 

RPA page 585 items 7 and 8. 

Spawning area mapping (for fall Chinook salmon) and potential spawning area mapping (for 

spring Chinook salmon and steelhead), are used to evaluate spawning habitat creation and 

maintenance. The two types of mapping are used to evaluate the effectiveness of gravel 

injections, stream channel restoration and flow management. These studies provide the metrics 

for the CVPIA PAR goal for square feet of spawning habitat restoration. Information from the 

mapping is used in gravel effectiveness evaluations required in the NMFS OCAP RPA section 

I.1.3. 

Bulk sediment sampling is used to evaluate spawning gravel quality. Sediment size information 

can indicate if too much deleterious fine sediment is in salmon spawning area, or if the correct 

size gravel is being provided by gravel injections, stream channel restoration, and flow 

management. Excessive fine sediments can be managed through erosion control, channel 

maintenance flows, pulse flows, and reduction in fuels for wildfire. Gravel effectiveness 

evaluations are required in the NMFS OCAP RPA section I.1.3. 
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Data Management

Information for the charter including relevant protocols for understanding the information, will 

be permanently housed at Northern California Area Office of Reclamation and the Red Bluff 

Fish and Wildlife Office of the Service.

Risks

No Data.

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $253,509 $0 $253,509

2017 CVPRF $244,079 $0 $244,079

2018 CVPRF $244,079 $0 $244,079

Total Cost: $741,668

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Labor $91,526 FWS CVPRF Spawning area mapping for fall Chinook salmon 

and potential spawning area mapping for spring 

Chinook salmon and steelhead. Evaluates program 

spawning gravel goals.

Labor $119,497 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook production using 

rotary screw trap

Labor $33,052 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate spawning 

gravel quality.

Agreement $9,434 FWS CVPRF Evaluate habitat restoration projects by comparing 

macroinvertebrate assemblages from 75 samples.

2017

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Labor $119,497 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook production using 

rotary screw trap

Labor $33,052 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate spawning 

gravel quality.

Labor $91,530 FWS CVPRF Spawning area mapping for fall Chinook salmon 

and potential spawning area mapping for spring 

Chinook salmon and steelhead. Evaluates program 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

spawning gravel goals.

2018

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Labor $91,530 FWS CVPRF Spawning area mapping for fall Chinook salmon 

and potential spawning area mapping for spring 

Chinook salmon and steelhead. Evaluates program 

spawning gravel goals.

Labor $119,497 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook production using 

rotary screw trap

Labor $33,052 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate spawning 

gravel quality.
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b12 Clear Creek Channel Maintenance Flows (aka EWP)

Plan and implement channel maintenance flows to create and maintain habitat for salmon and 

steelhead

Classification: Improvement, Water Operations

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - In 2016 Priority Document Table 5. Record ID 1942. OCAP BO RPA 

action. High priority action in NMFS Recovery Plan. Ongoing CVPIA 

action. 

Partners: ESA, CDFW, CDWR, NMFS, BLM, Western Shasta Resource 

Conservation District, NRCS, Point Blue Conservation Science, NPS

Related Programs: EWP, CALFED, NMFS-RP, NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

3,250 cfs 

mean daily 

flow for 

one day

1 number 

of 

actions

CVPIA goal for channel maintenance flows: 4 

successful re-operations within 10 years, with a 

minimum target of 3,250 cfs mean daily flow for one 

day, and an optimal target of 5,000 cfs for 3 days. 

Metrics measured at Whiskeytown Dam.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Geomorphic evaluation report

Dec. 2017 Riparian vegetation evaluation report

Dec. 2017 Avian species evaluation report

Dec. 2017 Herpetofaunal species evaluation report

Dec. 2015 Operational Toolkit

Mar. 2016 Approval for pilot program from MP-RO, Dam Safety and Denver TSC

Dec. 2015 Revised Saftey of Dams analysis

Sep. 2015 Final 6 Technical Memos

Dec. 2015 Geomorphic evaluation report
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Narrative

The construction of Whiskeytown Dam in 1963 blocked the natural movement of sediment, 

thereby reducing the amount of gravel for salmon and steelhead spawning habitat. Additionally, 

stream flows below Whiskeytown Dam have been highly modified and the regularly recurring 

higher flow level events have been curtailed. Stream flow magnitudes sufficient to promote 

geomorphic processes no longer occur as frequently prior to dam construction. The actions of 

this charter will promote more normative geomorphic processes to occur, resulting in channel 

maintenance flows, channel meander, mobilization of armored banks, gravel movement and redeposition, and mobilization of fine sediments out of the system. 

This charter is to re-operate Whiskeytown Dam to produce higher stream flows in Clear Creek, 

designed to create and maintain spawning and rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead. This 

action is required under NMFS OCAP BO RPA I.1.2. Costs are shared with a DFW ERP 

agreement with FWS for a pilot re-operation. This charter is separate from the Clear Creek flow 

charter which includes additional flow elements because 1) this charter is largely already funded 

by the State, 2) this charter has a separate and longer timeline from the Flow charter, 3) this 

charter has in the past been seen as a separate and stand alone project. 

Data Management

Information for the charter including relevant protocols for understanding the information, will 

be permanently housed at Northern California Area Office of Reclamation and the Red Bluff 

Fish and Wildlife Office of the Service.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Funding reductions 2 3

Unanticipated stream impacts 1 2

Review of technical memos 3 3

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $205,378 $0 $205,378

Total Cost: $205,378
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - Geomorphic and biological monitoring before, during and after flow events will 

be used to evaluate if flow events are achieving desired outcomes.

Agreement $32,754 FWS CVPRF Post flow-event monitoring of physical changes in 

stream and floodplain

Agreement $76,800 FWS CVPRF Herpetofaunna visual encounter surveys and habitat 

assessment to evaluate the impacts of flow program 

on special status species. 

Agreement $53,424 FWS CVPRF Riparian vegetation monitoring to evaluate benefit of 

flows on reducing encroachment

Agreement $42,400 FWS CVPRF Avian monitoring to evaluate the impacts of flow 

program on special status species.

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b12 Clear Creek Flows

Develop and implement a comprehensive flow program for salmon and steelhead in Clear Creek 

Classification: Improvement, Water Operations

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - Priority Document Table 5. Record ID 1540. NMFS Recovery Plan 

action. Record ID 1942. OCAP BO RPA action. Mandated by CVPIA.

Partners: CDFW, CDWR, NMFS, BLM, NRCS, Point Blue Conservation Science, 

ESA

Related Programs: EWP, CALFED, b3, CVPIA b2, NMFS-RP, NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b12: Variable 

flow target

0 acre-feet B2 target

b12: Water 

Temperature 

Target

56 degrees 56 for spawning and 60 for holding SCS. Targets 

incorporates the number of days exceeding target.

3,250 cfs mean 

daily flow for 

one day

1 number 

of 

actions

CVPIA goal for channel maintenance flows: 3 

successful re-operations within 10 years, with a 

minimum target of 3,250 cfs mean daily flow for 

one day, and an optimal target of 5,000 cfs for 3 

days. Metrics measured at Whiskeytown Dam.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2015 Operational Flow Management Plan Required by NMFS RPA #1.I.6

Mar. 2016 Comprehensive Flow Plan Required by CVPIA Section 3406(b)12

Dec. 2017 Channel Maintenance and Riparian Mangement Flow Recomendation

Apr. 2016 Spring Attraction Flow Annual Proposal

Dec. 2018 Adaptive Plan to Encourage Steelhead Anadromy within the Central Valley

Dec. 2016 Water Temperature Model Incorporating Trinity River, Sacramento River 

and Clear Creek Operations
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Narrative

CVPIA is required to “develop and implement a comprehensive program to provide flows to 

allow sufficient spawning, incubation, rearing, and outmigration for salmon and steelhead from 

Whiskeytown Dam' Flows and temperatures must be provided and managed through releases 

from Whiskeytown Dam on a year-round basis to support the different life stages of salmon and 

steelhead in Clear Creek'. The amounts of water, considering timing, magnitude, and duration, 

and water temperature are controlled to meet this goal. Clear Creek Program objectives include: 

1) provide minimum instream flows that create habitat that is at least 90 percent of the maximum 

possible, 2) provide temperature control flows to meet Igo gage water temperature criteria 

including 60°F from June 1 through September 15, and 56°F from September 15 through 

October 31, 3) provide annual adult attraction flows that result in 67 percent of adult spring 

Chinook being distributed upstream of the Igo gage and all being distributed upstream of the 

segregation weir, and 4) provide additional channel maintenance flows of 3,250 to 5,000 cfs in 3 

years out of 10, to create and maintain the habitats upon which anadromous salmonids depend.

NMFS OCAP RPA I.1.6 requires that 'Reclamation will, in conjunction with the Clear Creek 

Technical Team, assess whether Clear Creek flows shall be further adapted to reduce adverse 

impacts on spring-run and CV steelhead and report their findings and proposed operational flows 

to NMFS'. The Clear Creek technical team plans to draft plans for adaptive management of 

steelhead anadromy in the Central Valley. BOR and FWS activities under this charter will be 

funded under the Clear Creek Program Management charter. 

Data Management

Information for the charter including relevant protocols for understanding the information, will 

be permanently housed at Northern California Area Office of Reclamation and the Red Bluff 

Fish and Wildlife Office of the Service.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Very short timeline 3 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2016 CVPRF $9,874 $0 $9,874 $0

2016 SIK $10,000 $0 $0 $10,000

Total Cost: $19,874
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Planning and Analysis - Planning stream flows and temperatures required by CVPIA and 

NMFS OCAP RPA's

Labor $9,874 FWS CVPRF Technical assistance in writing and 

implementing plans

In-Kind 

Labor

$10,000 DFW SIK Technical assistance in writing and 

implementing plan

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b12 Clear Creek Stream Channel Restoration including Phase 3C

Improve stream channel, floodplain and associated habitats to provide increased spawning and 

rearing habitat for salmonids

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - In 2016 Priority Document Table 4. Ongoing Actions. Record ID 91. 

AFRP Final Restoration Plan. Also a NMFS Recovery Plan action. 

Required under CVPIA section(b)12.

Partners: CDFW, CDWR, NMFS, BLM, Western Shasta Resource Conservation 

District, NRCS, Point Blue Conservation Science, NPS

Related Programs: CALFED, NMFS-RP, NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Restoration 100.0% One-time modification of the channel.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b12: Area of 

spawning hab 

created 

annually

10000 square 

feet

This metric was originally a target of 347,288 square 

feet, not an annual target. Need to update spawning 

area metric with new contemporary methodology.

b12: Stream 

Channel 

restored (miles)

2 miles CPAR goal was 2 miles for the entire program based 

on the length of the first stream channel restoration 

project proposal in 1999.Subsequent and projects 

currently under consideration could exceed metric 

value

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Phase 3C Design, Estimating, and Construction and Value Engineering 

reviews

Mar. 2017 Phase 3C juvenile fish habitat evaluation

Sep. 2017 Phase 3C riparian and avian evaluations

Dec. 2017 Phase 3C designs and bid documents

Dec. 2015 Inventory riparian encroachment and restoration opportunities

Apr. 2018 Phase 3C Environmental documents and permits
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Apr. 2018 Environmental documents and permits for Gorge Spawning Curve

Narrative

The Clear Creek Stream Channel Restoration project is a construction project designed to 

eliminate gravel extraction pits, restore a functional floodplain, and increase salmonid spawning 

and juvenile rearing habitat in a two-mile section of creek significantly degraded by gold and 

aggregate mining. Four phases of the project are complete including: Phase 1 in 1998, Phase 2A 

in 1999, Phase 2B in 2001, Phase 3A in 2002, Redding Bar in 2003 and Phase 3B in 2008. 

Phases 3A and 3B created new stream channels and the other phases filled gravel extraction pits, 

created and vegetated floodplain habitat and reduced most of the potential for fish stranding in 

the project area. ERP provides funding for Phase 3B, with roadwork and riparian stabilization 

work currently scheduled for implementation in FY 2015. Phase 3C would create floodplain and 

stream channels in the lowest part of the reach. On-going analyses of geomorphic function, fish 

and wildlife limiting factors and priorities, mercury contamination, landownership, and costeffectiveness, plus an inventory of other restoration opportunities in the watershed, is expected to 

result in restoration recommendations for Phase 3C in FY 2015. Estimated cost for Phase 3C is 

$6.6M. Additional stream channel restoration projects to be considered for implementation 

include Paige Bar floodplain lowering ($200,000), Gorge Spawning Curve channel realignment 

($100,000), and Shea Property berm removal.

Data Management

Information for the charter including relevant protocols for understanding the information, will 

be permanently housed at Northern California Area Office of Reclamation and the Red Bluff 

Fish and Wildlife Office of the Service.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Unable to acquire private property 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $3,549,684 $3,525,000 $24,684

2018 CVPRF $325,000 $125,000 $200,000

2016 CVPRF $896,900 $850,000 $46,900

2019 CVPRF $46,900 $0 $46,900

Total Cost: $4,818,485
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Design - Obtain designs and bid documents for construction of Phase 3C.

Labor $400,000 BOR CVPRF Includes analysis, design, estimates, data 

collection, and bids and specifications. Also 

uses unexpended $100,000 from 2015.

Placeholder $150,000 BOR CVPRF If needed, Reclamation would perform design, 

estimating and construction (DEC) review and / 

or value study of project.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Obtain Environmental Compliance and 

Permitting documents for Phase 3C.

Labor $200,000 BOR CVPRF Obtain Environmental Compliance and 

Permitting for Phase 3C restoration project

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Collect and analyze geomorphic, fish, riparian vegetation, avian 

and mercury information to provide baselines for design and mitigation of Phase 3C, and to 

evaluate the effectiveness of habitat restoration. 

Agreement $100,000 BOR CVPRF Pre-project riparian and avian surveys to provide 

baseline conditions for evaluation of impacts of 

project to target and non-target species

Labor $46,900 FWS CVPRF Perform study on juvenile salmonid habitat use 

to provide baseline for evaluation of project 

salmon rearing habitat objectives and provide 

design information for Phase 3C.

2017

Construction - Design, permit and build Gorge Spawning Curve channel realignment project.

Agreement $50,000 BOR CVPRF Implement Gorge Spawning Curve channel 

realignment project based on plans and permits 

developed in 2016

Construction - Permit and construct Paige Bar Floodplain Lowering Project.

Agreement $75,000 BOR CVPRF Conceptual designs provided under previous 

contract. Will require final plans and bid

documents. Existing programmatic NEPA and 

ESA would need supplemental compliance.

Construction - Construct Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration Project

Agreement $2,700,000 BOR CVPRF Initial estimate of construction costs for Phase 

3C Restoration Project
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

Labor $200,000 BOR CVPRF Construction management of Phase 3C channel 

restoration project using estimate of 1 FTE

Placeholder $500,000 BOR CVPRF Contingency of approximately 20% for 

construction of Phase 3C

Planning and Analysis - Working with Clear Creek Technical Team to develop conceptual 

plans for restoration projects identified in inventory.

Labor $24,684 FWS CVPRF Work with Clear Creek Technical Team to 

develop conceptual plans for restoration projects 

identified in riparian habitat and restoration 

opportunity inventory.

2018

Construction - Permit and construct Paige Bar Floodplain Lowering Project.

Agreement $125,000 BOR CVPRF Floodplain lowering and gravel augmentation 

project implementation using gravel processing 

onsite for cost savings.

Monitoring - Evaluate Phase 3C performance using geomorphic, fish, avian, riparian, herp and 

mercury monitoring.

Agreement $200,000 FWS CVPRF Supplemental funding for monitoring described 

in project proposal potentially including fish, 

geomorphological, avian, riparian,herpetological 

and mercury evaluations. Information will be 

used to evaluate the impacts and effectiveness of 

the project. 

2019

Monitoring - Evaluate Phase 3C performance using geomorphic, fish, avian, riparian, herp and 

mercury monitoring.

Labor $46,900 FWS CVPRF Perform post-project study on juvenile salmonid 

habitat use to evaluate salmon rearing objectives 

for Phase 3C.
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b12 Lower Clear Cr Aquatic Habitat and Mercury Abatement Project

Mercury removal from historic mining tailings provides a long-term gravel supply to enhance 

spawning habitat in Clear Creek

Classification: Improvement, Spawning Gravel

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - 2016 Priority Document Table 5. Record ID 1275. NMFS Recovery 

Plan action. Acquisition of a long term gravel supply, per RPA action 

I.1.3. 

Partners: CDWR, NMFS, BLM, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, 

NRCS, Point Blue Conservation Science, CDFW

Related Programs: CALFED, NMFS-RP, NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek 

Flows

100.0% Long-term gravel supply as part of the flows 

program.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b12: Stream Channel 

restored (miles)

1 miles Project will restore floodplain and stream 

channel.

Gravel supplied 340000 tons Project will provide long-term supply of 

gravel

Water quality 0 tons Mercury sequestration will improve water 

quality in Clear Creek

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Wetland Design

Dec. 2018 Geomorphic Evaluation Report

Dec. 2018 Construction Compliance Report

Dec. 2018 Fish Habitat Evalaution Report

Dec. 2018 Revegetation Report
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Narrative

This project, formally known as the Lower Clear Creek Aquatic Habitat and Mercury Abatement 

Project, involves the reclamation and sequestration of mercury laden mining tailings along the 

streambanks of Clear Creek, CA. The mining tailings contain fine sediments which contain 

elemental mercury. The project will remove and contain the fine sediment in a clay-lined spoils 

pit, away from the 100-year flood plain. The remaining gravel will be stockpiled for future use 

in Clear Creek spawning gravel augmentation projects. 

CVPIA provided funding for feasibility studies, designs and permits. The Ecosystem Restoration 

Program is providing $4.6M for implementation. CVPIA may cost share revegetation, wetlands 

creation, monitoring and evaluation of the project depending upon remaining ERP funds and the 

amount of remaining work. The project will be mitigated and monitored in accordance with 

regulatory agency monitoring requirements. Project implementation will begin in FY 2016, and 

continue through FY 2018. 

Data Management

The information developed by this Charter will be housed at Reclamations Northern California 

Area Office (Shasta Dam, CA) ,the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife 

Office (Red Bluff, CA), the Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Redding, CA, and at 

the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Regional Headquarters in Redding, CA.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Funding reductions 1 3

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2016 CVPRF $26,000 $26,000 $0 $0

2016 SC $2,250,000 $0 $0 $2,250,000

2017 CVPRF $100,000 $100,000 $0 $0

2017 WRR $10,500 $10,500 $0 $0

2018 CVPRF $49,684 $25,000 $24,684 $0

2018 WRR $25,000 $25,000 $0 $0

2019 CVPRF $100,000 $100,000 $0 $0

Total Cost: $2,561,184
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation -

Labor $26,000 BOR CVPRF Assistance in project implementation from 

Reclamation staff.

In-Kind 

Agreement

$2,250,000 DFW SC 2nd year of implementation

2017

Implementation -

Agreement $50,000 BOR CVPRF Revegetation of uplands and riparian areas 

including surveys and desingns.

Labor $10,500 BOR WRR Assistance in project implementation from 

Reclamation staff.

Agreement $50,000 BOR CVPRF Provide wetlands construction designs 

including field surveys, and or provides partial 

funding for implementation.

2018

Implementation -

Agreement $25,000 BOR CVPRF Post-project geomorphic monitoring and 

evaluation

Labor $25,000 BOR WRR Project monitoring per regulatory agency 

requirements

Labor $24,684 FWS CVPRF Monitoring to evaluate changes in stream 

habitat resulting from project actions.

2019

Implementation -

Placeholder $100,000 BOR CVPRF Funding to fix problems with project (2% of 

overall $5M cost).

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b1 Cosumnes River Adult Escapement and Juvenile Outmigration 

Monitoring

Cosumnes River Juvenile Outmigration Monitoring

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Consumnes River

Funding Years: 2014 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 12 - This is priority monitoring to track the impact of recently completed 

fish passage and spawning habitat restoration projects funded by CVPIA 

and the Service's National Fish Passage Program.

Partners: Fishery Foundation of California

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Population 

Assessment

1 number of 

reports

Project completes adult escapement and 

juvenile outmigration estimates annually.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 FY16 Cosumnes River Escapement and Outmigration Annual Report

Narrative

This effort provides annual adult escapement, spawning and juvenile outmigration estimate for 

the Cosumnes River. AFRP and other project partners have contributed in the past to 

implementing passage projects that have made the entire naturally accessible portion of the river 

available, yet escapement, production and outmigration were not monitored for many years. 

This project not only provides a population and production estimate for the watershed, but also 

provides significant post-project monitoring for projects completed by AFRP and many of our 

partners in the last decade.
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Data Management

All data collected as part of this project is stored by the Fishery Foundation of California and 

provided to AFRP staff electronically. Both FFC and USFWS keep secure electronic back up 

copies of the data.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Availability of 'extra' CDFW screw-trap 1 3

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $63,600 $0 $63,600

2017 CVPRF $63,600 $0 $63,600

Total Cost: $127,200

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - Develop better annual juvenile outmigration and adult escapement estimates for 

the Cosumnes River and begin to compare those estimates in light of recent restoration and 

passage projects in the system.

Agreement $63,600 FWS CVPRF Grant provided to Fishery Foundation of California 

to complete escapement/spawning surveys and 

operate the CDFW rotary screw-trap they have been 

loaned (used to be funded to operate but CDFW can 

no longer support that effort annually).

2017

Monitoring - Develop better annual juvenile outmigration and adult escapement estimates for 

the Cosumnes River and begin to compare those estimates in light of recent restoration and 

passage projects in the system.

Agreement $63,600 FWS CVPRF Grant provided to Fishery Foundation of California 

to complete escapement/spawning surveys and 

operate the CDFW rotary screw-trap they have been 

loaned (used to be funded to operate but CDFW can 

no longer support that effort annually).
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b1 Henderson Park Channel & Floodplain Restoration

Snelling Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project at Henderson Park and subsequent study of 

post-implementation conditions

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Merced River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 4 - This project represents a significant investment in a major ongoing 

habitat restoration project on the Merced River by AFRP (prioritized using 

previous framework). Final funding is needed to complete post-project 

monitoring, analysis of monitoring data, and the final project report.

Partners: Merced County, CDFW, Cramer Fish Sciences

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Stream Channel Restored 1 miles

Riparian Habitat Improvement 1 miles

Deliverables

Date Title

Mar. 2017 Annual summary report

Mar. 2017 Comprehensive final report

Dec. 2017 Draft peer-reviewed manuscript

Jul. 2015 Monthly progress reports

Aug. 2016 Construction summary report

Narrative

Funding is requested to complete: 1) final construction oversight,, 2) final construction summary 

report, 3) collection and analysis of post-project monitoring data, and 4) development of a draft 

peer-reviewed manuscript describing the effectiveness of the project in improving spawning and 

rearing conditions for salmonids in the Merced River.
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Data Management

Project monitoring data will be stored electronically at the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Flood conditions 1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $250,077 $0 $250,077

Total Cost: $250,077

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Management - Management of all project activities

Agreement $38,927 FWS CVPRF Management of all project activities

Monitoring - Includes fisheries monitoring to evaluate and demonstrate project effectiveness

Agreement $211,150 FWS CVPRF $109,554 is needed to complete post-project 

monitoring; an additional $89,644 is needed to 

complete analysis of the post-project monitoring 

data and the comprehensive final project report and 

manuscript.
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b1 Merced River Instream & Off-Channel Drought-Resilient Habitat 

Rehabilitation

Large scale in-channel, floodplain and riparian habitat restoration project. 

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Merced River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2020

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 22 - Program Priority Comments: Project follows the successful 

implementation of the Merced River Ranch project immediately 

downstream and has received initial funding for design and permitting 

under the California Drought Response funding opportunities.

Partners: MID, Cramer Fish Sciences, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: California Drought Response

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Stream Channel Restored 1 miles 0.66 miles of river channel (value is 

rounded up to 1, as decimals not 

possible to enter)

Floodplain/OffChannel/Riparian Corridor 

Improvements

27 acres 26.7 acres of riparian and upland habitat 

(value is rounded up to 27, as decimals 

not possible to enter)

Deliverables

Date Title

Jul. 2018 2018 Annual Post-Project Monitoring Report (Effectiveness & Validation 

Monitoring)

Jan. 2016 Permitting & Environmental/Regulatory Compliance

Jan. 2016 Project Designs (from alternate funding source: CA Drought Response)

Feb. 2016 Restoration Monitoring Plan (Implementation, Effectiveness, & Validation 

Monitoring)

Oct. 2016 Construction Summary Report (As-Built Surveys/Implementation 

Monitoring)

Jul. 2017 2017 Annual Post-Project Monitoring Report (Effectiveness & Validation 

Monitoring)
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Narrative

Initial analysis and design for this project has been funded (approximately $98,100) via 

California Drought Response Funding. 

CVPIA Funding is requested in order to attain all necessary permitting requirements, and 

complete construction of this project, located just upstream of the Merced River Ranch Project (a 

recently completed, large-scale, AFRP project). Construction designs and all permitting 

requirements must be completed before onset of construction, which would occur in the summer 

of 2016. This project would rehabilitate spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook salmon and O. 

mykiss impacted by mining and other modifications to the natural geomorphological processes, 

and further exacerbated by the recent drought. To effectively meet these goals, this project will 

take into account the current managed flow regime of the lower river. 

The Project goals are as follows:

- Augment, rehabilitate, and enhance productive Merced River juvenile salmonid rearing and 

adult spawning habitat that is resilient to drought conditions;

- Enhance juvenile salmonid access to historic floodplain habitat;

- Reduce main channel habitats potentially conducive to invasive fish species;

- Create additional flooding capacity, improving flood management in wet years

- Address goals of existing recovery plans and work synergistically with existing restoration 

efforts;

- Improve community opportunities to participate in, learn about, and support salmonid habitat 

restoration that is resilient to present and future drought conditions.

This project will generate a restoration design that will re-grade and rehabilitate approximately 

26.7 acres of dredger tailings on the historic floodplain and 0.66 linear miles (13 acres) of inchannel salmonid spawning, incubation and rearing habitat in the lower Merced River. The 

floodplain will be graded and floodplain material will be screened to appropriate Chinook 

salmon and O. mykiss spawning size classes (1⁄4 to 5 in. of round river rock, as per AFRP 

recommendations). The Project will create a variety of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including 

oak grassland; floodplain; gravel bars; and side channels that function under a variety of flow 

conditions, including those that occurred over the recent drought period. These constructed 

features will support a variety of ecological services, including salmonid spawning and rearing 

habitats and improve water quality, including temperature and dissolved oxygen under low flow 

conditions.
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Data Management

All data files and documents associated with permitting requirements, construction designs, 

agreements, etc., will be housed at USFWS Lodi Office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Permitting related to surface mining (tailing pile processing) -

should not be a significant issue as permitting process was 

worked out on Merced River Ranch project

1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2016 CVPRF $312,912 $0 $312,912 $0

2017 CVPRF $296,800 $0 $296,800 $0

2018 CVPRF $296,800 $0 $296,800 $0

2015 $98,100 $0 $0 $98,100

Total Cost: $1,004,612

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2015

Planning and Analysis - CA Drought Funding for project analysis, design and initial 

permitting.

Agreement $98,100 DFW Project received initial funding for analysis, design 

and initial permitting under CA Drought Funding 

initiative

2016

Implementation - Permit, construct, and monitor the project (Year 1 of implementation).

Agreement $312,912 FWS CVPRF Designs funded in 2015 through a California state 

grant (drought funding), and are already in place for 

the project. AFRP to fund the cost of permitting 

(presumably), construction of the project in 2016, 

and development of a Monitoring Plan. Likely to be 

State contributions (amount unknown). 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

2017

Implementation - Continued project implementation in Year 2 for the project (if necessary): 

any undated/additional project designs, planning/permitting requirements, or any additional 

construction for the project.

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF If needed in Year 2 (2017) of the project: any 

additional designs, permits/environmental 

compliance, or construction associated with the 

project first implemented in 2016. All assumed 

reporting (deliverable) costs included here. Likely 

to be State contributions (amount unknown). 

Monitoring - Year 2 post-project monitoring

Agreement $84,800 FWS CVPRF Post-project monitoring (cont.) in Year 2 after the 

project was implemented (in 2016), and report on 

findings. Post-construction surveys, fish 

monitoring, and assessment of habitat quantity and 

quality. Likely to be State contributions (amount 

unknown). 

2018

Implementation - Continued project implementation in Year 3 for the project (if necessary): 

any undated/additional project designs, planning/permitting requirements, or any additional 

construction for the project.

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF If needed in Year 2 (2017) of the project: any 

additional designs, permits/environmental 

compliance, or construction associated with the 

project first implemented in 2016. All assumed 

reporting (deliverable) costs included here. Likely 

to be State contributions (amount unknown). 

Monitoring - Year 3 post-project monitoring

Agreement $84,800 FWS CVPRF Post-project monitoring (continued) in Year 3 

(2018) after the project was implemented (in 2016), 

and report on findings. Post-construction surveys, 

fish monitoring, and assessment of habitat quantity 

and quality. Likely to be State contributions 

(amount unknown). 
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b1 Mokelumne Spawning Habitat Improvement

Mokelumne River Spawning Habitat Improvement

Classification: Improvement, Spawning Gravel

Location: , Mokelumne River

Funding Years: 2014 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 7 - This project is the continuation of a long-term and highly effective 

partnership with East Bay Municipal Utility District. The project has had 

long-term success in significantly increasing the successful spawning and 

natural production of Chinook Salmon in the Mokelumne River, for a very 

cost-effective investment.

Partners: EBMUD

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Spawning 

Gravel

3000 tons Approximately 3000 tons of appropriately sized spawning 

gravel will be placed in the spawning area below 

Camanche Dam.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 FY16 Mokelumne Spawning Gravel Project Annual Report

Dec. 2015 FY15 Mokelumne Spawning Gravel Project Annual Report

Narrative

The project will consist of continuing the long-term and highly successful spawning gravel 

introduction project with East Bay Municipal Utility District. CVPIA funds are generally put 

toward the location and purchase of appropriate gravel and EBMUD provides all funding 

required for project permitting and implementation. Due to limitations in locally available 

gravel, USFWS and EBMUD will be using part of the FY15 funding provided for this project to 

seek out and develop new local gravel sources. It is likely that some additional portion of the 

FY15 funding will be needed to complete these efforts. It is anticipated that the project will 

accomplish approximately half of the normal annual gravel introduction (3,000 tons vs. 6,000 
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tons) in FY15 and FY16, but it is possible that a larger amount will be used in FY16 if available 

after the FY15 project. Project will be proposed annually for funding through FY18 when a the 

current agreement will expire and a new one will need to be completed if assessment at that time 

shows a need for additional gravel introduction. This project is funded by b(1) as the 

Mokelumne River is not a CVP river. This project meets Action 2 for the Mokelumne River 

from the AFRP Final Restoration Plan.

Data Management

East Bay Municipal Utility District collects and manages all data related to this project and 

provides electronic copies to AFRP staff. Secure electronic data backups will be retained by 

EBMUD and USFWS.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Gravel Availability 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS Local

2016 $87,500 $0 $0 $87,500

2016 CVPRF $106,000 $0 $106,000 $0

2017 $87,500 $0 $0 $87,500

2017 CVPRF $106,000 $0 $106,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $106,000 $0 $106,000 $0

2018 $87,500 $0 $0 $87,500

Total Cost: $580,500

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Project will further develop local gravel sources and implement spawning 

gravel improvement.

Direct 

Contribution

$25,000 Local

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF Funding will be provided to partner with 

EBMUD on development of a new local gravel 

source and implement spawning gravel 

improvement. EBMUD will contribute $87,500 

of combined direct and in-kind match (e.g. 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

gravel recovery, gravel placement, project 

oversight, pre- and post-project monitoring).

In-Kind 

Labor

$62,500 Local

2017

Implementation - Project will further develop local gravel sources and implement spawning 

gravel improvement.

In-Kind 

Labor

$62,500 Local

Direct 

Contribution

$25,000 Local

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF Funding will be provided to partner with 

EBMUD on development of a new local gravel 

source and implement spawning gravel 

improvement. EBMUD will contribute $87,500 

of combined direct and in-kind match (e.g. 

gravel recovery, gravel placement, project 

oversight, pre- and post-project monitoring).

2018

Implementation - Project will further develop local gravel sources and implement spawning 

gravel improvement.

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF Funding will be provided to partner with 

EBMUD on development of a new local gravel 

source and implement spawning gravel 

improvement. EBMUD will contribute $87,500 

of combined direct and in-kind match (e.g. 

gravel recovery, gravel placement, project 

oversight, pre- and post-project monitoring).

In-Kind 

Labor

$62,500 Local

Direct 

Contribution

$25,000 Local

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Delta Salmon Survival Study

Study to assess the survival of juvenile Chinook salmon through the Delta

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Funding Years: 2014 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: USGS, USBR

Related Programs: BDCP, San Joaquin River Restoration Program, NMFS-RP, CDWR

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% Analyzes the effectiveness of Head of Old River Barrier on 

survival. Determines the effectiveness of (b)(2) water 

operations and management of Stanislaus River and other 

SJR basin flows

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Annual survival report 1 number of reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Nov. 2016 2015 Delta Survival Study Report

Nov. 2017 2016 Delta Survival Study Report

Narrative

Continuation of a study to assess the survival of juvenile salmon as they pass through the Delta, 

and how different water management actions affect juvenile salmon passage. The data from the 

study can be used to manage river discharges so juvenile salmon are more successful in passing 

through the Delta as they migrate to the Pacific Ocean. Increased juvenile salmon passage 

through the Delta should, in turn, lead to greater numbers of adult salmon that return to their 

natal watersheds when they spawn. In years when the Head of Old River barrier is in place, this 

assessment can also be used to determine whether there are benefits of the barrier installation, or 

not.
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Data Management

Data is provided and tabulated in an annual report. Raw data is stored and maintained by the 

analyst and is made available to CVPIA staff as requested.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Hiring/staffing limitations within USFWS 1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2015 CVPRF $173,960 $0 $173,960

2016 CVPRF $640,128 $0 $640,128

2017 CVPRF $984,568 $0 $984,568

2018 CVPRF $1,026,008 $0 $1,026,008

Total Cost: $2,824,664

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2015

Research -

$173,960 FWS CVPRF Partial funding to conduct the Delta Survival 

Study led by Pat Brandes. The total project is 

expected to cost $400,000 in FY2015. The 

CAMP does not currently plan to fund this project 

in FY2016. The b16 program will provide 

$23,960 to fund the project, and the b2 program 

will provide $150,000.

2016

Research -

Equipment 

or Materials

$412,128 FWS CVPRF Acoustic tags to be implanted in fish that are part 

of this assessment

Labor $122,000 FWS CVPRF FTE consists of multiple permanent and 

temporary FWS staff needed to implement the 

project

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF Continuation of existing USFWS agreement with 

University of Washington for data analysis.
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

2017

Research -

Equipment 

or Materials

$431,568 FWS CVPRF Based on FY16 tag cost, plus 5% to account for 

inflation.

Labor $124,000 FWS CVPRF Based on FY16 labor estimate, plus 2% to 

account for inflation.

Agreement $318,000 FWS CVPRF To implement study in FY17, the acoustic 

receiver array currently deployed through USBR 

for the ongoing 6-year study would need to be 

deployed. The 6-year study array will no longer 

be deployed after the end of 2016, necessitating 

additional funding to deploy the array in FY17. 

Agreement $111,000 FWS CVPRF Based on FY16 cost estimate, plus 5% to account 

for inflation.

2018

Research -

Equipment 

or Materials

$451,008 FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 estimated tag cost, plus 5% to 

account for inflation.

Agreement $116,000 FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 cost estimate, plus 5% to account 

for inflation.

Labor $126,000 FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 labor estimate, plus 2% to 

account for inflation.

Agreement $333,000 FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 cost estimate, plus 5% to account 

for inflation.

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b1 Green Sturgeon Juvenile Investigation

Green Sturgeon Juvenile Overwintering Migration Investigation

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: , Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2014 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 10 - Very little is known about the early life history of green sturgeon so 

this project is a high priority. Collecting data will help to protect and 

recover this Threatened species.

Partners: USACE

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% This initial study is meant to identify and characterize habitats 

used by juvenile green sturgeon so that potential habitat 

restoration actions can be developed to benefit the species, if 

possible. Long-term monitoring does not currently occur, but 

may be warranted depending on the outcome of this effort.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Population Assessment 1 number of reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 Annual Report

Sep. 2017 Annual Report

Sep. 2018 Annual Report

Sep. 2019 Final Report

Sep. 2015 Annual Report

Narrative

The primary objective is to determine if Sacramento River Green Sturgeon juvenile fish exhibit a 

secondary migration pattern during the fall to overwintering habitat lower in the river or in the 

Delta. RBFWO staff will determine when and where “age 0” larvae migrate out of the upper 
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Sacramento River and at what size. Data will result in the acquisition of critical life history 

information for population recovery planning and provide data to make better informed decisions 

on the effects of flow management, diversions and potential habitat restoration actions for a 

Threatened species.

This pilot project will utilize the skills of 6 biologists/technicians working on this at a very small 

FTE each (i.e. 6 biologists/techs at two hours each day that sampling occurs). The staff will also 

be working on several other collateral monitoring efforts. 

This project is considered a (b)(1) 'appropriate for project development' and meets Evaluation 10 

for the Upper Sacramento River in the AFRP Final Restoration Plan. It is not a (b)(16) long-term 

research action. This pilot project would acquire gear and begin sampling in mid-August 2014. 

In early FY15, a gear-type comparison would be performed to evaluate the feasibility of 

capturing juvenile Green Sturgeon for future acoustic tagging efforts. Throughout FY 15 to 

FY18, sampling of 'age 0' fish would occur. The Army Corps of Engineers may also become a 

supporter and collaborater. In the future, as a follow-up to this pilot project, additional funding 

sources may be sought.

This project will help address one of the significant data gaps identified during the development 

of the sturgeon-specific decision support model. Anecdotal information suggests that juvenile 

green sturgeon may either migrate to the Bay/Delta within their first year of life or may remain 

higher in the Sacramento River for extended time periods. This study will document the 

occurrence and potentially the frequency and duration of these two different life-history 

strategies which will in turn provide significantly better estimates of survival and population 

dynamics to be incorporated into the modeling efforts. 

Data Management

Information developed by this charter will be stored at the USFWS Red Bluff Fish & Wildlife 

Office website: http://www.fws.gov/redbluff/

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Attaining research permits 1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $111,127 $0 $111,127

2017 CVPRF $113,155 $0 $113,155

2018 CVPRF $115,222 $0 $115,222
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Total Cost: $339,504

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Research - Collecting data to learn more about the life history patterns of green sturgeon.

Labor $101,367 FWS CVPRF Based on RBFWO estimated FY16 FTE rate. 

Will consist of small portions of time from 

multiple RBFWO staff

Equipment or 

Materials

$9,760 FWS CVPRF Field equipment and additional support 

materials

2017

Research - Collecting data to learn more about the life history patterns of green sturgeon.

Labor $103,395 FWS CVPRF Based on RBFWO estimated FY16 FTE rate 

plus 2%. Will consist of small portions of time 

from multiple RBFWO staff

Equipment or 

Materials

$9,760 FWS CVPRF Field equipment and additional support 

materials

2018

Research - Collecting data to learn more about the life history patterns of green sturgeon.

Labor $105,462 FWS CVPRF Based on RBFWO estimated FY17 FTE rate 

plus 2%. Will consist of small portions of time 

from multiple RBFWO staff

Equipment or 

Materials

$9,760 FWS CVPRF Field equipment and additional support 

materials

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b1 Sacramento River Redd & Life History Monitoring

Study to assess the impacts of flow management in the upper Sacramento River on salmonid 

redds and juveniles. Information is used to inform managers of potential impacts, assess current 

habitat availability/limitations and potentially design future habitat restoration actions.

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: , Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2012 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 5 - Highest priority for Upper Sacramento Basin HRCs

Partners: FWS, CDFW, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Related Programs: NMFS-RP, EWP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% High priority data related to flow management, existing 

spawning and rearing habitat and potential habitat restoration 

actions to be assessed. Initial results indicate that longer-term 

monitoring of this type is warranted and would be appropriate 

for consideration through the (b)(16) provision.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Stream miles monitored 70 miles

Deliverables

No Data.

Narrative

The purpose of this study is to better determine the present day impacts of flow reductions on 

fish and aquatic habitats within the first seventy miles of the mainstem Sacramento River 

downstream of Keswick Dam. The data is relayed to managers on a relatively real time basis 

(weekly, or seasonal). Real time monitoring of redd dewatering and stranding due to flow 

reduction is beneficial to managers to assist decision making based on actual conditions on the 

river. The timing of flow reductions can often be critical to the survival of large numbers of eggs 

or juveniles. Up-to-date information can provide fishery managers with the assurances they need 

to make decisions to mitigate flow changes, if the data shows that the biological consequences 

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Stable and continous river flows are important to the early life history (egg incubation to 

emergence from the gravel) of salmonids. If redds are dewatered or exposed to warm, 

deoxygenated water, incubating eggs/larval fish may not survive. After emergence from their 

redd, juvenile salmon can become stranded in shallow isolated water and be exposed to the same 

poor environmental conditions as well as increased predation. For the eggs and juveniles to 

survive they need water, of a suitable temperature, velocity and water quality, at all times. 

Data on redd dewatering and juvenile stranding is being collected to aid management of flow 

releases from Keswick Dam. Real time monitoring of redd dewatering and stranding due to flow 

reductions is beneficial to managers to assist daily decision making based on actual conditions in 

the river. The timing of flow reductions can often be critical to the survival of large numbers of 

naturally spawned eggs or juveniles. Up-to-date information can provide fishery managers with 

the assurances they need to make desisions to mitigate flow changes, if the data shows that the 

biological consequences will be significant. 

The AFRP program originally funded this project for three years of pilot level monitoring. In 

FY12, a full scale project was funded under a five-year Cooperative Agreement with Pacific 

States Marine Fish Commission (PSMFC). The full scale project is funded with a combination of 

b (1) and b (2) funding due to the amounts available in each program's overall budget and the 

need to continue collection of this valuable information. Future funding could potentially come 

from other CVPIA programs if those are deemed a better option (i.e. after FY 17). Additionally, 

results of this monitoring may be used to develop b(1) appropriate projects related to juvenile 

habitat restoration.

This study meets the intent of Action 2 for the Upper Mainstem Sacramento River as identified 

in the AFRP Final Restoration Plan.

Data Management

The final reports for this project will be available at: 

http://www.calfish.org/Programs/ProgramIndex/CDFGUpperSacRiverBasinSalmonidMonitoring

/tabid/222/Default.aspx 

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Monitoring in a stream that fluctuates on an annual basis based on 

the type of water year

1 1
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $136,740 $0 $136,740

2017 CVPRF $136,740 $0 $136,740

Total Cost: $273,480

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - 2016 Monitoring of naturally produced salmon redds and early life history in the 

upper 70 miles of the Sacramento River.

Agreement $136,740 FWS CVPRF AFRP agreement to monitor and assess water 

operation impacts and associated habitat 

condition/availability. Agreement is directly with 

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and 

work is coordinated with CDFW Region 1. 

2017

Monitoring - 2017 Monitoring of naturally produced salmon redds and early life history in the 

upper 70 miles of the Sacramento River.

Agreement $136,740 FWS CVPRF AFRP agreement to monitor and assess water 

operation impacts and associated habitat 

condition/availability. Agreement is directly with 

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and 

work is coordinated with CDFW Region 1.

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Sacramento River Habitat Restoration at Anderson River Park

Salmonid Habitat Improvement at Anderson River Park. Includes side channel restoration and 

floodplain enhancement at a large gravel bar adjacent to the City of Anderson. Property is State 

owned and managed by City of Anderson. Both are supportive.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: 40.46591, -122.25707, Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: NMFS, USACE, Glenn Colusa Irrigation District, Golden Gate Salmon 

Association, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, City of 

Anderson, CA, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Acres of 

New Habitat

9 acres Assumed 4,000 feet of side channel 100 feet wide to 

encompass side channel and floodplain habitat 

improvements.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Sacramento River at Anderson River Park Restoration

Narrative

This salmonid habitat restoration project would target primarily the improvement in juvenile 

Chinook salmon rearing habitat along a one mile stretch of the Sacramento River adjacent to the 

City of Anderson. The site is on an inside bend of a meander in the Sac River and consists of a 

large connected side channel on the downstream side which is not connected at the upstream end. 

The project would connect the side channel and add additional side channel habitat through this 

large gravel bar. Channel-side habitat would be designed to become incrementally wetted as 

river flows increase to attempt to provide habitat over a range of flows. Woody material would 

be integrated into the project to enhance habitat value. The site is state owned and managed by 

City of Anderson. Both are supportive of the project. The area is a public recreation area used 
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primarily by hikers and horseback riders. Funding includes design, implementation, and 

monitoring. IF FULL FUNDING CANNOT BE PROVIDED IN A SINGLE YEAR THEN 

PARTIAL OR INCREMENTAL FUNDING COULD BE INCORPORATED.

Data Management

Data at USBR Bay Delta Office and USFWS Bay Delta Office and USBR Northern California 

Area Office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Project not implemented due to permitting red tape or other issues 2 2

Agency concern over channel and riparian effects 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $75,000 $75,000 $0

Total Cost: $1,775,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Includes project design, permitting, implementation, and monitoring.

Agreement $1,700,000 BOR CVPRF Cooperative agreement used to fund project 

implementation (permitting, design, 

implementation, monitoring).

2017

Implementation - Includes project design, permitting, implementation, and monitoring.

Agreement $75,000 BOR CVPRF Project effectiveness monitoring.
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Sacramento River Salmonid Habitat Additional Project at one of five 

sites

Sacramento River Habitat Improvement at Turtle Bay, Kapusta, Sand Slough, or Lower Cypress. 

Permitting is underway at all of these sites. This charter would implement a project at one of 

these top priority sites.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: 40.59045, -122.36818, Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: NMFS, Glenn Colusa Irrigation District, Golden Gate Salmon 

Association, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, CDFW, 

CDWR

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Increase in 

habitat

0 acres Acreage varies depending on project site selected to 

implement first.

Deliverables

Date Title

Apr. 2017 Habitat project completed

Narrative

This charter implements an additional salmonid habitat imporvement project site from those 

permitted under the program permitting document for the Sacramento River between Keswick 

and Red Bluff. Likely sites prioritized as high by the interagency group include Turtle Bay 

Island side channels, lower Cypress side channel and gravel, Kapusta side channel and gravel, 

Sand Slough rearing habitat. Funding would include permitting, design, implementation, and 

monitoring.
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Data Management

Data housed at USBR Bay Delta Office, USFWS Bay Delta Office, and Northern California 

Area Office

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Agency or public concern over channel and riparian effects 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $600,000 $600,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $700,000 $700,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $750,000 $750,000 $0

Total Cost: $2,050,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Includes project design, permitting, implementation, and monitoring.

Agreement $600,000 BOR CVPRF Cooperative agreement to work with the agencies in 

implementing the project.

2017

Implementation - Includes project design, permitting, implementation, and monitoring.

Agreement $700,000 BOR CVPRF Implements a spawning and rearing habitat 

enhancement project at one of the top priority sites 

identified by the interagency group.

2018

Implementation - Includes project design, permitting, implementation, and monitoring.

Agreement $750,000 BOR CVPRF Cooperative agreement to implement a spawning 

and rearing habitat enhancement project at one of 

the top priority sites identified by the interagency 

group.
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Sacramento River Salmonid Habitat Restoration at Reading/Rancheria 

Island

Sacramento River Habitat Restoration at Reading and Rancheria Islands.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: 40.41333, -122.19425, Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 3 - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Increase in 

Habitat

27 acres Assumed 11,600 feet of side channel habitat 100' 

wide.

Deliverables

Date Title

Mar. 2017 Completed project

Narrative

The project would reopen a side channel that historically flowed between river miles 274 and 

276. The upstream end of the side channel was filled to provide access to Rancherie Island. 

This project would be implemented in cooperation with the landowner to reopen the upstream 

connection to the river providing perennial flow through the side channel. Funding for a bridge 

would be provided to the landowner so that access can be continued to this portion of the 

property. The side channel is currently wetted by the backwater from the Sacramento River and 

is full of aquatic vegetation and is likely good habitat for bass and other warmwater species. 

Perennial flow through the channel should remove much of the vegetation and provide cold 

water for juvenile salmonid rearing. The landowner has an agent with a draft restoration plan 

and is cooperative. Funding would be used for permitting, design, implementation, and 

monitoring. IF FULL FUNDING CANNOT BE PROVIDED IN A SINGLE YEAR THEN 

PARTIAL OR INCREMENTAL FUNDING COULD BE INCORPORATED.
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Data Management

Data housed at USBR Bay Delta Office, USFWS Bay Delta Office, and Northern California 

Area Office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Concern over effects to channel. 2 2

Landowner agreement not finalized 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $1,450,000 $1,450,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $75,000 $75,000 $0

Total Cost: $2,975,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Complete project designs and permits, construct the project, and monitor 

effectiveness.

Agreement $1,450,000 BOR CVPRF Cooperative Agreeement to implement the 

project. Agreement with Western Shasta 

Resource Conservation District or the 

Landowner. May involve more than one 

agreement.

2017

Implementation - Complete project designs and permits, construct the project, and monitor 

effectiveness.

Labor $1,450,000 BOR CVPRF Carryover funding request to 2017 since funding 

unlikely for 2016.

2018

Implementation - Complete project designs and permits, construct the project, and monitor 

effectiveness.

Agreement $75,000 BOR CVPRF Effectiveness monitoring of restoration site.
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Sacramento River Salmonid Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration

Implements a series of salmonid spawning and rearing habitat improvement projects in the reach 

from Keswick Dam to Red Bluff.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2014 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 -

Partners: NMFS, USACE, Glenn Colusa Irrigation District, Golden Gate Salmon 

Association, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, CDFW, 

CDWR

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b13: Sacramento R: percentage of 

spawning salmonids using placed gravel

0 redds/sq. 

meter

Units should be 

percent of total redds.

Increase in preferred habitat 4 acres Value varies by project 

site

Deliverables

Date Title

Nov. 2014 NEPA document done

Sep. 2015 First year project site completed

Sep. 2016 Second year project site completed

Narrative

Implements the annual salmonid spawning and rearing habitat restoration project on the 

Sacramento River in the reach between Keswick Dam and Red Bluff Diversion Dam. Activities 

include side channel creation and enhancement, gravel placement, floodplain enhancement, 

woody material and boulder additions, permitting, and effectiveness monitoring. Monitoring 

includes riverwide monitoring and site specific monitoring before, during, and after 

implementation at treatment and control sites. Likely base 2016 project sites include Keswick, 
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Market Street, south Cypress, and/or Kapusta. Annual project sites are prioritized within the 

interagency team working on the Sacramento River projects.

Data Management

Data maintained by USBR and USFWS project managers and will be disseminated in annual 

reports.

Contacts: John Hannon at the Reclamation Bay Delta Office, and Julie Zimmerman at the 

USFWS Bay Delta Office. Paul Zedonis at the Northern California Area Office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Cost Share agreement 2 2

Flows and fish timing windows do not allow for instream work to 

occur.

2 2

Complex permitting processes add time and cost. 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2015 CVPRF $1,600,000 $1,600,000 $0

2016 CVPRF $600,000 $600,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $956,000 $956,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $1,650,000 $1,650,000 $0

Total Cost: $4,806,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2015

Implementation - Implement annual salmonid spawning and rearing habitat improvement 

project to include design, env. compliance and permitting and pre- and post-project 

monitoring to determine effectiveness.

Labor $1,600,000 BOR CVPRF Implements an in-river project including side 

channel habitat and gravel.
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Implementation - Implement annual salmonid spawning and rearing habitat improvement 

project to include design, env. compliance and permitting and pre- and post-project 

monitoring to determine effectiveness.

Labor $600,000 BOR CVPRF Implements an in-river project including side 

channel habitat and gravel.

2017

Implementation - Implement annual salmonid spawning and rearing habitat improvement 

project to include design, env. compliance and permitting and pre- and post-project 

monitoring to determine effectiveness.

Agreement $956,000 BOR CVPRF Implement annual salmonid spawning and rearing 

habitat improvement project to include design, 

env. compliance and permitting and pre- and 

post-project monitoring to determine 

effectiveness.

2018

Implementation - Implement annual salmonid spawning and rearing habitat improvement 

project to include design, env. compliance and permitting and pre- and post-project 

monitoring to determine effectiveness.

Agreement $1,650,000 BOR CVPRF Implements a high priority Spawning and Rearing 

Habitat Enhancement Project in the Sacramento 

River.

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Quantify adult winter-run Chinook salmon escapement on the 

Sacramento River

Quantify production (escapement) of adult winter-run Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River 

mainstem.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - This charter received a Program Priority = 2 value because it was 

initially classified as an unfunded need because it could not be funded 

using the original FY 2016 CAMP President’s budget. Based on an 

annual work plan prioritization process, it was subsequently determined 

this project would receive CAMP funding because that program will 

receive additional funds over and above its initial President’s budget 

allocation.

Partners: CDFW

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% The proposed project would be funded using the (b)(16) 

CAMP authority, but the project would not be conducted by 

CAMP staff.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

annual 

escapement 

survey report

0 number 

of fish

The data would be used to assess progress 

toward the AFRP winter-run Chinook salmon 

production target for the Sacramento River.

Deliverables

Date Title

May. 2017 escapement annual report

Narrative

Collection of adult winter-run Chinook salmon escapement montitoring data from the 

Sacramento River is needed to assess progress toward the AFRP doubling goal. The project also 

is a required monitoring activity in in the OCAP biological opinion.
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Data Management

The escapement data are stored in a digital Excel spreadsheet and the final results are ultimately 

stored in the Chinookprod database.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Lack of funding that would adversely affect the ability to conduct 

the survey

1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $199,944 $0 $199,944

Total Cost: $199,944

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Labor $199,944 FWS CVPRF Project costs and FTEs may need to be updated. 

The funding would be used to hire USFWS staff in the 

Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office through a 

cooperative agreement between the USFWS and BOR.
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Sacramento River - Red Bluff Diversion Dam rotary screw trap 

monitoring

Quantify the production of juvenile Chinook salmon passing the Red Bluff Diversion Dam on 

the Sacramento River.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - This charter received a Program Priority = 2 value because it was 

initially classified as an unfunded need because it could not be funded 

using the original FY 2016 CAMP President’s budget. Based on an 

annual work plan prioritization process, it was subsequently determined 

this project would receive CAMP funding because that program will 

receive additional funds over and above its initial President’s budget 

allocation.

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% The proposed project would be funded using the (b)(16) 

CAMP authority, but the project would not be conducted by 

CAMP staff.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

count of juvenile 

salmon

0 number of 

fish

annual Red Bluff Diversion Dam rotary 

screw trap report

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 annual Red Bluff Diversion Dam rotary screw trap report

Narrative

Monitoring of juvenile salmon production on the Sacramento River provides fundamental data 

that are necessary to assess the biological response to habitat restoration activities. The project 

occurs in a CVP watershed. The project is a required element in the OCAP biological opinion.
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Data Management

The Sacramento River rotary screw trap data will be stored in the CAMP rotary screw trap 

platform. Data summaries from that plaform can be provided to CVPIA managers, stakeholders 

and the public. The RST data will also be stored in a database maintained by USFWS staff in the 

Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Delay in the provision of funds to conduct the monitoring 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $802,243 $0 $802,243

Total Cost: $802,243

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Labor $802,243 FWS CVPRF Project costs and FTEs may need to be updated. 

The funding would be used to hire USFWS staff in the 

Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office through a 

cooperative agreement between the USFWS and BOR.
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TFFIP Implementation

Tracy Fish Facility Improvement Program (TFFIP) Implementation Activities

Classification: Improvement, Administration

Location: , Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 - Program Priority Comments:

CVPIA (b)(4) metrics coincide with OCAP Biological Opinions

Partners: NMFS, FWS, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: NMFS-RPAs, BDCP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(4) Tracy 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Mitigation 

Actions

0 number of 

projects

b4: # Actions to mitigate for fishery impacts 

RPA's 0 number of 

actions

b4: RPA IV.4.1

Structural 

Actions

0 completion b4: Complete 1 of 23 structural actions for the 

CVPIA Program. This is defined as completing 

all 23 actions in the CPAR goal. 

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 FY16 Draft Research Proposals

Sep. 2016 FY16 Comments provided to PI

Sep. 2016 FY16 Technical Team Workshop

Sep. 2016 FY16 Completion of Major Construction

Sep. 2016 FY16 Submit Final Proposals

Sep. 2016 FY16 Final Study Packet

Sep. 2016 FY16 2nd Technical Team Workshop

Sep. 2016 FY16 Publication Submittals

Sep. 2017 FY16 Draft Research Proposals

Sep. 2017 FY17 Comments provided to PI

Sep. 2017 FY17 Technical Team Workshop
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Date Title

Sep. 2017 FY17 Completion of Major Construction

Sep. 2017 FY17 Submit Final Proposals

Sep. 2017 FY17 Final Study Packet

Sep. 2017 FY17 2nd Technical Team Workshop

Sep. 2017 FY17 Publication Submittals

Narrative

This action consists of project development and implementation new fish collection, holding, 

transport, and release technology that will significantly improve fish protection at major water 

diversions in the South Delta region of the Central Valley of California. These research activities 

are funded by the Tracy Fish Facility Improvement Program (TFFIP) and are primarily 

performed by Reclamation fishery scientists and engineers at the Denver Technical Service 

Center and the TFCF, Tracy, California. Project selection will be based on project costs and 

benefits, and integration with regulatory requirements. Draft Proposals will be submitted in May 

2015. 

Data Management

Data will be retained by the Tracy Fish Facility Improvement Progam, SCCAO-Tracy. Finalized 

Study Plans, Tracy Series Reports ,Tracy Technical Bulletins, Hydraulic Laboratory Technical 

Memos are maintained at Tracy Research Website | http://www.usbr.gov/mp/tffip 

Annual work plans and CVPIA program-level reports are maintained MPRO

Risks

No Data.

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 WRR $430,066 $430,066 $0 $0

2017 WRR $295,570 $295,570 $0 $0

2017 $10,000 $10,000 $0 $0

0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Total Cost: $735,637
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

0

Reporting - Applied Research - Predation

$0

2016

Design - Design - New Federal Fish Release Site

Labor $3,203 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $27,816 BOR WRR Denver Technical Services

Implementation - Equipment Maintenance

Labor $5,043 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $23,762 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $5,853 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Planning and Analysis - Research Proposals and Study Packets

Labor $26,054 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $17,616 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Planning and Analysis - Secondary Fish Screen (Newly constructed) Reference Hydrology

Labor $10,000 BOR WRR Denver Technical Services

Reporting - Publication - Tracy Technical Series and Fisheries Journal submittals

Labor $17,617 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $26,054 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Research - Applied Research - Facility Efficiency

Labor $57,655 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $22,996 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Research - Applied Research - Predation

Labor $20,000 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Labor $64,061 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $14,215 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Research - Applied Research - Facility Effiency

Labor $27,360 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Labor $2,970 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Research - Applied Research - Fish Handling

Labor $15,840 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Labor $31,776 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $2,970 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

Labor $7,207 BOR WRR Tracy Office

2017

Design - Design - New Federal Fish Release Site

Labor $27,816 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Labor $3,203 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $10,000 BOR Denver Technical Service

Implementation - Equipment Maintenance

Labor $5,043 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $5,853 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Implementation - Eqipment Maintenance

$0

Planning and Analysis - Research Proposals and Study Packets

$0

Labor $17,617 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Reporting - Publication - Tracy Technical Series and Fisheries Journal submittals

Labor $26,054 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $17,617 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Research - Applied Research - Predation

Labor $20,000 BOR WRR Denver Technical Services

$0

Labor $14,215 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Research - Applied Research - Facility Efficiency

Labor $27,360 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Labor $22,996 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $2,970 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Research - Applied Research - FacilityEfficiency

Labor $57,655 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Research - Applied Research - Fish Handling

Labor $7,200 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service

Labor $7,207 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $31,776 BOR WRR Tracy Office

Labor $990 BOR WRR Denver Technical Service
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b1 San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessment

San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessment

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: , San Joaquin Lower Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 13 - Combined charter covering all habitat assessment, adult 

tagging/tracking and juvenile monitoring sturgeon work. This work is 

providing baseline data for several proposed and potential future AFRP 

projects. No funding request beyond FY16

Partners: CDFW

Related Programs: CDFW

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% This project is specifically designed to assess the presence and 

habitat preferences of sturgeon in the San Joaquin Basin. The 

next step in these efforts is identifying, designing and 

implementing restoration projects.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Habitat Assessment 1 number of reports

Population Assessment 1 number of reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Jul. 2016 2015 Annual monitoring report

Jul. 2017 2016 Annual monitoring report

Narrative

This effort provides information on the habitat use of spawning fish, response to environmental 

cues, and in conjunction with telemetry data, may help determine if White Sturgeon in the San 

Joaquin River are a population independent of the one that occurs in the Sacramento River and if 

habitat protection and restoration within the San Joaquin River are needed to increase the 

abundance of this important species.
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Research to date has demonstrated that White Sturgeon spawn in the San Joaquin River in some 

years (Gruber et al. 2012; Jackson and Van Eenennaam 2013) but not others (Faukner and 

Jackson 2014). Even relatively healthy White Sturgeon populations often experience recruitment 

failure (Parsley and Beckman 1994; Schaffter and Kohlhorst 1999) and suitable rearing habitat 

for larval and juvenile life history phases may be the limiting factor for White Sturgeon 

production (Coutant 2004). An early attempt at collecting larval sturgeon on the San Joaquin 

River (Miller 1972) and a recent effort (Faukner and Jackson 2014) failed to collect any 

specimens. The spring of 2013 was dry and discharge in the mainstem of the San Joaquin River 

was low, resulting in poor spawning conditions for sturgeon. Therefore it is not surprising that 

sampling efforts in the mainstem of the San Joaquin River failed to collect either White Sturgeon 

eggs or larvae (Faukner and Jackson 2014) during 2013. However, it remains unknown if larval 

White Sturgeon production occurs during years with favorable environmental conditions. Future 

sampling for larval sturgeon may clarify if early life history survival is a factor limiting White 

Sturgeon production in the San Joaquin River and what, if any, management actions need to be 

taken to increase White Sturgeon abundance.

Data Management

Data sheets, receiver files, and annual reports are stored at the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office. 

Data is entered into Excel workbooks and an effort is being undertaken to develop an Access 

database for long-term storage. Receiver files are uploaded to the Hydra database currently in 

use by the California Fish Tracking Consortium. Annual reports are available on the Lodi Fish 

and Wildlife Office website. 

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Hiring Freeze 1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $168,284 $0 $168,284

Total Cost: $168,284

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Acquisition - Replace sampling gear and supplies; vessel and equipment maintenance and 

repair; tissue analyses.

Equipment or 

Materials

$6,100 FWS CVPRF Sampling devices, anchors, floats, line, and 

hardware; temperature loggers; water and tissue 

storage supplies, water and tissue analyses; vessel 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

and equipment maintenance and repair.

Monitoring - Spawning surveys and physical habitat data collection

Labor $92,276 FWS CVPRF GS-5 Bio Sci Techs (2)

Labor $69,908 FWS CVPRF GS-9 Fish Bio

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b1 Buttonbush Floodplain Restoration Project

Restore functional seasonally inundated floodplain and side channel habitat at the USACE 

Buttonbush Recreation Area to increase juvenile rearing habitat.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2012 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 6 - This is a high priority implementation project, scheduled to break 

ground summer 2015

Partners: USACE, Cramer Fish Sciences

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b1: Contribute 

towards Priority 

Actions

1 number of 

improvements

Contributes to FRP Stanislaus River A2. 

Will provide 3.3-11.5 acres of restored 

habitat and 6,000 to 32,000 cy of spawning 

gravel depending on the alternative 

selected.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Project Completion Report

May. 2013 Three Design Alternatives

Jun. 2015 Final Design 

Jun. 2015 Environmental Compliance Permits

Narrative

Salmonid populations Stanislaus River appears to be limited by juvenile rearing habitat. The 

cause of the limitation is construction of large dams flat-lining the hydrograph, and blocking 

coarse sediment recruitment. Options for increasing juvenile rearing habitat include modifying 

both instream and adjacent riparian areas to improve seasonal inundation of shallow water 

habitats.
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This project aims to restore functional seasonally inundated floodplain and side channel habitat 

at the USACE Buttonbush Recreation Area to increase juvenile rearing habitat through 

excavating perched floodplains and augmenting instream habitat with excavated gravel that has 

been screened to appropriate size.

The project implements Stanislaus River Action 2 [Improve watershed management to restore 

and protect instream and riparian habitat, including consideration of restoring and replenishing 

spawning gravel.] of the Final Restoration Plan.

The grant has been awarded to Cramer Fish Sciences and is working with the landowner 

USACE.

The project is not funded through (b)(13) because it is fundamentally a habitat improvement 

action [(b)(1)], does not have a non-federal match, and could not be accomplished with existing 

(b)(13) funding.

Data Management

Data will be stored on the Lodi FWO Server.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner backs out 1 3

Project not undertaken 1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2015 CVPRF $990,551 $0 $990,551

Total Cost: $990,551

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2015

Construction - Build the Project as designed.

Agreement $795,000 FWS CVPRF
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

Management - Management of the project

Agreement $24,980 FWS CVPRF

Monitoring - Post-project monitoring. 

As-built surveys. 

Other physical and biological surveys as developed by the project monitoring plan. 

Permit required monitoring.

Agreement $129,496 FWS CVPRF

Outreach - Pre-project outreach to neighbors and stakeholders.

Agreement $26,341 FWS CVPRF

Reporting - Final Project Report.

Agreement $14,734 FWS CVPRF

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b1 Knights Ferry Floodplain Restoration Project

Restore functional seasonally inundated floodplain and side channel habitat at the USACE 

Knights Ferry Recreation Area to increase juvenile rearing habitat.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: Knights Ferry Recreation Area, Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2013 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 6 - Large-scale floodplain restoration project on the Stanislaus River that 

will improve rearing and survival of juvenile salmonids. 

Partners: USACE, Cramer Fish Sciences

Related Programs: NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% This project aims to restore functional seasonally inundated 

floodplain and side channel habitat to increase juvenile rearing 

habitat through excavating perched floodplains and 

augmenting instream juvenile rearing and adult spawning 

habitat with excavated gravel that has been screened to 

appropriate size. This project meets Action 2 of the Final 

Restoration Plan and is similar to recently completed and 

ongoing AFRP projects on the Stanislaus River that address 

habitat restoration of multiple habitat types for multiple lifehistory stages of salmonids.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b1: Contribute towards 

Priority Actions

1 number of 

improvements

The project addresses FRP 

Stanislaus River A2. Expected 

benefits are up to 2 acres of habitat 

restored. Spawning gravel amounts 

are dependent on designs which are 

not yet complete. 

Spawning/Floodplain 

Habitat

2 acres

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Project Completion Report
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Date Title

Feb. 2015 Three Conceptual Design Alternatives

Jun. 2015 Environmental Compliance Permits

Jun. 2015 Final Project Design

Narrative

Salmonid populations Stanislaus River appears to be limited by juvenile rearing habitat. The 

cause of the limitation is construction of large dams flat-lining the hydrograph, and blocking 

coarse sediment recruitment. Options for increasing juvenile rearing habitat include modifying 

both instream and adjacent riparian areas to improve seasonal inundation of shallow water 

habitats.

This project aims to restore functional seasonally inundated floodplain and side channel habitat 

at the USACE Knights Ferry Recreation Area to increase juvenile rearing habitat through 

excavating perched floodplains and augmenting instream habitat with excavated gravel that has 

been screened to appropriate size. 

The project implements Stanislaus River Action 2 [Improve watershed management to restore 

and protect instream and riparian habitat, including consideration of restoring and replenishing 

spawning gravel.] of the Final Restoration Plan.

The grant has been awarded to Cramer Fish Sciences and is working with the landowner 

USACE.

The project also offers a great opportunity to showcase restoration to the local community and 

multiple school field trips.

The project is not funded through (b)(13) because it is fundamentally a habitat improvement 

action [(b)(1)], does not have a non-federal match, and could not be accomplished with existing 

(b)(13) funding.

Data Management

Data will be stored on the Lodi FWO Server.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner willingness to allow project to be built near historic 

features. FWS and USACE are currently in discussions to finalize 

design and ensure project is acceptable for both entities

1 3
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $283,634 $0 $283,634

Total Cost: $283,634

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Construction - Build the Project as designed.

Agreement $48,500 FWS CVPRF

Management - Project management

Agreement $10,600 FWS CVPRF

Monitoring - Post-project monitoring

As-built surveys

Other physical and biological surveys as developed by the project monitoring plan

Permit required monitoring

Agreement $127,200 FWS CVPRF

Outreach - Pre-project outreach to neighbors and stakeholders

Agreement $10,600 FWS CVPRF

Reporting - Final Project Report

Agreement $86,733 FWS CVPRF

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b1 Migratory Corridor Rehabilitation

Restore shallow water migratory habitat for juvenile salmonids in the Stanislaus River 

downstream of Riverbank.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2014 - 2020

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 21 - AFRP would work in close coordination with the (b)(13) provision 

and other partners working further upstream in the Stanislaus River to 

expand high quality migratory habitat downstream of Riverbank and 

protect and enhance the natural production of salmonids in the system.

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% The actual design and implementation approach of these 

potential projects is yet to be determined and significant 

research and assessment into the condition of existing habitats, 

sites available to complete projects and specific needs of 

juvenile salmonids in these areas needs to be determined as 

part of the initial phase of this project. As projects are 

identified and designed, some specific sites may be most most 

appropriately funded under the (b)(1) or (b)(13) provision in 

the future. 

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b1(other): Area of hab prot and rest 

(acres)

0 miles placeholder until designs are 

complete

b1(other): Area of hab prot and rest 

(acres)

0 acres placeholder until designs are 

complete

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 Preliminary conceptual designs

Jun. 2017 Final Design

Jun. 2017 Permits
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Date Title

Dec. 2021 Final Report

Narrative

Restore shallow water migratory habitat for juvenile salmonids on the Stanislaus River 

downstream of Riverbank. Potential sites have been identified, and landowners will be contacted 

to determine interest prior to submission of an RFP or RFQ.

Data Management

Data will be housed on the Lodi FWO server.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

landowner support/access 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $975,200 $0 $975,200

2016 CVPRF $381,600 $0 $381,600

2018 CVPRF $286,200 $0 $286,200

Total Cost: $1,643,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Design - Three conceptual designs

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to design juvenile salmonid

habitat improvements at priority sites with willing 

landowners in the lower Stanislaus River 

(downstream of Riverbank).

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Acquire all necessary permits

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to complete necessary 

environmental compliance and permitting 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

documents related to juvenile salmonid habitat 

improvements in the lower Stanislaus River 

(downstream of Riverbank).

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Pre-project topographic and biological surveys.

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to complete pre-project 

surveys related to juvenile salmonid habitat 

improvements in the lower Stanislaus River 

(downstream of Riverbank).

Management - Manage the project

Agreement $10,600 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to identify willing 

landowners at priority sites, design and implement 

juvenile salmonid habitat improvements in the 

lower Stanislaus River (downstream of Riverbank).

Outreach - Inform and solicit input from local residents and additional stakeholders.

Agreement $53,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to perform local outreach 

and education related to juvenile salmonid habitat 

improvements in the lower Stanislaus River 

(downstream of Riverbank).

2017

Construction - Build the project.

Agreement $795,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to implement juvenile 

salmonid habitat improvements in the lower 

Stanislaus River (downstream of Riverbank).

Management - Manage the project

Agreement $21,200 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to identify willing 

landowners at priority sites, design and implement 

juvenile salmonid habitat improvements in the 

lower Stanislaus River (downstream of Riverbank).

Monitoring - Post-project assessments including: as-built surveys, flow measurement, 

vegetation measurement, biological surveys for salmonids and salmonid food species.

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to monitor and assess 

effectiveness of recently implemented juvenile 

salmonid habitat improvements in the lower 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

Stanislaus River (downstream of Riverbank).

Outreach - Inform and solicit input from local residents and additional stakeholders.

Agreement $53,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to perform local outreach 

and education related to juvenile salmonid habitat 

improvements in the lower Stanislaus River 

(downstream of Riverbank).

2018

Management - Manage the project

Agreement $47,700 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to identify willing 

landowners at priority sites, design and implement 

juvenile salmonid habitat improvements in the 

lower Stanislaus River (downstream of Riverbank).

Monitoring - Post-project assessments including: as-built surveys, flow measurement, 

vegetation measurement, biological surveys for salmonids and salmonid food species.

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to monitor and assess 

effectiveness of recently implemented juvenile 

salmonid habitat improvements in the lower 

Stanislaus River (downstream of Riverbank).

Reporting - Final project completion report including post-project assessment.

Agreement $26,500 FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be completed 

with a qualified entity to produce final reports 

related to juvenile salmonid habitat improvements 

in the lower Stanislaus River (downstream of 

Riverbank).
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b1 Sturgeon Barrier Evaluation

Evaluation of potential Stanislaus River Sturgeon Barrier

Classification: Research, Fish Passage

Location: , Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 14 - High priority potential sturgeon barrier on the Stanislaus River.

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Barrier 

Assessment

1 number of 

reports

Will provide baseline information for further 

analysis of barrier passability.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Final Report

Narrative

USFWS staff will evaluate a location around RM 2 on the lower Stanislaus that Zac Jackson 

thinks may be a sturgeon barrier. Data on depths and velocities will be collected at the site at 

three flows spanning as wide a range of flows as possible. Depth and velocity data will be 

collected using a combination of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and a surveygrade RTK GPS unit. For each traverse with the ADCP, the RTK GPS will be used to record the 

horizontal location at the starting and ending location of each traverse, while the ADCP provides 

depths, velocities and distances across the traverse. The horizontal location at the starting and 

ending location of each ADCP traverse will then be used together with the depths and velocities 

from the ACDP to map depths and velocities throughout the site, similar to the following figures. 

The mapped depths and velocities will be used to assess whether this site is a barrier to upstream 

sturgeon passage at the three flows for which data is collected.

Data Management

Data will be housed on the Lodi FWO server.
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Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Site access during limited flow (can likely be alleviated by 

waiting for scheduled flow releases)

1 1

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $3,477 $0 $3,477

Total Cost: $3,477

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Research - Study the problem

Labor $3,477 FWS CVPRF Half of the costs (Mark Gard) are included in AFRP 

Administrative Charter - $3,660, 0.01284 FTE. The other 

half of costs are for Rick Williams (small craft operator).
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Stanislaus River rotary screw trap monitoring

Quantify production of juvenile Chinook salmon and the abundance of juvenile steelhead in the 

Stanislaus River (Caswell State Park) using rotary screw traps.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 - Monitoring of juvenile salmon production on the Stanislaus River 

provides fundamental data that are necessary to assess the biological 

response to habitat restoration activities in a CVP watershed. The project 

is also CAMP-recommended monitoring activity in the CAMP 

Implementation Plan (element #78), and it is a required element in the 

OCAP biological opinion. The project is also important because it 

provides the longest time series of rotary screw trap data in the San 

Joaquin River Basin. Charter is to be funded using the FY 2016 CAMP 

President’s budget allocation.

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0% Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

count of fish 

produced

0 number 

of fish

The production or abundance of different life stages of 

juvenile salmon and steelhead are calculated on an 

annual basis using monitoring data that are collected 

with rotary screw traps.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 annual Stanislaus River - Caswell State Park rotary screw trap report

Narrative

The rotary screw trap monitoring activities in the Stanislaus River provide data that can be used 

to assess the biological response to habitat management activities in that watershed. As such, 

they can be used to infer, at a watershed-level scale, how habitat restoration activities are 
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affecting the number of juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead in that river. The annual reports 

associated with the rotary screw trap operations on the Stanislaus River are currently available on 

the CAMP website at: http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/Fisheries/CAMP-Program/DocumentsReports/fisheries_camp-program_documents-reports.htm

Data Management

The Stanislaus River rotary screw trap data will be stored in the CAMP Rotary Screw Trap 

Platform. Data summaries from the Platform can be provided to CVPIA managers, stakeholders 

and the public.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $197,000 $0 $197,000

2017 CVPRF $201,913 $0 $201,913

Total Cost: $398,913

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Agreement $197,000 FWS CVPRF Project cost includes the 6% contract overhead cost.

2017

Monitoring -

Agreement $201,913 FWS CVPRF The 2017 project cost uses the 2016 cost estimate 

(and therefore includes the 6% contract overhead 

cost), and includes a 3% inflation cost.
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Stanislaus River Salmonid Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration

Implements annual spawning and rearing habitat restoration project on the Stanislaus River -

Current locations are at Goodwin Rec area (gravel augmentation) and Two Mile Bar (side 

channel creation, floodplain enhancement and gravel augmentation).

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2014 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 -

Partners: CDFW, USACE, Oakdale Irrigation District, South San Joaquin Irrigation 

District, Mangante Livestock

Related Programs: NMFS-RPAs

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b13: Stanislaus R: percentage of 

spawning salmonids using placed gravel

25 percentage of 

fish

b13: Stanislaus R; Spawning gravel 

placed annually (tons)

3000 tons Also, RPA action 

for steelhead

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 2016 Project Implemented

Sep. 2015 2015 Project Implemented

Sep. 2017 2017 Project Implemented

Narrative

The project implements spawning and rearing habitat improvement projects in the Stanislaus 

River. Current project locations are in Goodwin Canyon at the Goodwin Dam Recreation Area 

access and at Two mile Bar (two miles downstream of Goodwin Dam). The top priority action is 

the creation of side channel habitat, enhanced floodplain habitat, and gravel augmentation at 

Two Mile Bar. The site is on private land where we have been working out the technical details 

with MP-400 realty specialist for a few years for an agreement with the landowner. Work would 

occur here if an agreement can be put in place. The fallback will be gravel augmentation and 
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existing sites in Goodwin Canyon. Draft designs have been completed for Two Mile Bar for 

interagency review. 

The Goodwin Canyon work overlaps with a similar charter submitted under b1 for a larger longterm gravel gravel addition project. 

This project includes all the permitting, design, implementation, and associated effectiveness 

monitoring. If the Two Mile Bar is permitted then additional funding will be needed to fully 

implement a project at that site.

Data Management

Data maintained by USBR and USFWS project managers and will be disseminated in annual 

reports. Contacts: John Hannon at USBR Bay-Delta Office; Julie Zimmerman at USFWS BayDelta Office.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner agreements not worked out 2 2

Permitting not worked out with Corps parks office. 2 2

State cost share not worked out. 2 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2015 CVPRF $300,000 $300,000 $0

2016 CVPRF $300,000 $300,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $330,000 $330,000 $0

Total Cost: $930,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2015

Implementation - Permit, design, implement, and monitor project effectiveness.

Labor $300,000 BOR CVPRF Cost covers gravel augmentation at existing sites in 

Goodwin Canyon accessed through the Goodwin 

Recreation area. Additional funding will be sought 

if Two Mile Bar is able to be implemented in 2015.

Goodwin gravel project overlaps with a b1 charter 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

for expanded gravel augmentation at Goodwin Rec 

2016

Implementation - Permit, design, implement, and monitor project effectiveness.

Agreement $300,000 BOR CVPRF Cost covers gravel augmentation at existing sites in 

Goodwin Canyon accessed through the Goodwin 

Recreation area. Additional funding will be sought 

if Two Mile Bar is able to be implemented in 2016. 

Goodwin gravel project overlaps with a b1 charter 

for expanded gravel augmentation at Goodwin Rec. 

2017

Implementation - Permit, design, implement, and monitor project effectiveness.

Agreement $330,000 BOR CVPRF Cost covers gravel augmentation at existing sites in 

Goodwin Canyon accessed through the Goodwin 

Recreation area. Additional funding will be sought 

if Two Mile Bar is able to be implemented in 2017. 

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b1 Tuolumne River - River Mile 44 Spawning and Rearing Habitat 

Restoration

Tuolumne River - River Mile 44 Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration. Project will consist 

of floodplain grading, floodplain reconnection, gravel processing and in-channel gravel injection 

using processed floodplain material.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: , Tuolumne River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2020

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 18 - This project follows the successful Bobcat Flat restoration project 

immediately downstream and with the same project partners. The previous 

project has shown significant use by adult and juvenile salmonids during 

spawning and rearing periods and provides highly productive floodplain 

habitat for juvenile salmonids, which is an extremely important limiting 

factor for Tuolumne River natural production.

Partners: Tuolumne River Conservancy

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% Habitat restoration

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Stream Channel restored (miles) 1 miles Placeholder; awaiting designs

Riparian Corridor Improvements 1 miles Placeholder; awaiting designs

Deliverables

Date Title

Jun. 2017 Environmental Documents and permits

Jun. 2017 Project Designs

Sep. 2018 Construction Summary Report

Sep. 2020 Annual Report 

Narrative

Funding is requested to develop engineering plans and acquire necessary permits. Future 

funding will be requested to excavate an elevated floodplain to allow it to become inundated at 

river flows of 1,000 to 2,500 cfs. Excavated cobble will be screened on site to produce 
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approximately 40,000 yds3 of coarse sediment mix of 1⁄4 to 4 inch material to be placed in the 

river channel. The project will enhance floodplain and river connectivity, provide off-channel 

rearing habitat, promote sustainable riparian plant communities, and restore in-stream salmonid 

spawning and rearing habitat. Estimated increases in habitat resulting from this project include 3 

acres of floodplain and four acres of in-stream spawning and rearing habitat.

Data Management

Data will be archived at Lodi FWO.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Environmental compliance related to riparian vegetation 

removal/restoration (same process that was permitted at Bobcat 

Flat will be proposed here)

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $626,163 $0 $626,163

2018 CVPRF $243,800 $0 $243,800

2016 CVPRF $213,590 $0 $213,590

2019 CVPRF $3,180 $0 $3,180

Total Cost: $1,086,733

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Design -

Agreement $137,800 FWS CVPRF Design concepts will be discussed among 

agreement recipient and CDFW partners in Region 

4. Designs will be reviewed at various prearranged check-in points and will precede permit 

application submission.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

Agreement $62,010 FWS CVPRF Permits will be obtained once designs are 

sufficiently advanced.

Management -

Agreement $13,780 FWS CVPRF Agreement Management and Deliverables
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

2017

Construction -

Agreement $602,080 FWS CVPRF First year construction activities including 

floodplain grading and gravel excavation, sorting, 

and in-stream installation.

Management -

Agreement $24,083 FWS CVPRF Agreement Management

2018

Construction -

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF Second and final year construction activities, 

barring unforeseen permitting delays or unfavorable 

environmental conditions.

Management -

Agreement $31,800 FWS CVPRF Agreement Management

2019

Management -

Agreement $3,180 FWS CVPRF Agreement Management

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b1 Tuolumne River: Dos Rios Floodplain Restoration

Floodplain and Riparian Restoration at River Partners' Dos Rios property.

Classification: Improvement, Off-Channel

Location: , Tuolumne River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 16 - Program Priority Comments:Project site is at the confluence of the 

Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers and provides potential benefits to 

existing AFRP priority watersheds as well as migrating salmonids from 

the SJRRP area; project also includes cost share >50%.

Partners: NRCS, CDWR, River Partners

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Restored 

floodplain

15 acres Total project acreage: 159 acres

Acreage of earthwork: 15 acres Swales and benches, 5 

acres bunny mounds

Deliverables

Date Title

Jul. 2017 Annual construction report

Mar. 2018 Annual monitoring report

Mar. 2019 Annual monitoring report

Narrative

The project footprint includes 159 acres of farm land at the confluence of the Tuolumne and San 

Joaquin rivers. The project preliminary design involves 20 total acres where earthwork will 

occur; 15 acres of swales and floodplain benches would be excavated and designed to inundate 

under flood conditions and a portion would inundate under lower flow regimes for juvenile 

salmonid rearing and migratory habitat; 5 acres of higher ground would be created out of 

excavated materials in order to provide flood refugia for (ESA listed) riparian brush rabbits. 
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NRCS and CDWR are contributing $421,000 for planning, permitting, management, revegetation and monitoring.

Data Management

Construction and monitoring data will be summarized in annual reports and archived at Lodi 

FWO.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Flood conditions (site can become saturated at relatively high SJR 

flows)

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS Local

2016 CVPRF $447,320 $0 $447,320 $0

2016 $421,000 $0 $0 $421,000

2017 CVPRF $26,500 $0 $26,500 $0

Total Cost: $894,820

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Construction - Excavation of perched floodplains to create swales and floodplain benches; 

excess materials will be formed into mounds to serve as flood refugia for riparian brush 

rabbits.

Agreement $420,820 FWS CVPRF Construction activities associated with 

floodplain excavation.

Implementation - Planning, Permitting, Project Management, Monitoring and Site 

Revegetation

Direct 

Contribution

$421,000 Local NRCS and CDWR are contributing $421,000 

for planning, permitting, management, revegetation and monitoring.

Outreach - Community outreach including community work days to engage local folks in the 

restoration, Trekking the Tuolumne program outings for elementary school students, and the 

local SLEWS program.

Agreement $26,500 FWS CVPRF Funding for community outreach including 

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Type Total Agency Fund Description

the restoration, Trekking the Tuolumne program 

outings for elementary school students, and the 

local SLEWS program.

2017

Outreach - Community outreach including community work days to engage local folks in the 

restoration, Trekking the Tuolumne program outings for elementary school students, and the 

local SLEWS program.

Agreement $26,500 FWS CVPRF Funding for community outreach including 

community work days to engage local folks in 

the restoration, Trekking the Tuolumne program 

outings for elementary school students, and the 

local SLEWS program.

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b1 Impacts of Marijuana Activity on Fish

Impacts of Marijuana Activity on Fish

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: , Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

Funding Years: 2013 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: 8 - Very high priority as an issue CV wide. Identified as an issue in the 

NMFS Recovery plan. Can impact multiple watersheds. This project, 

along with similar efforts in the Coastal Range of California have lead to a 

much better understanding of the scope and impact of marijuana 

cultivation on fish and aquatic resources. It is expected that AFRP will use 

the results to develop restoration projects in heavily impacted tributaries 

and that this initial effort will be of great value to the larger fish and 

aquatic habitat management and restoration community.

Partners: CDFW, SWRCB

Related Programs: CALFED, NMFS-RP, EWP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Threat 

Assessment

1 number of 

reports

Assessment project of the risks imposed by 

marijuana growing on anadromous fish 

populations

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2018 GIS Map and Data of marijuana distribution

Oct. 2015 Monitoring Committee Info

Jul. 2016 QAPP and Monitoring Plan

Sep. 2018 Final Report

Jul. 2015 Bibliography on marijuana Impacts

Narrative

The purpose of this multi-year study is to determine the potential impacts, and/or the degree of 

impact, to northern California aquatic resources, specifically listed anadromous fish, posed by 
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marijuana cultivation activities. This information can also be used to develop a plan to reduce 

and/or remove the negative effect of marijuana cultivation on natural resources and/or to allow 

law enforcement to be more effective in prosecuting civil and criminal cases.

This project is comprised of multiple phases, in part due to funding limitations, but also due to 

the need to most effectively develop a robust and defendible study plan to address the multifaceted issue created by the problem of legal and illegal marijuana cultivation. The objectives of 

the first phase include developing a study plan; developing a multi agency team to provide input 

on the study design and also to facilitate coordination amongst agencies involved with the 

problem; creating and maintaining information on the study area and the extent of marijuana 

growing on the landscape; identifying and prioritizing area(s) of study. Future phases include 

field data collection, analysis and interpretation. Once the threats are defined, including those 

threats relative to other land use practices, the next step is to provide law enforcement personnel 

with the tools needed to better qualify and quantify the level of impact from growing marijuana 

in watershed with anadromy. Protocols will be developed to use in this step, for the benefit of 

land use managers. Additional goals are to better understand the effect of marijuana growing on 

anadromous fish at a range and/or population scale; identify and prioritize areas to protect or 

restore; and to develop a process by which this impact can be managed over a longer term.

Although this evaluation and pilot project is not directly called out in the AFRP Final 

Restoration Plan, it has become an extremely important topic and area of concern in the last 

several years. This funding is designed to invetigate the problem and develop a protocol and 

potential immediate solutions to limit the impacts to fish and aquatic habitats when these 

detrimental sites are found. The results of these efforts will provide a highly valuable process for 

partners throughout the Central Valley to deal with this emerging issue. Partners on the existing 

project include several programs within CDFW.

Data Management

Information developed by this project will be housed in the Red Bluff FWO office, the Red Bluff 

Fisheries office of CDFW, and the GIS section of CDFW Region 1 in Redding, as appropriate. 

GIS products may also be shared with the State Water Resources Control Board.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner access permission 1 1

Exposure to hazardous materials and/or conditions 2 2
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $116,388 $0 $116,388

2017 CVPRF $86,051 $0 $86,051

Total Cost: $202,439

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $116,388 FWS CVPRF Continue ongoing agreement to refine monitoring 

and reporting protocols.

2017

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $86,051 FWS CVPRF Continue ongoing agreement to refine monitoring 

and reporting protocols. Final Report.

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b1 Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Tagging

Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Tagging

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: , Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

Funding Years: 2012 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2012

Priority: 9 - High priority, ongoing agreement that has implications for many 

CVPIA provisions and partners.

Partners: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, CDFW, NMFS

Related Programs: Interagency Ecological Program, NMFS-RP, CALFED

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) 

CAMP

100.0% This project has been funded previously under the (b)(1) 

authority as it has potential to inform future habitat restoration 

projects. However, it also provides significant and valuable 

data related to juvenile salmonid survival and distribution and 

therefore, is appropriate under the (b)(16) provision

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Juvenile fish 

tagged

0 number of 

fish

Actual Unit will be number of juvenile fish

tagged and results of tag monitoring. Exact value 

is unknown at this time.

Population 

Assessment

1 number of 

reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Final Report Survival and migratory patterns of wild juvenile spring- and 

fall-run Chinook salmon

Sep. 2017 Final Report Survival and migratory patterns of wild juvenile winter-run 

Chinook salmon

Narrative

Recent advances in acoustic telemetry technology have resulted in acoustic transmitters which 

are small enough to be implanted in previously untaggable critical life stages of juvenile 

o.mykiss and Chinook salmon from the fall, winter, and spring races. This technology will be 
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used to release acoustically-tagged o.mykiss and fall, spring, and winter-run Chinook salmon 

smolts over a period of five years. The juvenile salmonids may be captured and released in 

Deer, Mill, Antelope, Battle, and Clear Creeks and/or the Sacramento River. This tagging effort 

will enable the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to evaluate the effect of natural and 

anthropogenic changes in flow and related water project operations on juvenile salmonid survival 

and movement patterns within the Sacramento River and Delta. This information will provide 

resource managers in California with a more comprehensive understanding of the response of 

juvenile salmon outmigration under a wide variety of flow conditions and Delta water 

management practices from which to make water management decisions. 

FY15 funds would be the third year of funding for this project. Based on updates and interim 

reports received to date (April 2015), a fourth and fifth year of funding is in order. A summary 

report is expected later in 2015.

Hypotheses:

1) Fall, spring, and winter-run Chinook salmon juveniles will experience significant mortality 

during downstream migration from source location through the Delta to the entrance to San 

Francisco Bay and the mortality rates are likely to be higher than previously observed for larger 

late-fall Chinook salmon and steelhead (O. mykiss).

2) Mortality rates will vary between the groups as a function of fish size, environmental 

conditions, and source location.

Altough this specific evaluation is not called out in the AFRP Final Restoration Plan, it takes 

advantage of a larger ongoing ERP/NMFS study evaluating the use of the relatively new JSAT 

tagging technology for juvenile salmonids.

Project partners include ERP (which has funded the larger tagging effort and receiver array that 

is being used for this project) and NMFS (which is conducting the tagging and assisting with 

receiver downloads/maintenance).

Based on the results of this initial study, specific b(1) projects to benefit anadromous fish may be 

developed. Additionally, the long-term need for this monitoring and the appropriate CVPIA 

authority or other potential funding entities will be explored.

Data Management

The data for this project will be stored at the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office as well as the 

NOAA/MFS Santa Cruz National Marine Fisheries Office co-located at UCSC.
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Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

no juvenile fish emigrate in any one year 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $174,270 $0 $174,270

2017 CVPRF $174,270 $0 $174,270

Total Cost: $348,541

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Research - Release acoustically-tagged wild fall, spring, and winter-run Chinook salmon 

smolts over a period of four years to evaluate the effect of natural and anthropogenic changes 

in flow and related water project operations on their survival and movement patterns within 

the Sacramento River and Delta. 

Agreement $174,270 FWS CVPRF Ongoing Interagency Agreement bewtween FWS 

and National Marine Fisheries Service. Limited 

collection of juveniles during first three years 

leads to the need to increase the sample size to 

increase statistical validity.

2017

Research - Release acoustically-tagged wild fall, spring, and winter-run Chinook salmon 

smolts over a period of four years to evaluate the effect of natural and anthropogenic changes 

in flow and related water project operations on their survival and movement patterns within 

the Sacramento River and Delta. 

Agreement $174,270 FWS CVPRF Continued Interagency Agreement. Acoustic 

tagging of juvenile salmonids to answer life 

history questions. 

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b1 Yuba River Daguerre Alley Floodplain Restoration Project

Yuba River Daguerre Alley Floodplain Restoration Project

Classification: Improvement, Side-Channel

Location: , Yuba River

Funding Years: 2013 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 2 - Program Priority Comments:High priority, large-scale restoration 

project that will benefit naturally produced juvenile salmonids in the Yuba 

River.

Partners: cbec, inc., PG&E, South Yuba River Citizens League, Cramer Fish 

Sciences, Teichert Aggregates, Yuba River Management Team

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% Habitat Restoration

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b1: # Fall-run Chinook 1 miles Miles of Habitat Restored.

b1: # Fall-run Chinook 1 miles Miles of Riparian Habitat Enhanced.

Floodplain grading/restoration 40 acres

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Annual Report

Narrative

“Daguerre Alley” is a large (2.5-mile long x 0.1 mile wide) remnant Yuba River channel located 

downstream of Daguerre Point Dam, on lands which are part of the Teichert Hallwood Facility 

gravel operation. Fish habitat enhancement will be achieved through increased frequency of 

surface water connectivity between the main Yuba River channel and the existing small, 

intermittent channel and extensive floodplain of Daguerre Alley. Also, improved habitat features 

will be constructed and floodplain revegetation will be implemented to provide high quality, offchannel rearing habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead which currently is very 

limited in the lower Yuba River. Initial site visits and baseline mapping and modeling were 

conducted by the Yuba River Management Team. A small ($25,000) FY2012 grant from PG&E 

to cbec funded initial meetings with the landowner, hydrologic modeling, and habitat restoration 
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concept designs. Funding from AFRP ($150K in FY2013 and $150K in FY2014) is being used 

to complete an alternatives analysis and initial project design, continue discussions with the 

landowner, conduct pre-project fish and habitat monitoring (before-after-control-impact (BACI) 

design), and complete permitting. Implementation is expected to begin in FY2015. cbec is the 

AFRP grantee, but Cramer Fish Sciences and SYRCL will assist with fish monitoring and 

riparian planting, respectively.

Due to the size of the site, the project has the potential to be quite large, depending on funding; 

up to 150 acres of floodplain habitat and approximately 2.5 miles of side channel habitat could 

be restored. Work in FY2015 is expected to include extensive grading/floodplain lowering and 

riparian planting of approximately 40-50 acres of floodplain habitat, and modifying and 

extending the existing side channel by approximately 0.3 miles. We are requesting 

implementation funding of $1.6M for FY2015. Cost estimates are based on experience with 

habitat restoration in the lower American River, and riparian planting completed at Hammon Bar 

in the lower Yuba River (SYRCL 2013). The landowner is Teichert Aggregates, and the 

Teichert Hallwood Plant manager has enthusiastically provided access to the property for 

riparian and fish monitoring by various agencies and groups. Teichert does not have permits to 

mine in Daguerre Alley itself, but has expressed interest in participating in the project so as to 

gain access to the substrate removed from floodplain grading. Teichert’s participation likely 

would reduce the cost of the project, but there is some uncertainty due to the need to coordinate 

with their anticipated mining activities. Fall- and spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead will 

benefit from this project. The project directly addresses AFRP Final Restoration Plan/CPAR 

non-structural action E4, Evaluate the benefits of restoring stream channel and riparian habitats 

of the Yuba River, including the creation of side channels for spawning and rearing habitats for 

salmonids. The Yuba River was identified as a CVPIA priority stream in the USFWS Fish 

Focus Group (FFG) process circa 2008, although it was not designated as a watershed priority in 

the Final Restoration Plan. Similarly, juvenile rearing habitat in the Yuba River was not 

identified as a primary or secondary limiting factor in the Final Restoration Plan, but was 

identified as the primary limiting factor by the FFG.

Reference:

South Yuba River Citizens League. 2013. Hammon Bar Riparian Enhancement Project Report. 

Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anadromous Fish Restoration Program. Nevada 

City, CA. 26 pages.

Data Management

All reports and monitoring data files including pre-and post- project monitoring which includes 

but not limited to topographic surveys, biological and physical environmental data, HEC-RAS 

model, ArcView GIS shapefiles and coverages, geodatabase, Computer Aided Design (CAD) 

drawing files, and all supporting information used for project design and permitting will be saved 
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on computers located at the cbec, inc. office in West Sacramento and backed up on an offsite 

server. Electronic copies will be provided to USFWS-AFRP.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Additional coordination with the landowner regarding their 

mining schedule, etc. is required.

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $237,440 $0 $237,440

2017 CVPRF $213,060 $0 $213,060

2018 CVPRF $213,060 $0 $213,060

Total Cost: $663,560

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Construction - 40-50 acres of floodplain grading and riparian planting, 0.3 miles of sidechannel restoration.

Agreement $1,060 FWS CVPRF Work may extend into out years depending on 

the landowner's mining schedule.

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Equipment or 

Materials

$24,380 FWS CVPRF Temperature sensors, transmitters, mounts etc. to 

monitor habitat temperatures specifically for 

bioenergetic modelling of juvenile salmonids to 

document project effectiveness.

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF Monitoring will extend into out years and may 

include measurements of physical habitat 

parameters, invertebrate and fish abundance, and 

cage studies to examine fish growth.

2017

Construction - 40-50 acres of floodplain grading and riparian planting, 0.3 miles of sidechannel restoration.

Agreement $1,060 FWS CVPRF Work may extend into out years depending on 

the landowner's mining schedule.
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF Monitoring will extend into out years and may 

include measurements of physical habitat 

parameters, invertebrate and fish abundance, and 

cage studies to examine fish growth.

2018

Construction - 40-50 acres of floodplain grading and riparian planting, 0.3 miles of sidechannel restoration.

Agreement $1,060 FWS CVPRF Work may extend into out years depending on 

the landowner's mining schedule.

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Agreement $212,000 FWS CVPRF Monitoring will extend into out years and may 

include measurements of physical habitat 

parameters, invertebrate and fish abundance, and 

cage studies to examine fish growth.
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b1 Yuba River Hammon Bar Velocity Validation

Yuba River Hammon Bar Velocity Validation

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Yuba River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 15 - Additional validation of recently completed pilot restoration project 

on the Yuba River.

Partners: South Yuba River Citizens League

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Habitat Assessment 1 miles

Habitat Assessment 1 number of reports

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Annual Report

Narrative

AFRP funded a riparian restoration pilot project (5 acres) on Hammon Bar in the lower Yuba 

River that was successfully implemented in 2011 and 2012. The purpose of this work is to 

assess the accuracy of the velocities simulated by the River2D model of the post second year 

plantings, created in FY-14. This will allow more accurate assessment of the value of the site as 

juvenile rearing habitat when it inundates. Timing of the work will be determined in response to 

the occurrence of high flows (greater than 2,000 cfs) required for inundation. Mean column 

velocities will be measured at two flows that inundate the Hammon Bar plantings with a wading 

rod and a Marsh-McBirneyR model 2000 velocity meter. Depth will be recorded to the nearest 

0.1 foot and average water column velocity will be recorded to the nearest 0.01 ft/s. The 

horizontal location of each velocity measurement will be recorded with a survey-grade RTK 

GPS unit. Measurements will be made downstream of both pod and stinger plantings, with at 

least 100 measurements made for each type of planting at each of the two flows. The River2D 

model of the post second year plantings, created in FY-14, will be run at the two flows, and the 
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measured velocities will be compared to the velocities simulated by River2D at the horizontal 

locations recorded with the survey-grade RTK GPS unit. Cost estimate from FWS Staff is 

$13,000 for FY2016. If the site does not inundate, the work will be delayed until FY2017.

Data Management

Depth and velocity measurements will be entered into a laptop computer. The horizontal 

location of each velocity measurement will be recorded with a survey-grade RTK GPS unit. The 

existing River2D model model for the study site will be run at the two flows, and the measured 

velocities will be compared to the velocities simulated by River2D at the horizontal locations 

recorded with the survey-grade RTK GPS unit. All reports and monitoring data files will be 

saved on local FWS computers and backed up on a server. Electronic copies will be provided to 

USFWS-AFRP.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

This project has a high likelihood of successful implementation 

(low overall risk) because it is post-project monitoring, and 

available FWS staff routinely performs this kind of work.

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $6,953 $0 $6,953

Total Cost: $6,953

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring - Post-project monitoring of the AFRP-funded riparian restoration project on 

Hammon Bar.

Labor $6,953 FWS CVPRF Collection of actual velocity data during inundation events, 

and comparison with velocities predicted from an existing 

model. Cost for Mark Gard is included in AFRP 

Administrative Charter ($6,100, 0.0214 FTE). This cost is 

for John Henderson (Bay-Delta Office staff).
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b1 Yuba River Juvenile Salmonid Rearing Habitat Restoration

Yuba River Juvenile Salmonid Rearing Habitat Restoration. Juvenile floodplain habitat 

restoration.

Classification: Improvement, FloodPlain

Location: , Yuba River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 20 - Project will identify and build out at least one juvenile floodplain 

habitat on the Yuba River. This habitat type is widely recognized as 

severely lacking in this watershed. Additional partners and funding 

sources will be engaged once potential sites are identified

Partners: South Yuba River Citizens League, Western Aggregates, cbec, inc., Yuba 

County Water Agency

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

Habitat Restored 1 miles

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 All Permits

Aug. 2016 Final Designs

Narrative

High quality juvenile salmonid rearing habitat is lacking on the lower Yuba River. This project 

would create or improve rearing habitat primarily through side-channel, floodplain, or riparian 

restoration, or the installation of instream woody material. Specific sites and actions will be 

selected based on concepts presented in two habitat restoration planning documents for the lower 

Yuba River that were developed as deliverables for a recent AFRP award. One document (cbec, 

inc. eco engineering et al. 2010) identifies potential restoration sites and features for the 4-mile 

reach from Parks Bar to Hammon Bar, and the second (cbec, inc. 2013) addresses similar actions 

at selected sites for the 17-mile reach from Parks Bar to the City of Marysville, with particular 

emphasis on alternative flow scenarios that may be implemented under the new FERC license 
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expected for the Yuba River Development Project in 2016. Partnerships already have been 

developed with key landowners (e.g., Western Aggregates, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, etc.). 

As specific project sites and designs are developed and ongoing efforts to develop collaborative 

funding sources within the Yuba River mature, it is expected that many potential options for 

financial support from non-federal partners will arise and be pursued.

Cost estimate for FY2015 is $150,000 to select a specific project or projects, and complete 

designs and permits. Implementation funding for FY2016 and out years could range from 

$300K to $1.6M, depending on the size and number of projects chosen. Cost estimates are based 

on experience with habitat restoration in the lower American River. As an additional reference, 

the Appendix L of the Final Habitat Expansion Plan (CDWR and PG&E 2010) estimates the cost 

of implementing a suite of the projects identified in cbec inc. eco engineering et al. (2010) as 

$1.3M. Fall- and spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead will benefit from this project. The 

Yuba River was identified as a CVPIA priority stream in the USFWS Fish Focus Group (FFG) 

process circa 2008, although it was not designated as a watershed priority in the Final 

Restoration Plan. The project addresses AFRP Final Restoration Plan/CPAR non-structural 

action E4, Evaluate the benefits of restoring stream channel and riparian habitats of the Yuba 

River, including the creation of side channels for spawning and rearing habitats for salmonids. 

Juvenile rearing in the Yuba River was not identified as a primary or secondary limiting factor in 

the Final Restoration Plan, but was identified as the primary limiting factor by the FFG.

References:

California Department of Water Resources and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2010. 

Habitat Expansion Agreement for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and California 

Central Valley steelhead – Final Habitat Expansion Plan. November 2010. ICF J&S 00854.08. 

Sacramento, CA. November 2010.

cbec, inc. eco engineering, South Yuba River Citizens League, and McBain & Trush, Inc. 2010. 

Rehabilitation concepts for the Parks Bar to Hammon Bar reach of the lower Yuba River. 

November 2010. cbec Project # 08-1021. 67 pages.

cbec, inc. 2013. Hydrologic and geomorphic analysis to support rehabilitation planning for the 

lower Yuba River from Parks Bar to Marysville. Final Report prepared for South Yuba River 

Citizens League and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. December 6, 2013. cbec Project #: 13-

1003. 93 pages.
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Data Management

All reports and monitoring data files will be saved on grantee/contractor local computers and 

backed up on a server. Electronic copies will be provided to USFWS-AFRP.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

This project has a high likelihood of successful implementation 

(overall low risk) because substantial planning (hydrologic 

modeling and concept level designs) and establishment of 

landowner relationships have already occurred, and AFRP has 

funded and completed a pilot riparian restoration project in the 

lower Yuba River.

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $159,000 $0 $159,000

2017 CVPRF $1,696,000 $0 $1,696,000

2018 CVPRF $106,000 $0 $106,000

Total Cost: $1,961,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Design - Final design(s) for one or more projects.

Agreement $26,500 FWS CVPRF Hydrologic modeling and concept designs have 

been completed. This would fund final designs.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Permit(s) for one or more projects.

Agreement $132,500 FWS CVPRF AFRP may assist with permitting if multiple sites 

are identified

2017

Implementation - Implementation of one or more projects (side-channel, floodplain, or 

riparian restoration, or the installation of instream woody material).

Agreement $1,696,000 FWS CVPRF Implementation funding could be split over 

multiple years and could be up to $1.6M. If 

design and permitting are funded in FY16, other 

partners will be engaged in efforts to find 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

additional non-CVPIA funding.

2018

Implementation - Implementation of one or more projects (side-channel, floodplain, or 

riparian restoration, or the installation of instream woody material).

Agreement $106,000 FWS CVPRF If projects are funded for implementation and 

completed in FY17, additional projects may be 

developed for future implementation by CVPIA 

and partners. 
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b1 Yuba River Narrows Restoration Project

Yuba River Narrows Restoration Project

Classification: Improvement, Spawning Gravel

Location: , Yuba River

Funding Years: 2012 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 3 - Priority restoration of spawning and rearing habitat immediately 

downstream of Englebright Dam.

Partners: UC-Davis, USACE, Cramer Fish Sciences, Yuba River Management 

Team, ESA

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% Restoration of high value spawning and rearing habitat which 

will contribute to doubling goal targets.

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b1: # Fall-run Chinook 1 miles Miles of Habitat Restored.

Deliverables

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Annual Report

Narrative

The 2-mile reach of the lower Yuba River just downstream of Englebright Dam (the Englebright

Dam/Narrows reach) comprises a canyon, and the substrate primarily is bedrock; consequently it 

is very different from the rest of the lower Yuba River, much of which has extensive gravel 

substrate due to legacy gold mining. Extensive mapping and hydrologic modeling of the reach 

has occurred both as part of this award and by the Yuba River Management Team and USACE 

(e.g., Brown and Pasternack 2014; both Brown (ESA/UC-Davis) and Pasternack (UC-Davis) are 

involved in this project). Also, a draft habitat restoration planning document for the Englebright 

Dam/Narrows reach already has been developed as part of this award, and will be finalized in 

FY2014, as will designs and permits for an initial project. ESA is the grantee, but Cramer Fish 

Sciences has been assisting with fisheries analyses and monitoring, and Greg Pasternack of UCDavis has an advisory role. The project has the potential to be quite large, depending on funding, 

although all 2 miles cannot be accessed by heavy equipment. As indicated by the planning 
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document analysis, habitat restoration will primarily target restoration of spawning habitat for 

spring-run Chinook salmon, and likely involve some combination of gravel augmentation and 

channel contouring, gravel stockpiling (for free distribution at high flows), and the removal of 

“shotrock,” a remnant of dam construction. In the past, spring-run Chinook salmon have been 

observed attempting to spawn on the bedrock, and small gravel augmentation efforts by USACE 

(about 4000 cubic yards in 2010-11, 2012, and 2013) have quickly attracted spawners.

Cost estimate for implementation in FY2015 is $1M, with an additional $1M in FY2016 

depending on the size and actions selected. Cost estimates are based on experience with habitat 

restoration in the lower American River, but transportation costs (e.g., for gravel or shotrock) are 

expected to be high for this project due to the canyon location. As an additional reference, the 

Final Habitat Expansion Plan for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and California 

Central Valley steelhead (CDWR and PG&E 2010) estimates the cost of removing the majority 

of the shotrock from a key location (Sinoro Bar) in the Englebright Dam/Narrows Reach at 

approximately $5.9M and a second project primarily involving gravel augmentation and grading 

at $1.8M. For our project, shotrock will be removed on a trial basis. Spring-run Chinook 

salmon and steelhead will benefit from this project. The Yuba River was identified as a CVPIA 

priority stream in the USFWS Fish Focus Group (FFG) process circa 2008, although it was not 

designated as a watershed priority in the Final Restoration Plan. The project addresses AFRP 

Final Restoration Plan/CPAR non-structural action E4, Evaluate the benefits of restoring stream 

channel and riparian habitats of the Yuba River, including the creation of side channels for 

spawning and rearing habitats for salmonids. Spawning habitat in the Yuba River was not 

identified as a primary or secondary limiting factor in the Final Restoration Plan, but was 

identified as the secondary limiting factor by the FFG.

References

Brown, R.A., and G.B. Pasternack. 2014. Hydrologic and topographic variability modulate 

channel change in mountain rivers. Journal of Hydrology 510:551-564.

California Department of Water Resources and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. 2010. 

Habitat Expansion Agreement for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and California 

Central Valley steelhead – Final Habitat Expansion Plan. November 2010. ICF J&S 00854.08. 

Sacramento, CA. November 2010.

Data Management

All reports and monitoring data files including pre-and post- project monitoring which includes 

but not limited to topographic surveys, biological and physical environmental data, HEC-RAS 

model, ArcView GIS shapefiles and coverages, geodatabase, Computer Aided Design (CAD) 

drawing files, and all supporting information used for project design and permitting will be saved 
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on local ESA computers, and backed up on a server. Electronic copies of data files and 

electronic and hard copies of reports will be provided to USFWS-AFRP.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner access is not 100% assured for this intensive project 

but has been provided in the past for fish habitat restoration and 

monitoring projects.

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $1,070,600 $0 $1,070,600

2017 CVPRF $2,120 $0 $2,120

Total Cost: $1,072,720

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Construction - Gravel augmentation, channel grading, gravel stockpiling, and shotrock 

removal.

Agreement $996,400 FWS CVPRF Transportation costs are likely to be high due to 

canyon location.

Monitoring - Pre- and post-construction fish and habitat monitoring. Includes as-built 

surveys by FWS Instream Flow Branch in FY2016 and FY2017.

Agreement $74,200 FWS CVPRF Substrate mapping, redd surveys, etc. Includes asbuilt surveys by FWS Instream Flow Branch (costs 

for that portion are already covered in AFRP 

administrative charter).

2017

Construction - Gravel augmentation, channel grading, gravel stockpiling, and shotrock 

removal.

Agreement $1,060 FWS CVPRF Additional construction may occur in FY2017 with 

remaining funds.

Monitoring - Pre- and post-construction fish and habitat monitoring. Includes as-built 

surveys by FWS Instream Flow Branch in FY2016 and FY2017.

Agreement $1,060 FWS CVPRF Additional monitoring is likely to occur in 2017 
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Type Total Agency Fund Description

with remaining funds.
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CVP watershed adult salmon escapement database

Develop a database containing the complete range of biological data for adult Chinook salmon 

that were collected during escapement surveys on the four Central Valley Project watersheds 

since 1992

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Central Valley Project Improvement Act

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 - Development of a database storing adult salmon escapement data for 

the four CVP watersheds will substantially improve the access to complete 

and standardized data sets that can quickly be incorporated into decision 

support models pertaining to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. 

Charter is to be funded using the FY 2016 CAMP President’s budget 

allocation. 

Partners: CDFW, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0% Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

develop a 

database

1 number 

of fish

A single database storing adult salmon escapement data 

would facilitate the ability to quickly and easily 

develop data summaries that could be used in a variety 

of analyses.

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2016 database with adult salmon data for the four CVP watersheds

Narrative

Central Valley Project Improvement Act program managers and staff are currently involved in 

multiple efforts that require timely access to adult Chinook salmon data. Unfortunately, a single 

database providing access to the complete range of biological data pertaining to adult salmon 

collected during carcass escapement surveys on the four CVP watersheds since 1992 does not 
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exist. Those four watersheds are the American River, Clear Creek, Sacramento River, and 

Stanislaus River. 

The CAMP is proposing to develop a partnership with state and federal biologists that have 

conducted adult salmon escapement surveys, with the goal of consolidating the adult salmon data 

that have been collected in the four CVP watersheds so it can be provided in a standardized 

fashion in a single database that is easily queried. Examples of the types of data that would be 

included in the database include location, demographic age, gender, and coded wire tag-related 

data. 

The draft CVPIA Implementation Plan calls for the development of decision support models and 

performance metrics that will involve various biological parameters, and the development of the 

proposed database would serve as a cornerstone in providing data that would be used in those 

efforts. Similarly, the database would provide data that could quickly and easily be used in the 

ongoing “Big Data” project that is being conducted to evaluate factors that substantially affect 

the efficacy of habitat restoration activities.

Data Management

In collaboration with state and federal fishery agencies, a single database would be constructed 

with fields that are used to store the complete range of biological data that have been collected 

during adult salmon carcass escapement surveys in four CVP streams since 1992. After the

database structure has been finalized, biological data from the watersheds would be migrated or 

entered into the database.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Delays in fund acquisition could delay the project start and 

completion

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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $168,679 $0 $168,679

Total Cost: $168,679
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Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Monitoring -

Agreement $168,679 FWS CVPRF Total project cost is $168,670. Of that amount, 

$159,122 would be available for a cooperative 

agreement after a 6% contract overhead charge is 

paid.

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b12 Clear Creek McConnell Foundation

The BOR-McConnell Foundation water exchange contract provides substitute water to the 

McConnell Foundation. The water transfer costs for the substitute water are borne by the b12 

Clear Creek Restoration program

Classification: Administration, Administration

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 3 - This action is not included in the 2016 Priorities Document.This action 

is a priority due to the legal binding requirements of the water exchange 

contract. 

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

N/A 0 N/A

Deliverables

No Data.

Narrative

Bureau of Reclamation and the McConnell Foundation entered into a water exchange contract 

on August 11, 2000. The contract provides for Reclamation to provide substitute water (up to 

5,100 acre-feet, annually) to the Foundation. This contract was part of a larger settlement by 

Reclamation, Townsend Flat Water Ditch Company, The McConnell Foundation, Centerville 

Community Services District, and the California Department of Fish and Game (now CA. Dept. 

of Fish and Wildlife), which allowed for the removal of Saeltzer Dam from Clear Creek, and the 

modification of Townsends water right to divert water from Clear Creek. 

The removal of Saeltzer Dam and the water exchange contract made Reclamation responsible for 

providing substitute water to the Foundation. 
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The CVPIA (b)(12) Clear Creek Restoration Program pays for the costs associated with this 

substitute contract, on a per acre-feet basis. The default value of the costs projected by the b12 

program is $5,000 per year. Actual costs may vary annually, with no costs incurred in some 

years.

This is a legal contract, and as such there are no benefits and no deliverables.

Data Management

The Annual Work Plan information developed by this Charter will be housed at Reclamations 

Northern California Area Office (Shasta Dam, CA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Red 

Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office (Red Bluff, CA).

The actual acre-feet volumes of water exchanged under the conditions of the contract, the cost of 

the exchange, and associated data/information is housed at the Bureaus Mid-Pacific Regional 

Office MP-3600 Division of Financial Management.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Unexpected change in water demand 2 3

Lower water demand 1 1

higher water demand 1 3

Average water demand 3 1

Funding reductions 2 3

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 WRR $10,000 $10,000 $0

Total Cost: $10,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Acquisition - Water transfer costs for the current year. 

Agreement $10,000 BOR WRR Estimated water transfer cost of $10,000
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b12 Replace Oak Bottom Temperature Control Curtain

Improve water temperatures in Clear Creek, Trinity and Sacramento R. with new curtain in 

Whiskeytown

Classification: Improvement, Other Habitat Restoration

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2016

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 3 - Important for 3 high priority watersheds with 4 listed stocks. In 2016 

Priority Document Table 4. Ongoing Actions. Record ID 1946. OCAP 

RPA BO action. Replace the Spring Creek Temperature Control Curtain.

Partners: NMFS, SWRCB, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

SWRCB Water 

Temperature Target

56 degrees For winter Chinook spawning and 

incubation in the Sacramento River

CVPIA / RPA Water 

Temperature Target

56 degrees For spring Chinook spawning and 

incubation in Clear Creek

CVPIA / RPA Water 

Temperature Target

60 degrees For spring Chinook holding in Clear 

Creek

SWRCB Water 

Temperature Target

56 degrees For salmon spawning and incubation in 

the Trinity River

Deliverables

Date Title

Sep. 2018 Evaluation of New Oak Bottom Temperature Control Curtain

Narrative

Whiskeytown Lake receives cold water from the Trinity River basin, through the Francis Carr 

Tunnel. The Oak Bottom Curtain (OBC) was designed to minimize the mixing of the colder 

water Trinity River water with the warmer surface water of Whiskeytown Lake thereby 

maintaining a supply of cold water for the Sacramento River to protect salmonids, especially 

winter-run Chinook Salmon. The cold water also benefits Clear Creek anadromous fish 
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restoration. In addition, because the water is colder, less of it is needed to achieve temperature 

control in both the Sacramento River and Clear Creek. This can increase the amount of water 

available for Trinity River fish.

The OBC was in serious disrepair and no longer effective in serving its intended purpose. 

National Park Service staff have been concerned about the OBT as a safety hazard. It was 

removed from Whiskeytown in 2015 and a replacement is scheduled for construction in the fall 

of 2015. The removal and replacement is being funded outside of the Restoration Fund. The new 

curtain should be evaluated to insure it is operating correctly and to it's best ability. Previous 

evaluations have improved operation of temperature control curtains, potentially reducing the 

amount of water required for temperature control and increasing compliance with temperature 

control criteria. It is assumed that the funding source replacing the curtain will provide funding 

for the evaluations.

Data Management

Information for the charter including relevant protocols for understanding the information, will 

be permanently housed at Northern California Area Office of Reclamation.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Replacement will not work 1 2

Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2018 WRR $20,000 $20,000 $0

Total Cost: $20,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2018

Monitoring - Evaluate new temperature control curtain to optimize its performance and 

insure that it is working as intended.

Labor $20,000 BOR WRR Could this be done in-house?
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Instream Water Acquisition 

Purchase of water for instream purposes

Classification: Improvement, Instream Flows

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 2 - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: FWS

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(3) Instream Flows 100.0%

Metrics

Name Value Units Comment

b3: Instream Flow;Suppl b2 water (acre-feet) 200000 acre-feet

Deliverables

Date Title

Oct. 2015 Negotiate and execute contracts for water purchases

Narrative

The objective of the Instream Water Acquisition Program is to acquire water to supplement the 

800,000 acre-feet of dedicated CVP yield for fisheries. The target for instream acquisitions is 

approximately 200,000 acre-feet per year, for use on the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers and 

their tributaries as described in the CVPIA PEIS/ROD.

Data Management

Data for the Instream Water Acquisition Program is maintained in the Resources Division, 

MP410.

Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact

Adequate water may not be available for purchase 1 1
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Cost Estimate

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2016 CVPRF $500,000 $500,000 $0

2017 CVPRF $500,000 $500,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $500,000 $500,000 $0

Total Cost: $1,500,000

Activities and Resources

Type Total Agency Fund Description

2016

Acquisition - Acquire water to supplement the quantity of water dedicated under (b)(2) for 

fish, wildlife and habitat restoration purposes. Acquisitions will focus on flows to support the 

Central Valley wide fish doubling goal.

Agreement $500,000 BOR CVPRF Acquire water to supplement the quantity of water 

dedicated under (b)(2) for fish, wildlife and habitat 

restoration purposes. Acquisitions will focus on 

flows to support the Central Valley wide fish 

doubling goal.

2017

Acquisition - Acquire water to supplement the quantity of water dedicated under (b)(2) for 

fish, wildlife and habitat restoration purposes. Acquisitions will focus on flows to support the 

Central Valley wide fish doubling goal.

Agreement $500,000 BOR CVPRF Acquire water to supplement the quantity of water 

dedicated under (b)(2) for fish, wildlife and habitat 

restoration purposes. Acquisitions will focus on 

flows to support the Central Valley wide fish 

doubling goal.

2018

Acquisition - Acquire water to supplement the quantity of water dedicated under (b)(2) for 

fish, wildlife and habitat restoration purposes. Acquisitions will focus on flows to support the 

Central Valley wide fish doubling goal.

Agreement $500,000 BOR CVPRF Acquire water to supplement the quantity of water 

dedicated under (b)(2) for fish, wildlife and habitat 

restoration purposes. Acquisitions will focus on 

flows to support the Central Valley wide fish 

doubling goal.