FISHERIES

CHARTERS APPENDIX

For the 

2017 ANNUAL WORK PLAN

PUBLIC DRAFT

CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT IMPROVEMENT ACT

Title XXXIV of public law 102-575

 b1 Sutter Bypass Weir 1 Restoration 

Rehabilitation of weir structure and fish ladder at Weir 1, Sutter Bypass-West Borrow

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 39.03478 -121.7436, Butte Creek

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: - This downstream-most weir blocks Spring-run Chinook adults from 90 

miles of holding and spawning habitat.

Partners: CDFW, NMFS

Related Programs: NMFS-RPAs

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% This site limits access to many upstream AFRP fish 

passage improvements in Butte Creek.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Habitat 90 miles Access to 90 miles of holding and spawning habitat will be 

restored.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2021 Final Report

Narrative 

Butte Creek is one of the most productive streams in the Sacramento River Valley for federal and 

state listed spring-run Chinook salmon (SRCS). SRCS migrate through the Sutter Bypass to 

Butte Creek, navigating past several water control structures on their way to spawning areas in 

the Upper Butte Creek system. Months later, the juvenile salmon reverse this route on their way 

to the Pacific Ocean. The migration on anadromous fish, which includes all runs (fall, late-fall, 

winter and spring) of Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead, is impeded by the last 

remaining historic weir and ladder structure at Weir 1, Sutter Bypass.

The Sutter Bypass, which is part of the Lower Butte Creek drainage system, is primarily a flood 

control facility designed in the early 1900s to alleviate excessive wintertime flood flows from 

Butte Creek, the Feather River, and the Sacramento River via the Tisdale Bypass, Colusa Weir, 

and Moulton Weir. Floodwaters are conveyed downstream to re-enter the Sacramento River near 

Verona, California. During the irrigation period, usually April to September, the water control 

structures are operated to provide water for nearby agricultural fields and the Sutter National 

Wildlife Refuge.
Five weirs were installed in the early 1900s. These structures were designed to hold upstream 

water levels at specific elevations for upstream diversions for agriculture and other uses. The 

Lower Butte Creek-Sutter Bypass West Side Channel Project (SCH#2002032149) included the 

rehabilitation of fish ladders and fish screens approved by California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries Service at the East-West Weir, Weir No.5, Weir No. 3, 

Guisti Weir and Weir No. 1 to improve the passage of anadromous fish. An addendum to the 

MND/IS (2004) was issued when Restoration of both the Guisti and Weir No. 1 structures was 

abandoned when rerouting of water delivery was designed and completed for the Guisti Farm. 

The original Weir No. 1 fish ladder structure remains, however design was completed by 

Montgomery Watson as part of the Lower Butte Creek –Sutter Bypass West Side Channel 

Project. 

Since 1992, over $50 million dollars has been spent on Butte Creek restoration projects. The 

Weir No.1 structure is the last structure to be restored, as part of the Lower Butte Creek Project. 

Rehabilitation of the Weir No. 1 site will improve adult and juvenile passage of anadromous fish 

species, in-stream water management, and ability of the USFWS Sutter National Wildlife Refuge 

to inundate Refuge lands for floodplain rearing habitat. Restoration of this site is vital to 

maintaining viable and sustainable populations of anadromous fish. The need for rehabilitation at 

this site was affirmed when 45 adult SRCS carcasses were discovered downstream in 2012 and 

2013. A dilapidated fish ladder and non-operable weir structure impeded fish passage during 

critically dry water years. This number could have potentially been higher due to not observing 

other carcasses. In addition, a delay in SRCS migration at Weir 1 could have potentially caused 

the fish to stray to other systems. The project addresses AFRP Final Restoration Plan/CPAR and 

PART evaluation E9 and CPAR E4; evaluate alternatives to help fish passage, including the 

installation of a high water volume fish ladder on Sutter Bypass Weir #1 and evaluate 

operational alternatives and establish operational criteria for Sutter Bypass #1, respectively.

Explanation of fish population metrics:

Spring-run Chinook salmon: The loss of 45 adult Chinook salmon with a 50:50 female to male 

ratio could have produced, at a minimum, of 112,000 eggs to the Butte Creek system. 

Improvements to the weir can prevent delays in migration and reduce mortalities of adult springrun Chinook salmon specific to water temperatures as was the case in 2008, 2009, and 2010 

where nearly 500 adult spring-run arrived in late June late and subsequently died prior to 

spawning.

Data Management 

www.fws.gov/redbluff/afrp.html

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

restore fish passage 1 1
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $318,000 $0 $318,000

2018 CVPRF $371,000 $0 $371,000

2019 CVPRF $1,272,000 $0 $1,272,000

Total Cost: $1,961,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Design - An Engineering Feasibility, Analysis and Design will ascertain the specific 

environmental needs and constraints of fish passage at this site. Approx $300,000

Agreement $318,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement or 

interagency agreement to work with 

CDFW and other agencies who are 

familiar with this site and the annual 

potential for spring-run migration delays 

or mortality.

2018 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Approx $350,000

Agreement $371,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

complete compliance and permitting

2019 

Implementation - $1,200,000 

Agreement $1,272,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

complete implementation and as-built 

performance monitoring at the site.

b1 AFRP Program Administration and Management 

FY17 AFRP Program Administration, Management and Delivery. Includes all aspects of FY17 

AFRP program except specific projects.

Classification: Administration, Administration

Location: Central Valley wide, Central Valley Project Improvement Act

Funding Years: 2016 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - Program Priority Comments: This is the highest priority for AFRP as it 

includes all aspects of program staffing, administration, management and 

delivery

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% This charter represents all FWS, Reclamation and CDFW 

staffing needs associated with the (b)(1) provision.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

b1: Contribute 

towards Priority 

Actions

0 N/A Work completed by FWS and Reclamation staff 

related to the management and delivery of the 

Anadromous Fish Restoration Program 

significantly contributes to advancing and 

completing priority actions.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Contributions to FY16 CVPIA annual accomplishment report

May. 2016 Submissions for FY17 projects, ongoing project updated needs and nonAFRP FWS staff time requests

May. 2017 Submissions for FY18 projects, ongoing project updated needs and nonAFRP FWS staff time requests

Dec. 2016 Contributions to FY16 CVPIA annual accomplishment report

Dec. 2017 Contributions to FY17 CVPIA annual accomplishment report

Narrative 

Cost includes USFWS Program Lead, Assistant Program Manager, Habitat Restoration 

Coordinators, Assistant Habitat Restoration Coordinators and Hydrologist/Engineer stationed at 

the Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office (8.3 FTE); USFWS Habitat Restoration Coordinators stationed 
at the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office (2 FTE); USBR Program Lead stationed at the 

Northern California Area Office (0.11 FTE); USFWS CVPIA Program Lead (0.20 FTE) 

stationed at the Pacific Southwest Regional Office; and three full time senior level or equivalent 

biologists with CDFW. For additional specific details related to the duties and efforts of these 

staff please see the AFRP general program narrative.

Note: This is the current structure of the program, but may change as a result of the 

Implementation Plan for Fish Programs.

Data Management 

All relevant data/information related to AFRP annual contributions to prior FY program 

accomplishments, current FY proposed projects and activities and future FY annual work plan 

development will be submitted to CVPIA when annual calls for these data are issued. The AFRP 

program manager and assistant program manager will also keep secure backups of all 

correspondence, data and additional information provided to the CVPIA program whenever 

possible.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

USFWS/USBR staffing limitations 2 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $3,013,374 $21,887 $2,991,487

2018 CVPRF $3,092,441 $22,104 $3,070,337

Total Cost: $6,105,815

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Administration - This includes the USFWS and USBR Program Leads, USFWS Assistant Program 

Manager and USFWS CVPIA Program Manager.

Labor $487,771 2.00 FWS CVPRF FWS FTE rate is based on agreed upon 

FY16 rate for all FWS CVPIA staff plus 

3%, due to estimated inflation rate and 

anticipated step increases, subject to 

change.

Labor $21,887 0.11 BOR CVPRF Based on FY16 FTE Rate plus 1%
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Planning and Analysis - Lodi and Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office HRCs, Assistant HRCs and 

Hydrologist/Engineer

Agreement $430,689 n/a FWS CVPRF Managed as a cooperative agreement 

between USFWS and CDFW. These 

positions are staffed out of CDFW 

Regions 1, 2, and 4. Based on FY16 

amount plus 1%

Labor $1,585,256 6.50 FWS CVPRF FWS FTE rate is based on agreed upon 

FY16 rate for all FWS CVPIA staff plus 

3%, due to estimated inflation rate and 

anticipated step increases, subject to 

change.

Labor $487,771 2.00 FWS CVPRF FWS FTE rate is based on agreed upon 

FY16 rate for all FWS CVPIA staff plus

3%, due to estimated inflation rate and 

anticipated step increases, subject to 

change.

2018 

Administration - This includes the USFWS and USBR Program Leads, USFWS Assistant Program 

Manager and USFWS CVPIA Program Manager.

Labor $501,978 2.00 FWS CVPRF FWS FTE rate is based on agreed upon 

FY16 rate for all FWS CVPIA staff plus 

6% (3% for FY17 and 3% for FY18), 

due to estimated inflation rate and 

anticipated step increases, subject to 

change.

Labor $22,104 0.11 BOR CVPRF Based on FY17 FTE rate plus 1%

Planning and Analysis - Lodi and Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office HRCs, Assistant HRCs and 

Hydrologist/Engineer

Agreement $434,954 n/a FWS CVPRF Managed as a cooperative agreement 

between USFWS and CDFW. These 

positions are staffed out of CDFW 

Regions 1, 2, and 4. Based on FY17 

amount plus 1%

Labor $1,631,428 6.50 FWS CVPRF FWS FTE rate is based on agreed upon 

FY16 rate for all FWS CVPIA staff plus 

6% (3% for FY17 and 3% for FY18), 

due to estimated inflation rate and 

anticipated step increases, subject to 

change.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Labor $501,978 2.00 FWS CVPRF FWS FTE rate is based on agreed upon 

FY16 rate for all FWS CVPIA staff plus 

6% (3% for FY17 and 3% for FY18), 

due to estimated inflation rate and 

anticipated step increases, subject to 

change.
b1 Feather River Oroville Wildlife Area flood stage reduction 

b1 Feather River Oroville Wildlife Area flood stage reduction

Classification: Improvement, Floodplain

Location: 39.423394,-121.623325, Feather River

Funding Years: 2017 - 2022

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: - Large-scale project that currently has approximately 6.7M of the 

estimated 18.9M to implement. Permitting will be completed in FY16 and 

implementation can begin once funding is fully secured

Partners: CDFW, CDWR, Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency, American Rivers, 

California Wildlife Conservation Board

Related Programs: CDWR, AFRP, CDFW

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% ~$6.7M for the construction of the floodplain reconnection 

improvements

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Floodplain 

Habitat

150 acres Acres of new seasonally-inundated floodplain 

rearing habitat

Off-Channel 

Habitat

12 acres Acres of new perennial off-channel rearing 

habitat

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Annual Report

Dec. 2019 Construction As-Built Drawing

Dec. 2019 Annual Report; Monitoring Report

Apr. 2018 Initial Construction Actions

Narrative 

The Oroville Wildlife Area (OWA) FSR Project is located on the east side of the Feather River 

downstream of the City of Oroville in Butte County, California. The land is owned by California 

Department of Water Resources (DWR) and managed by the California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (CDFW). The project area is ~1,500 acres and was one of the original borrow sites for 

the construction of Oroville Dam. Since that time, it has been hydraulically isolated from the 

main channel of the Feather River by constructed perimeter dikes. When high flows occur in the 

Feather River, water is diverted from the main channel into the OWA via an existing system of 
inflow and outflow weirs. In addition to the flood control weir improvements, the project will 

degrade a section of the existing dike to reconnect the Feather River to its historic floodplain. 

The project incorporates invasive species removal, new riparian restoration plantings and 

floodplain grading modifications to enhance fish passage and to improve wetland and fish 

rearing habitat. The project was developed in coordination with and has the strong support of 

CDWR, CDFW, CVFPB, USFWS, NMFS, Butte County, SBFCA, American Rivers, and River 

Partners.

The project strongly aligns with the Core Team priorities for improving juvenile fish emigration, 

increasing rearing habitat, and reducing potential fish stranding for anadromous fish. The 

Project is supported by NMFS’s 2014 recovery plan for Central Valley salmonids, specifically 

Feather River Recovery Actions FER-1.8 (implement projects that promote floodplain and 

riparian restoration), and FER-2.11 (evaluating pulse flow benefits). In regards to evaluating 

pulse flows for outmigration, the number of acres of new rearing habitat created with the project 

is directly tied to flow releases from Oroville and opportunity exists to coordinate or evaluate 

project actions with the potential benefits of pulse flows. The project also creates resiliency and 

refugia to help alleviate the sensitivity to low flow and warming stream conditions anticipated as 

part of future climate change. Monitoring efforts associated with the proposed Project will focus 

on (a) extent of floodplain inundation, (b) native fish use of the reconnected floodplain, and (c) 

control of both terrestrial and aquatic invasive plant species. The extent of reconnected 

floodplain will be analyzed using ortho-rectified aerial photography. Volitional access of native 

fish to the reconnected floodplain will be assessed by monitoring the numbers of native fish

species entering and exiting the newly connected Project area. Native fish habitat usage 

monitoring will be conducted to characterize the abundance, occupancy patterns, and catch-perunit-effort (CPUE) of native fish species throughout the reconnected floodplain in the Project 

area. 

The OWA Project is scalable--depending on funding availability—and implementation is 

anticipated to begin in 2017 and conclude in 2019. The project will soon be ‘shovel ready’ with 

CEQA scheduled to be released for public review in summer 2016. AFRP will fund ~$6.7M of 

the total $18.9M Project cost. Approximately $6.7M has been funded to date and construction 

funding is being pursued through various other programs. The Project has the ability to phase 

funding and some of the construction elements, if necessary.

Data Management 

Tabular data associated with fish monitoring (e.g., area sampled, habitat type, and fish 

abundance), floodplain inundation (e.g., flood duration) and invasive species treatments (e.g., 

date of treatment) will be managed in relational databases by the Project Team. Spatial data 

associated with floodplain inundation (e.g., polygons of flood extents) and invasive species 

monitoring (e.g., polygons representing patches of invasive species) will be stored in an 

ArcSDE-based system. Copies will be made available to AFRP.
Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

The total cost of the Project is ~$18.9M. About $2.5M has 

been invested to-date by CDWR & WCB, and SBFCA has 

committed an additional $4.2M towards the permitting and 

construction of the hydraulic elements. Probability of receiving 

additional funding is high (i.e., risk is low) due to the fact that 

all permitting and design efforts have been funded and the 

Project will soon be ‘shovel-ready' for construction. The 

project team has experience in implementing large-scale civil 

improvement projects.

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This project has a very high likelihood of success (i.e., risk is 

low) because numerous agencies were directly involved in 

developing the details of the preferred project including: Sutter 

Butte Flood Control Agency, American Rivers, River Partners, 

CDWR, CDFW, CVFPB, NOAA Fisheries, and USFWS. The 

Project also has strong support from numerous other agencies 

including Butte County government and Golden Gate 

Fishermans Association.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $6,650,016 $0 $6,650,016

2018 CVPRF $109,604 $0 $109,604

2019 CVPRF $348,316 $0 $348,316

Total Cost: $7,107,936

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Construction - Floodplain Reconnection and Improvements (3 independent tasks can be phased 

if necessary)

Agreement $2,139,398 n/a FWS CVPRF Degrade existing perimeter berm and 

reconnect OWA floodplain to the 

Feather River.

Agreement $2,595,516 n/a FWS CVPRF Construct new berm to prevent fish 

access/stranding in the southern part of 

the project area.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Agreement $1,805,498 n/a FWS CVPRF Grading improvements to the existing 

OWA canals to maximize floodplain 

area and reduce fish stranding

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Support

Agreement $65,720 n/a FWS CVPRF Environmental permitting support 

during construction, monitoring, and 

mitigation.

Management - Project Management

Agreement $43,884 n/a FWS CVPRF Project management.

2018 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Support

Agreement $65,720 n/a FWS CVPRF Environmental permitting support 

during construction, monitoring, and 

mitigation.

Management - Project Management

Agreement $43,884 n/a FWS CVPRF Project management.

2019 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Support

Agreement $65,720 n/a FWS CVPRF Environmental permitting support 

during construction, monitoring, and 

mitigation.

Management - Project Management

Agreement $43,884 n/a FWS CVPRF Project management.

Monitoring - Post-project Monitoring

Agreement $238,712 n/a FWS CVPRF Monitoring efforts to measure the 

success of the project.
b1 Feather River Sunset Pumps Sturgeon and Salmon Passage 

Removal of Sunset Pumps Facilities and Improvements to Sutter-Butte Main Canal

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 39.247756 -121.636149, Feather River

Funding Years: 2017 - 2022

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: 22 - Priority project that would provide fish passage for salmonids and 

sturgeon at a known passage barrier.

Partners: NMFS, Sutter Extension Water District, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: CDFW, CDWR

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 91.0% $2.75M over 5 or more years includes planning, design, 

permitting, and initial implementation and monitoring.

Administration 9.0% CDWR has provided $180K for project management 

including staff time and website services. SEWD has 

provided $80K for initial designs. AFRP has provided 

$20K for staff time and modeling. Future contributions 

from other sources totaling about $18M are anticipated 

for full implementation.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Habitat 28 miles Access to this habitat will be increased.

Barrier 

Removal

1 number of 

improvements

One barrier will be removed.

Green 

Sturgeon

1 number of fish Actually number of eggs. Large values 

will not save. See explanation in 

narrative.

Chinook 

Salmon

1 number of fish Actually number of eggs. Large values 

will not save. See explanation in narrative.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Feasibility Study; Design Plans

Dec. 2019 Permits; Monitoring Reports

Dec. 2018 Annual Reports

Dec. 2022 Initial Construction Actions
Narrative 

The Sunset Pumps dam (i.e., boulder weir) is operated by Sutter Extension Water District 

(SEWD) and spans the Feather River near Live Oak, California. It is a well-known, longstanding impediment to fish passage, most notably for spring-run Chinook salmon and green 

sturgeon. In addition to causing migratory delays to spring- and fall-run Chinook salmon adults 

and green sturgeon, acoustic tag data suggests that disorientation and predation near Sunset 

Pumps may decrease the survival of out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead. This 

multi-year project ultimately would entirely remove the Sunset Pumps facility (i.e., dam and 

pumps) from the Feather River, which is the best solution for improving fish passage as well as 

overall ecosystem function. In exchange, the capacity of the Sutter-Butte Main Canal would be 

increased, thereby maintaining SEWD’s water supply.

Planning for this project has been ongoing since late 2014, with project management, modeling, 

and initial design and alternatives analyses facilitated or conducted by CDWR, USFWS, and 

SEWD staff. CDWR has established a SharePoint site to assist with project coordination. Initial 

modeling tasks addressing both the dam removal and canal modifications have been completed. 

A hydraulic model has been developed to provide an initial evaluation of sediment volume 

upstream of the dam, identify existing and post-project channel profiles, and determine effect on 

upstream diversions. Additionally, an analysis completed by GEI Consultants (contracted by 

SEWD) has conceptual-level recommendations that involve improving approximately 7.4 miles 

of canal. CVPIA funds are especially needed to complete planning, design, and permitting, and 

initiate monitoring and preliminary construction actions. Most of the construction and 

implementation costs are expected to be funded through large matching grants from the 

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Proposition 1 Restoration Fund and the Northern 

Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan, which require significant 

matching funds and also that projects are 'shovel-ready' with designs and permits in hand. 

Implementation funding is also being pursued through the DWR Agricultural Water Use 

Efficiency, DWR IRWM, and DWR Water-Energy grant programs.

The removal of Sunset Pumps is specifically identified as a Core Team priority for both springrun Chinook salmon and green sturgeon. This action would benefit these two listed species as 

well as other migratory fishes. The project addresses AFRP Final Restoration Plan/CPAR 

evaluation E5, 'Identify and remove physical and water quality barriers that impede access for 

white sturgeon and green sturgeon to spawning habitat or facilitate passage around these 

barriers.' The project is supported by NMFS’s 2014 recovery plan for Central Valley salmonids, 

specifically Recovery Action FER-2.13, 'Modify Sunset Pumps to provide unimpeded upstream

passage of adult steelhead and Chinook salmon (and sturgeon) and to minimize predation of 

juveniles moving downstream.' CDWR, CDFW, NMFS, USFWS, local water districts, and 

SEWD all enthusiastically support this project, which is the HRC’s highest priority for the 

Feather River.

Explanation of fish population metrics:
Green Sturgeon: The number of females to successfully spawn is expected to increase by 100% 

(from 4 to 8). Average female has 142,000 eggs so an additional 568,000 green sturgeon eggs are 

expected to be produced per year.

Chinook salmon (spring- and fall-run combined): Pre-spawning mortality is expected to drop off 

by 50% from the average observed from the carcass surveys (from 20% to 10%). The 10% more 

spawning from an escapement of 48,000 is 4,800 male and female salmon, or 2,400 females x 

~5,000 eggs/female = 12,000,000 additional salmon eggs are expected to be produced per year.

Data Management 

Field data such as fish passage or count data, and data used for habitat assessment or hydrologic 

modeling will be recorded on data sheets or directly to a laptop computer, and later transcribed 

into a computer database or spreadsheet program. These data as well as model runs, project 

designs, permits, and reports will be stored on a computer hard drive and backed up on an 

agency or consulting firm server. Copies will be made available to AFRP.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

This project has a high likelihood of successful implementation 

(overall low risk) because multiple agencies (i.e., CDWR, 

CDFW, NMFS, and USFWS), local water districts, and the 

facility owner (SEWD) support it. The project does have a high 

cost, necessitating phased implementation. Potential adverse 

impacts related to e.g. flood control or sediment transport are 

expected to be minimal, and modeling should allow adjustment 

to the design or phasing of implementation to accommodate 

any concerns.

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Full implementation will cost about $20M and is expected to be 

funded through CDFW Prop 1 funds, the Northern Central 

Valley IRWMP, or the DWR Agricultural Water Use 

Efficiency, DWR IRWM, and DWR Water-Energy grant 

programs. Probability of funding is high (i.e., risk is low) 

because with the initial CVPIA funding, cost share and 'shovelready' requirements of these programs will be met.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DWR

2019 CVPRF $275,200 $0 $180,200 $95,000

2017 CVPRF $1,875,800 $0 $1,780,800 $95,000

2018 CVPRF $752,200 $0 $657,200 $95,000

Total Cost: $2,903,200
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Design - Feasibility Study and Design

Agreement $1,653,600 n/a FWS CVPRF Feasibility study/alternatives 

assessment/draft and final designs for 

both removing the Sunset Pumps 

facility from the Feather River and 

modifying the Sutter-Butte Main Canal.

Management - Project Management

In-Kind 

Labor

$50,000 n/a DWR CVPRF CDWR will provide funding to support 

project management and website 

services.

Agreement $21,200 n/a FWS CVPRF Supplemental project management 

funds.

Monitoring - Pre-project Monitoring

In-Kind 

Labor

$45,000 n/a DWR CVPRF CDWR pre-project fish monitoring--

staff, boats, etc.

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Pre-project fish monitoring (acoustic 

tags and receivers).

2018 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Environmental Compliance (CEQA, NEPA, etc.) and 

Permitting for Multiple Project Components

Agreement $530,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Environmental compliance (CEQA, 

NEPA, etc.) and permitting for both 

removal of the Sunset Pumps facilities 

from the Feather River and 

improvements to the Sutter-Butte Main 

Canal.

Management - Project Management

Agreement $21,200 n/a FWS CVPRF Supplemental project management 

funds.

In-Kind 

Labor

$50,000 n/a DWR CVPRF CDWR will provide funding to support 

project management and website 

services.

Monitoring - Pre-project Monitoring

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Pre-project fish monitoring (acoustic 

tags and receivers).
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

In-Kind 

Labor

$45,000 n/a DWR CVPRF CDWR pre-project fish monitoring--

staff, boats, etc.

2019 

Construction - Initial Construction Actions

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Start of initial modifications to SutterButte Main Canal.

Management - Project Management

Agreement $21,200 n/a FWS CVPRF Supplemental project management 

funds.

In-Kind 

Labor

$50,000 n/a DWR CVPRF CDWR will provide funding to support 

project management and website 

services.

Monitoring - Pre-project Monitoring

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Pre-project fish monitoring (acoustic 

tags and receivers).

In-Kind 

Labor

$45,000 n/a DWR CVPRF CDWR pre-project fish monitoring--

staff, boats, etc.

b1 Green Sturgeon Juvenile Investigation 

Green Sturgeon Juvenile Overwintering Migration Investigation (rev 4/16)

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: 40.029957, -122.119242, Sacramento Upper Mainstem

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 6 - 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 

This information is critical to understanding the life-history and movement patterns of Green 

Sturgeon in the upper Sacramento River. Without this research, it is impossible to evaluate the 

potential effects of flow management and diversion operations. Additionally, this research will 

allow for assessment of potential habitat restoration to directly benefit Green Sturgeon and make 

progress toward achieving the doubling goal.
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. This information is critical to 

understanding the life-history and movement patterns of Green Sturgeon in the upper 

Sacramento River. Without this research, it is impossible to evaluate the potential effects of flow 

management and diversion operations. Additionally, this research will allow for assessment of 

potential habitat restoration to directly benefit Green Sturgeon and make progress toward 

achieving the doubling goal.

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 juvenile sturgeon migrate out of the upper 

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. 

The FY 15 efforts resulted in data collection indicating feasibility of capturing juvenile green 

sturgeon that could be implanted with acoustic tags ranging from 60 to 365 days. This would 

allow in-river habitat use studies and overwintering migration study to be accomplished if 

similar sized individuals are captured in subsequent years. Throughout FY 15 to FY18, sampling 

of 'age 0' fish would occur. The Army Corps of Engineers may also become a supporter and 

collaborator. In the future, as a follow-up to this pilot project, additional funding sources may be 

sought.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Green Sturgeon: Based on the priorities identified by the Sturgeon PWT and Sturgeon SAIL, the 

Core Team agrees that improving spawning and rearing habitat, reducing larval entrainment, and 

reducing diversions for adult green sturgeon are priorities for Green Sturgeon on the Sacramento, 

Yuba and Feather Rivers. - This charter represents data collection and analysis that will greatly 

inform future habitat improvement projects.
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

2017 CVPRF $274,195 $0 $274,195

2018 CVPRF $115,222 $0 $115,222

2019 CVPRF $111,127 $0 $111,127

Total Cost: $500,544

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

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

Labor $103,395 0.33 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

$170,800 n/a FWS CVPRF Field equipment and additional support 

materials. Note: In April 2016, we added 

132,000 for equipment purchase since 

NMFS did not fund this project in this 

year. The funds will be used to purchase 

for ten JSATS receivers and an HD 

sonar imaging system for habitat 

analysis.

2018 

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

Equipment 

or Materials

$9,760 n/a FWS CVPRF Field equipment and additional support 

materials

Labor $105,462 0.33 FWS CVPRF Based on RBFWO estimated FY17 FTE 

rate plus 2%. Will consist of small 

portions of time from multiple RBFWO 

staff
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2019 

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

Labor $101,367 0.33 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 n/a FWS CVPRF Field equipment and additional support 

materials
b1 Impacts of Marijuana Activity on Fish 

A study that assesses the impact of marijuana cultivation on anadromous fish, with a focus on 

trespass grows, and develops quantifiable methods to document resource effects

Classification: Research, Reconnaissance

Location: 39.939085, -122.067342, Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

Funding Years: 2013 - 2019

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: 5 - This project also addresses goals and objectives identified in the 

Anadromous Fish Restoration Plan (AFRP)(U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service 1995 and 2001), which is jointly implemented by USFWS and the 

Bureau of Reclamation. Actions and evaluations specifically addressed by 

this Project are as follows:

Central Valley-wide:

Action 2. Develop programs to educate the public about anadromous fish issues, such as the 

effects of poaching and environmental contaminants, especially 

contaminants in urban runoff.

Action 3. Reduce toxic chemical and trace element contamination.

Action 4. Provide additional funding for increased law enforcement to reduce illegal take of 

anadromous fish, stream alteration, and water pollution and to ensure 

adequate protection for juvenile fish at pumps and diversions.

Evaluation 8. Evaluate the direct and indirect effects of contaminants on production of 

anadromous fish.

Mill Creek

Action 2. Preserve the habitat productivity of Mill Creek through cooperative watershed 

management and development of a watershed strategy.

Butte Creek

Action 19. Develop land use plans that create buffer zones between the creek and agricultural, 

urban, and industrial developments; and restore, maintain, and protect 

riparian and spring-run Chinook salmon summer-holding habitat along 

Butte Creek.

Project addresses SIT and Core Team priorities for addressing impacts to spring-run Chinook

salmon; can be used in all watersheds and for other species/runs.
SIT and Core Team priorities for spring-run Chinook salmon

2014 NMFS Recovery Plan for restoring spring-run Chinook

FY2017 is the last anticipated year of funding needed for this ONGOING effort.

Partners: SWRCB, USFS, CDFW, NPS

Related Programs: NMFS-RP, CALFED, 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

Quantifiable

Impacts 

Assessment

1 number of 

models 

complete

Develop quantifiable effect methods for 

LE to use in prosecutorial processes

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 

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. Impacts of 

marijuana cultivation is a very high priority as an issue CV wide. Identified as an issue in the 

NMFS Recovery plan. This project, along with similar efforts in the Coastal Range of California 

have led 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. This project is 

comprised of multiple phases due to the need to most effectively develop a robust and 

defendable study plan to address the multi-faceted 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 investigate 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.

Additional Products of the study:

A) Develop usable maps and other supporting material to identify and define the study area.

B) Create and maintain information on the study area that clearly articulates the various 

processes that are occurring in the watershed(s) which are relevant to the issue of illegal 

marijuana cultivation. 

This includes historical and present information on land uses; water quality; fish populations; 

fish habitat quality, condition, and changes; etc.

C) Once the threats are defined relative to other land-use activities, the next step is to accompany 

law enforcement personnel to secured marijuana fields to measure water quality and physical 

habitat impacts using standardized procedures. 

This project addresses the Core Team and SIT priorities as it relates to spring-run Chinook, 

SRCS streams 

(Mill Creek, Deer Creek) and steelhead habitat/populations. This information can also be used to 

assess impact to fall-run Chinook at lower elevations.
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.

This study will be gathering baseline information at established study locations, which can be 

revisited in the future to assess change. That will be coupled with reference study sites that have 

already had data collected at them as part of the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program 

(SWAMP) in years prior to this study. Fish population assessment has already been occurring in 

the same area for a number of years and will continue; the SWRCB will be initiating a long-term 

trend analysis of water quality parameters in these and adjacent watersheds, starting in 2017. All 

data collection efforts are being implemented in a statistically 'responsible' manner in that they 

are implemented with the assistance of staticians within the state and federal government, along 

with academia.

Contacts:

Jim Harrington, CDFW

Tricia Bratcher, CDFW

Trey Sherrell, RWQCB

Literature compilation is extensive and is available upon request.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner access permission 1 1

Exposure to hazardous materials and/or conditions 2 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2013 CVPRF $81,232 $0 $81,232

2014 CVPRF $86,491 $0 $86,491

2015 CVPRF $172,410 $0 $172,410

2016 CVPRF $116,388 $0 $116,388

2017 CVPRF $116,388 $0 $116,388

Total Cost: $572,909
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2013 

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $81,232 n/a FWS CVPRF Initial funds to start study; funds used for 

sci aide time, equipment, and pilot 

monitoring project.

Funds to CDFW: $72035

2014 

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $86,491 n/a FWS CVPRF Funding added to implement full study 

portion. Funds to CDFW: 75976

2015 

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $86,206 n/a FWS CVPRF New agreement; will be used to 

implement final phases of monitoring. 

Funds to CDFW 76723

Agreement $86,205 n/a FWS CVPRF Funds to implement year 2 of study; funds 

to CDFW 76722

2016 

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $116,388 n/a FWS CVPRF Continue ongoing agreement to refine 

monitoring and reporting protocols.

2017 

Monitoring - Monitoring in future phases

Agreement $116,388 n/a FWS CVPRF Continue ongoing agreement to refine 

monitoring and reporting protocols. Final 

Report.

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: 37.516533, -120.373430, Merced River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2020

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 16 - Program Priority Comments: ONGOING project follows the 

successful implementation of the Merced River Ranch and Henderson 

Park projects immediately downstream and has received initial funding for 

design and permitting under the California Drought Response funding 

opportunities.

Partners: Cramer Fish Sciences, MID, 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)
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.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:
- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

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 FTE Agency Fund Description

2015 

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

Agreement $98,100 n/a 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 n/a 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). 
Type Total FTE 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 n/a 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 n/a FWS CVPRF Post-project monitoring (cont.) in Year 2 

after the project was implemented (in 

2016), and report on findings. Postconstruction 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 n/a 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 n/a 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). 


b1 Migratory Corridor Rehabilitation 

Restore shallow water migratory habitat for juvenile salmonids in the Stanislaus River 

downstream of Riverbank.

Classification: Improvement, Habitat Restoration

Location: 37.742232, -120.942911, Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2024

Benefits Start Year: 2019

Priority: 15 - ONGOING 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 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. 2017 Preliminary conceptual designs

Jun. 2018 Final Design

Jun. 2018 Permits

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. Projects will provide crucial rearing 

habitat for out-migrating juvenile salmonids before they enter the San Joaquin River and Delta.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

Project will also benefit steelhead

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 FTE Agency Fund Description

2016 

Design - Three conceptual designs

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be 

completed with a qualified entity to 

design juvenile salmonid habitat 

improvements at priority sites with 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

willing landowners in the lower Stanislaus 

River (downstream of Riverbank).

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Acquire all necessary permits

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF A grant or cooperative agreement will be 

completed with a qualified entity to 

complete necessary environmental 

compliance and permitting 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 n/a 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 n/a 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 n/a 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 n/a 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).
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Management - Manage the project

Agreement $21,200 n/a 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 n/a 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).

Outreach - Inform and solicit input from local residents and additional stakeholders.

Agreement $53,000 n/a 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 n/a 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 n/a 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 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Stanislaus River (downstream of 

Riverbank).

Reporting - Final project completion report including post-project assessment.

Agreement $26,500 n/a 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).

b1 North Fork Battle Creek Natural Barrier Removal 

North Fork Battle Creek Natural Barrier Removal

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 40.4253608, -121.91715596, Battle Creek

Funding Years: 2015 - 2019

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 13 - Identified as a winter Chinook priority in the CVPIA Core Team 

Priority Recommendations memo for 2017, 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 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 monitor, evaluate and 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 reintroduction and eventually recovery. 

Improving passage at natural barriers in Battle Creek is qualified as a winter-run Chinook 

priority in the CVPIA Core Team Priority Recommendations memo for 2017. Winter-run 

priorities in Battle Creek include: (1) improving fish passage, flow conditions, and water 

temperatures to provide suitable winter-run habitat in the North Fork; and (2) advancing efforts 

to reintroduce winter-run to the North Fork. This action works towards meeting both priorities. 

NMFS Recovery Plan, part of RPA action I.2.6, highest priority for Battle Ck Working Group, 

received 2014 Emergency Drought Funding from State. The action benefits multiple listed 

species, has cost sharing with the Restoration Project, ERP, Iron Mountain Mine Trustee 

Council, RPA monitoring funding from BOR and CDFW Drought Relief Funds. Part of a longterm partnership including a 1999 MOU between BOR, FWS, CDFW, NMFS and PG&E. 

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

and designs to improve fish passage. A passage study using telemetry was funded by CVPIA in 

FY 2016. This request for funding is for permitting and implementation of barrier modifications. 

The FWS is conducting natural barrier surveys as part of the long-term adaptive management 

process documented in the 2004 Battle Creek Restoration Project Adaptive Management Plan. 

Full life cycle modeling conducted for the Coleman National Fish Hatchery Adaptive 

Management Plan, found that improving passage at the natural barriers was essential to the 

success of winter Chinook reintroduction in Battle Creek. The quantitative target for the action is 

to provide 100% passage at the natural barriers as determined by telemetry studies planned to 

occur after the restoration project is complete. It is anticipated that many salmonids will 

volitionally remain downstream of the barriers. 

Data Management 

All data associated with the project will be stored at the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office. 

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

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Initial investigation by DFW may be delayed 2 2
Risk Likelihood Impact

Landowner may not permit access or permission to later 

barriers

2 2

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

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE 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 n/a DFW Up to 900,000.00 of CDFW drought 

funding provided for Battle Creek is being 

used on this project to assess the existing 

situation and design restoration.

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Geologic, hydraulic and radio telemetry evaluations of fish passage 

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

Labor $123,471 0.41 FWS CVPRF This includes multiple staff from the Red 

Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office. Staff will 

implement a radio telemetry 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.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

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 n/a 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 n/a FWS CVPRF Contract will implement fish passage 

improvements identified in 2015 CDFW 

contract for studies and designs.
b1 Sacramento River Tisdale Weir sturgeon and salmonid passage 

Reducing or eliminating opportunities for fish to be stranded in the stilling basin and throughout 

Tisdale bypass

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 39.02489, -121.82191, Sacramento Lower Mainstem

Funding Years: 2017 - 2022

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: -

Partners: CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: AFRP, CDFW

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% $2.65M over 5 or more years includes planning, design, 

permitting, and construction.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Habitat 4 miles Improved access to the Sutter Bypass West 

Borrow and to the Sacramento River to 

eliminate adult and juvenile stranding.

Passage 

Barrier 

Improved

1 number of 

actions

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2019 Designs and Permits

Dec. 2018 Feasibility Study

Dec. 2018 Annual Report

Narrative 

Tisdale Weir overflowed multiple times each year from 1991-2005 except during 1994. 

Overflow events during those years were most common in January - March, but occurred as 

early as November and as late as June (ICF Jones & Stokes 2008). It is unlikely that upstream 

passage at the Tisdale Weir occurs during most flood events as a result of the physical 

dimensions of the weir (11 feet high) and inadequate hydraulic conditions below and above the 

weir. Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon, green sturgeon, Central Valley steelhead and 

Sacramento split tail, have been found trapped in Tisdale Weir’s stilling basin following the 

flood recession. The method of entry into the weir’s stilling basin has not been verified. A 
likely scenario is confirmed by video footage showing an unidentified species being washed over 

the concrete overflow section from the Sacramento River. Another possible scenario is that fish 

swim upstream from the Sutter Bypass through the Tisdale Bypass and cannot pass the weir to 

return to the Sacramento River.

Isolated pools occur in the Tisdale Bypass for a period of time after flows recede. Stranding 

potential is the greatest between Tisdale Weir and the Reclamation Road Bridge. The Tisdale 

Bypass between the Reclamation Road Bridge and the Sutter Bypass has a low-flow channel on 

each side of the Bypass that connects to the West Borrow Canal of the Sutter Bypass. However, 

the potential stranding areas closest to the weir are not connected to these low-flow channels.

Reducing or eliminating opportunities for fish to be stranded in the stilling basin and throughout 

the bypass would reduce the potential for take of protected species. Improving fish passage at 

Tisdale Weir would also improve the viability of the green sturgeon population. Improving 

access through the Tisdale Bypass is identified as a Core Team priority for both spring-run 

Chinook salmon and green sturgeon. This action would benefit these two listed species as well 

as other migratory fishes. The project addresses AFRP Final Restoration Plan/CPAR nonstructural action E15 for Butte Creek, 'Evaluate juvenile and adult chinook salmon stranding in 

Sutter Bypass and behind Tisdale, Moulton, and Colusa weirs during periods of receding flows 

on the upper mainstem Sacramento River.' The project also is supported by NMFS’s 2014 

recovery plan for Central Valley salmonids, specifically Recovery Action SAR-1.12, “In an 

adaptive management context, implement short- and long-term solutions to minimize the loss of 

adult Chinook salmon and steelhead in the Yolo bypass, and Colusa and Sutter-Butte basins”.

Data Management 

Field data such as fish passage or count data, and data used for habitat assessment or hydrologic 

modeling will be recorded on data sheets or directly to a laptop computer, and later transcribed 

into a computer database or spreadsheet program. These data as well as model runs, project 

designs, permits, and reports will be stored on a computer hard drive and backed up on an 

agency or consulting firm server. Copies will be made available to AFRP.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

This project has a high likelihood of successful implementation 

(overall low risk) because it is supported by CDFW. The 

project does have a high cost, necessitating phased 

implementation.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2019 CVPRF $1,802,000 $0 $1,802,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $1,060,000 $0 $1,060,000 $0

2017 $140,000 $0 $0 $140,000

2017 CVPRF $477,000 $0 $477,000 $0

Total Cost: $3,479,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation -

In-Kind 

Labor

$100,000 n/a DFW Grading as part of O&M to benefit final 

construction of improved site.

Monitoring - CDFW monitoring and fish rescues at Tisdale Weir

In-Kind 

Labor

$40,000 n/a DFW CDFW has contributed at least $20K to 

date and will continue to contribute 

monitoring of fish presence and 

stranding at the site.

Planning and Analysis - Feasibility Study

Agreement $477,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Needed to compile all information and 

determine design and phasing 

needs/requirements.

2018 

Design -

Agreement $265,000 n/a FWS CVPRF

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

Agreement $795,000 n/a FWS CVPRF

2019 

Construction -

Agreement $1,802,000 n/a FWS CVPRF

b1 San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessment 

San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat Assessment. 

Classification: Reconnaissance, Reconnaissance

Location: 37.747700 , -121.291183, San Joaquin Lower Mainstem

Funding Years: 2015 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 7 - 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 FY17

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

Acoustic tagged 

fish (10 yr tags)

20 number of 

fish

72 fish tagged to date, tag about 20 per year. 

This project has also documented spawning 

in 2011, 2012, and 2016.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Jul. 2016 2015 Annual monitoring report

Jul. 2017 2016 Annual monitoring report

Jul. 2018 2017 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.

This is the final year of a larger 5-year effort to assess White Sturgeon presence, movement, 

recruitment and habitat in the San Joaquin River. To date, successful spawning events by White 

Sturgeon have been documented and linked to flow and 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. This information will allow us to greatly improve 

DSM model inputs.

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 delays 2 1

Unfavorable hydrology 2 1
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $287,953 $0 $287,953

Total Cost: $287,953

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Conduct spawning, larval migration, and adult telemetry surveys to 

inform design of restoration project to improve spawning habitat in the San Joaquin River. 

Labor $236,877 0.82 FWS CVPRF Funding will cover one biologist and 

two technicians for conducting 

spawning, larval migration, and adult 

telemetry fieldwork, data entry and 

analyses, and report preparation.

Equipment 

or Materials

$19,276 n/a FWS CVPRF Fuel, nets, receivers and associated 

hardware, vessel repairs, and 

miscellaneous supplies.

Agreement $31,800 n/a FWS CVPRF Analyses of egg, larval, and adult 

samples to conduct parentage and other 

analyses and inform understanding of 

environmental conditions that lead to 

successful spawning and rearing.

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: 37.628169, -120.543097, Tuolumne River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2020

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 9 - This ONGOING 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

Floodplain 

Improvement

3 acres Preliminary conceptual design 

indicates approximately 3 acres of 

improved floodplain habitat.

Juveniles utilizing 

reconnected floodplain 

rearing habitat

25 percentage 

of fish

We anticipate increasing floodplain 

access to 25% of the local production.

Adults utilizing 

improved spawning 

habitat

50 percentage 

of fish

We anticipate increasing spawning 

habitat availability by 25% and 

documenting a 50% increase in 

spawning use in the project reach.

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
Date Title

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 

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.

This project has been developed based on the successful Bobcat Flat Restoration Project 

(immediately downstream) and is on property owned by the same entities. The landowners and 

local neighbors are extremely supportive of these efforts and are actively seeking additional 

funding and in-kind support to ensure high quality projects are completed and monitored.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

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 $137,800 $0 $137,800

2019 CVPRF $3,180 $0 $3,180

Total Cost: $1,010,943

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2016 

Design -

Agreement $62,010 n/a FWS CVPRF Design concepts will be discussed among 

agreement recipient and CDFW partners 

in Region 4. Designs will be reviewed at 

various pre-arranged check-in points and 

will precede permit application 

submission.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

Agreement $62,010 n/a FWS CVPRF Permits will be obtained once designs are 

sufficiently advanced.

Management -

Agreement $13,780 n/a FWS CVPRF Agreement Management and Deliverables

2017 

Construction -

Agreement $602,080 n/a FWS CVPRF First year construction activities including 

floodplain grading and gravel excavation, 

sorting, and in-stream installation.

Management -

Agreement $24,083 n/a FWS CVPRF Agreement Management

2018 

Construction -

Agreement $212,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Second and final year construction 

activities, barring unforeseen permitting 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

delays or unfavorable environmental 

conditions.

Management -

Agreement $31,800 n/a FWS CVPRF Agreement Management

2019 

Management -

Agreement $3,180 n/a FWS CVPRF Agreement Management
b1 Tuolumne River: Dos Rios Floodplain Restoration 

Floodplain and Riparian Restoration at River Partners' Dos Rios property.

Classification: Improvement, Off-Channel

Location: 37.609333, -121.166658, Tuolumne River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 8 - Program Priority Comments: ONGOING 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: River Partners, CDWR, NRCS

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 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. The project footprint 

includes 159 acres of farm land at the confluence of the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers and 

benefits multiple watersheds (Tuolumne, Merced, Mainstem SJR) and SJRRP efforts. The 

project is identified as a high priority in the Final Restoration Plan and with multiple CVPIA 

partners and stakeholders. Cost-match is greater than 50% and CVPIA funding in FY16 would 
be put almost entirely toward implementation. NRCS and CDWR are contributing $421,000 for 

planning, permitting, management, re-vegetation and monitoring.

Project benefits multiple watersheds (Tuolumne, Merced, Mainstem SJR) and SJRRP efforts. 

Cost-match is greater than 50% and CVPIA funding in FY16 would be put almost entirely 

toward implementation. High priority in Final Restoration Plan and with multiple CVPIA 

partners and stakeholders.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

White Sturgeon: Reducing diversions, reducing entrainment and increasing spawning and rearing 

habitat on the San Joaquin River are also priorities that will benefit White Sturgeon.

Data Management 

Construction and monitoring data will be summarized in annual reports and archived at Lodi 

FWO. Data and reports will also be provided to CVPIA Fisheries for use in DSM refinement and 

testing.

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 FTE 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 n/a FWS CVPRF Construction activities associated with 

floodplain excavation.

Implementation - Planning, Permitting, Project Management, Monitoring and Site 

Revegetation

Direct 

Contribution

$421,000 n/a Local NRCS and CDWR are contributing 

$421,000 for planning, permitting, 

management, re-vegetation 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 n/a 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.

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 n/a 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.

b1 Yuba River Daguerre Point Dam Juvenile Salmon Outmigration Study 

Yuba River Daguerre Point Dam Juvenile Salmon Outmigration Study

Classification: Research, Fish Passage

Location: 39.202867, -121.451007, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2017 - 2022

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: 26 - Project would provide needed information to determine the 

disposition and impacts of Daguerre Point Dam on juvenile outmigration. 

This is a needed step if an efficient and feasible solution is to be designed 

and implemented in the future.

Partners: Hallwood-Cordua Irrigation District, USACE

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% Habitat Restoration

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Population Assessment 1 number of reports

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Annual Report

Narrative 

Although the AFRP Final Restoration Plan contains action A9, Facilitate passage of juvenile 

salmonids by modifying the dam face of Daguerre Point Dam, very little is known and 

considerable uncertainty exists regarding the effects of Daguerre Point Dam (DPD) on juvenile 

fish passage and survival. In particular, at present there are three pathways that juvenile 

salmonids may take to migrate downstream past DPD: 1) over the dam face, 2) through the two 

existing fish ladders, or 3) through the Hallwood-Cordua Diversion fish bypass pipe. Alteration 

of flow patterns and timing in the proximity of DPD may affect juvenile salmonid survival by 

changing the proportional use of the different pathways, levels of physical stress and abrasion, or 

changing exposure and vulnerability to predators. Obtaining information on juvenile salmonid 

passage and survival at DPD recently has increased in importance because two FERC license 

processes are underway in the lower Yuba River that may affect flow patterns at DPD; one of 

these also will affect DPD physical facilities. This project would involve using acoustic tags to 

track juvenile salmonid passage and survival at DPD.
Cost estimate is $450,000 to purchase tags and set up receiver arrays upstream and downstream 

of DPD. Additional funding may be required to continue the study in out years. The project 

addresses AFRP Final Restoration Plan/CPAR structural action A6, Construct or improve the 

fish bypasses at Hallwood- Cordua and Brophy-South Yuba water diversion and A9, Facilitate 

passage of juvenile salmonids by modifying the dam face of Daguerre Point Dam because it 

would provide information to evaluate the need and potential design considerations associated 

with implementing either of these actions. The project also could be used to address AFRP Final 

Restoration Plan/CPAR evaluation 1, Evaluate the effectiveness of pulse flows to facilitate 

successful juvenile salmonid emigration if such pulse flows were implemented as a management 

action. This is a monitoring project that will provide data needed for management (e.g., 

information on survival during outmigration, flow-related outmigration patterns, etc.) and also 

may be used to develop protection, mitigation, and monitoring measures two new/updated FERC 

licenses. 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. Juvenile outmigration in the Yuba River was not identified as a primary 

or secondary limiting factor in the Final Restoration Plan, but juvenile outmigration was 

identified as a “stressed life stage” by the FFG. Landowners (e.g., Hallwood-Cordua Irrigation 

District) have provided access for fisheries-related activities in the recent past. New sampling 

permits will need to be obtained because this would be a new activity on the lower Yuba River.

This project will also provide valuable information to inform the CVPIA DSMs and future 

potential priorities for the Yuba River.

Data Management 

All reports and monitoring data files will be saved on agency/grantee/contractor local computers 

and backed up on a server. Electronic copies will be provided to USFWS-AFRP.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Specific design considerations are unknown (e.g., exact number 

of receivers needed, etc.) but similar studies of juvenile salmon 

have been implemented in other Central Valley Rivers.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $477,000 $0 $477,000

2018 CVPRF $265,000 $0 $265,000

2019 CVPRF $265,000 $0 $265,000

Total Cost: $1,007,000
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation - Acoustic tagging study.

Labor $212,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Tagging, receiver installation, 

and, tracking.

Equipment or 

Materials

$265,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Tags and receivers.

2018 

Implementation - Acoustic tagging study.

Equipment or 

Materials

$106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Tags.

Labor $159,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Tagging and tracking.

2019 

Implementation - Acoustic tagging study.

Equipment or 

Materials

$106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Tags.

Labor $159,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Tagging and tracking

b1 Yuba River Hallwood Floodplain Restoration Project 

Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration

Classification: Improvement, Side-Channel

Location: 39.202485, -121.451417, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2013 - 2019

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 2 - Program Priority Comments: High priority, ONGOING, large-scale 

restoration project that will benefit naturally produced juvenile salmonids 

in the Yuba River.

Partners: PG&E, South Yuba River Citizens League, Teichert Aggregates, Yuba 

River Management Team, cbec, inc., Cramer Fish Sciences

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% Habitat Restoration

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Juvenile Rearing Habitat 1 miles

Riparian Habitat 10 acres

Floodplain grading/restoration 40 acres

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Annual Reports

Mar. 2018 Designs and Permits

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 
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 FY2017. 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 FY2018 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. The primary 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.

Add on projects possibly funding graduate students will comprehensively evaluate the effects of 

this habitat restoration on water temperature and aerobic scope of one or more life stages of 

salmon.

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.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Spring-run Chinook: Improving rearing habitat on the Yuba River

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba...
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 

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(s) regarding their 

mining schedule, etc. is required.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2015 CVPRF $1,272,000 $0 $1,272,000

2016 CVPRF $236,380 $0 $236,380

2017 CVPRF $424,000 $0 $424,000

2018 CVPRF $318,000 $0 $318,000

2019 CVPRF $318,000 $0 $318,000

Total Cost: $2,568,380

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2015 

Construction - 40-50 acres of floodplain grading and riparian planting, 0.3 miles of sidechannel restoration.

Agreement $1,272,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Work may extend into out years 

depending on the landowner's mining 

schedule.

2016 

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Agreement $24,380 n/a FWS CVPRF Temperature sensors, transmitters, 

mounts etc. to monitor habitat 

temperatures specifically for 

bioenergetics modelling of juvenile 

salmonids to document project 

effectiveness.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Agreement $212,000 n/a 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 

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Agreement $212,000 n/a 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.

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Temperature/bioenergetics 

monitoring/modeling continued.

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Aerobic scope assessment of juvenile 

Chinook salmon.

2018 

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Temperature/bioenergetics 

monitoring/modeling continued.

Agreement $212,000 n/a 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.

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Aerobic scope assessment of juvenile 

Chinook salmon continued.

2019 

Monitoring - Pre- and post-project fish and habitat monitoring.

Agreement $212,000 n/a 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.

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Aerobic scope assessment of juvenile 

Chinook salmon continued.

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Temperature/bioenergetics 

monitoring/modeling continued.
b1 Yuba River Hammon Bar Velocity Validation 

Yuba River Hammon Bar Velocity Validation

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: 39.220711, -121.377265, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2015 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 10 - 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

Dec. 2017 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 

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 FY2017. If the site does not inundate, the work will be delayed until FY2018.

This important monitoring effort will not only evaluate current project design and inform future 

projects, but will also provide valuable data for the CVPIA DSMs.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Spring-run Chinook: Improving rearing habitat on the Yuba River and reducing juvenile 

entrainment in the Upper Sacramento are also Spring-run priorities.

Green Sturgeon: Based on the priorities identified by the Sturgeon PWT and Sturgeon SAIL, the 

Core Team agrees that improving spawning and rearing habitat, reducing larval entrainment, and 

reducing diversions for adult green sturgeon are priorities for Green Sturgeon on the Sacramento, 

Yuba and Feather Rivers.

Fall-run Chinook: - Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, 

Calaveras, Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

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 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

2017 CVPRF $5,777 $0 $5,777

Total Cost: $5,777
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring - Post-project monitoring of the AFRP-funded riparian restoration project on 

Hammon Bar.

Labor $5,777 0.02 FWS CVPRF Cost for AFRP staff is included in the AFRP 

Operations Charter budget. This cost is for BayDelta Fish and Wildlife Office staff that would 

help complete the survey work.

b1 Yuba River Narrows Restoration Project 

Yuba River Narrows Restoration Project

Classification: Improvement, Spawning Gravel

Location: 39.23797, -121.27064, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2012 - 2019

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 3 - ONGOING, high-priority restoration of spawning and rearing habitat 

immediately downstream of Englebright Dam.

Partners: UC-Davis, USACE, Yuba River Management Team, Cramer Fish 

Sciences, 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

Spawning Habitat 1 miles

Side Channel Habitat 1 miles

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2016 Annual Report

Sep. 2016 Final Designs

Mar. 2017 Permits

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 

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.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Spring-run Chinook: Improving rearing habitat on the Yuba River

Fall-run Chinook:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba...

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 

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 $742,000 $0 $742,000

2017 CVPRF $324,837 $0 $324,837

2018 CVPRF $5,777 $0 $5,777

Total Cost: $1,072,615

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2016 

Construction - Gravel augmentation, channel grading, gravel stockpiling, and shotrock 

removal.

Agreement $742,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Transportation costs are likely to be high 

due to canyon location.

2017 

Construction - Gravel augmentation, channel grading, gravel stockpiling, and shotrock 

removal.

Agreement $1,060 n/a 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 FY2017 and FY2018.

Labor $5,777 0.02 FWS CVPRF As-built surveys. Cost for AFRP staff is 

included in the AFRP Operations budget. 

This cost is for non-CVPIA staff needed 

to complete surveys (Bay-Delta Office 

staff).
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Agreement $318,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Fish and physical habitat monitoring, 

which is likely to continue into out years.

2018 

Monitoring - Pre- and post-construction fish and habitat monitoring. Includes as-built surveys 

by FWS Instream Flow Branch in FY2017 and FY2018.

Labor $5,777 0.02 FWS CVPRF Additional performance monitoring is 

likely to occur in 2018. Cost for AFRP 

staff is included in the AFRP Operations 

budget. This cost is for non-CVPIA staff 

needed to complete surveys (Bay-Delta 

Office staff).
b1 Yuba River Restoration Downstream of Highway 20 

Juvenile Salmonid Rearing Habitat Restoration. Juvenile floodplain habitat restoration.

Classification: Improvement, Floodplain

Location: 39.220711, -121.377265, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 14 - ONGOING 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: Western Aggregates, Yuba County Water Agency, cbec, inc., South Yuba 

River Citizens League

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% $150K for design and permits plus $1.6M for 

implementation. $150K for monitoring.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Floodplain Restored 10 acres

Side Channel Restored 1 miles

Main Channel Habitat Improved 1 miles

Riparian Habitat Restored 10 acres

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 All Permits

Aug. 2017 Final Designs

Dec. 2017 Annual Report

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 

2010) identifies potential sites in the 4-mile reach from Parks to Hammon Bar, and the second 

(cbec 2013) addresses similar actions at selected sites for the 17-mile reach from Parks Bar to 
Marysville, with particular emphasis on alternative flow scenarios that may be implemented 

under the new FERC license 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 FY2017 is $150,000 to select a specific project or projects, and complete 

designs and permits. Implementation funding could be phased in FY17 and out years and 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 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. The project is supported by 

NMFS’s 2014 recovery plan for Central Valley salmonids, specifically Yuba River Recovery 

Actions YUR-2.2 (Increase floodplain habitat availability in the lower Yuba River), and YUR2.4 (Create and restore side channel habitats to increase the quantity and quality of off channel

rearing and spawning areas in the Yuba River).

References available upon request. In addition to the previous AFRP-funded planning work, 

LIDAR data is being contributed for this effort by the Yuba RMT.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Spring-run Chinook: Improving rearing habitat on the Yuba River

Green Sturgeon: improving spawning and rearing habitat, reducing larval entrainment, and 

reducing diversions for adult green sturgeon are priorities for Green Sturgeon on the Sacramento, 

Yuba and Feather Rivers.

Fall-run Chinook: Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, 

Calaveras, Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

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 $1,749,000 $0 $1,749,000

2018 CVPRF $53,000 $0 $53,000

2019 CVPRF $53,000 $0 $53,000

Total Cost: $2,014,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2016 

Design - Final design(s) for one or more projects.

Agreement $26,500 n/a FWS CVPRF Some hydrologic modeling and concept 

designs have been developed. This 

would fund final designs.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Permit(s) for one or more projects.

Agreement $132,500 n/a 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 n/a FWS CVPRF Implementation funding could be split 

over multiple years and could be up to 

$1.6M. If design and permitting are 

funded in FY17, other partners will be 

engaged in efforts to find additional 

non-CVPIA funding.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Monitoring -

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Monitoring as needed to supplement the 

work of the Yuba RMT.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Monitoring as needed to supplement the 

work of the Yuba RMT.

2019 

Monitoring -

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Monitoring as needed to supplement the 

work of the Yuba RMT.
b1 Yuba River Rotary Screw Trap Monitoring 

Yuba River Rotary Screw Trap Monitoring

Classification: Reconnaissance, Water Operations

Location: 39.202867, -121.451007, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2017 - 2022

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 24 - This effort would provide highly valuable information related to 

assessing ongoing restoration efforts in the Yuba River and provide 

additional data for CVPIA DSMs

Partners: CDFW, Yuba County Water Agency

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% $200K in FY2016; $150K in out years.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Population Assessments 2 number of actions

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Annual Report

Narrative 

Rotary screw trap (RST) monitoring of out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon was conducted 

on the lower Yuba River by CDFW periodically through 2006 and by the Yuba River 

Management Team from 2006 through 2009, but was discontinued thereafter due to funding 

limitations. The resulting data set has been used to inform management decisions on the lower 

Yuba River, and this project would reestablish RST monitoring until Yuba County Water 

Agency likely will be required to fund the work by approximately 2018. Cost estimate is 

$200,000 to operate two RSTs for the first year including start-up costs, and would be reduced to 

$150,000 for subsequent years. DFW or other entity would supply the screw traps ($50,000 inkind match). Fall- and spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead will benefit from this project. 

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 because rearing habitat 

restoration is beginning to occur in the lower Yuba River, and a long-term RST dataset will 

provide information on juvenile growth, size at outmigration, etc. DFW is a proponent of the 

project; also, landowners have provided access for this activity in the recent past. CAMP is 

unable to fund the work due to funding limitations particularly for non-CVP streams. 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. 

This is a monitoring project that will provide data needed for management (e.g., information on 

growth, size at outmigration, flow-related outmigration timing, etc.) and also may be used to 

develop protection, mitigation, and monitoring measures under the current FERC Integrated 

Licensing Process for the Yuba River Development Project. Neither juvenile rearing nor 

outmigration in the Yuba River was identified as a primary or secondary limiting factor in either 

the Final Restoration Plan, but juvenile rearing was identified as a primary limiting factor and 

juvenile outmigration was identified as a “stressed life stage” by the FFG. New sampling 

permits will need to be obtained because this activity has not occurred on the lower Yuba River 

since 2009.

Data Management 

This project will follow USFWS CAMP RST protocols. 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 RSTs have been successfully 

operated on the lower Yuba River in the past and DFW 

supports re-establishing their operation in the lower Yuba 

River.

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DFW providing RSTs depends on availability and demand for 

RSTs by other projects. Another RST source (even purchase) 

may be necessary. RST availability will need to be confirmed 

or funds increased to include purchase cost prior to advertising 

the project. 

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2017 CVPRF $212,000 $0 $212,000 $0

2017 $50,000 $0 $0 $50,000

2018 CVPRF $159,000 $0 $159,000 $0

2018 $50,000 $0 $0 $50,000

2019 CVPRF $309,000 $0 $309,000 $0

2019 $50,000 $0 $0 $50,000

Total Cost: $830,000
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation - Operation of two rotary screw traps in the lower Yuba River.

Labor $212,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Mid-range cost estimate for operating 

two RSTs for 5-6 months. Includes 

startup costs.

Equipment or 

Materials

$50,000 n/a DFW DFW will provide 2 RSTs.

2018 

Implementation - Operation of two rotary screw traps in the lower Yuba River.

Labor $159,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Lower-range cost estimate for 

operating two RSTs for 5-6 months. 

Equipment or 

Materials

$50,000 n/a DFW DFW will provide 2 RSTs.

2019 

Implementation - Operation of two rotary screw traps in the lower Yuba River.

Labor $309,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Lower-range cost estimate for 

operating two RSTs for 5-6 months.

Equipment or 

Materials

$50,000 n/a DFW DFW will provide 2 RSTs.

Battle Creek Winter run Chinook re-introduction and Battle Creek Coleman weir 

passage project 

Design Phase for Winter run monitoring, trapping, holding, and sampling facilities needed to 

implement the North Fork Battle Creek Winter run chinook re-introduction plan, as well as 

design for infrastructure to provide volitional fish passage and monitoring to upper Battle Creek 

at Coleman weir to returning adult Winter, Spring, Fall and late-Fall chinook runs and CV 

steelhead. 

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 40.4007, -122.1449, Battle Creek

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - CVPIA FY2017 Fish Program Priorities addressed -

Winter run: This project addresses both CVPIA Winter-run priorities in Battle Creek by 

providing infrastructure design to (1) provide volitional passage to 

restoration project at Coleman weir during the 6 months CNFH collects 

brood stock and to (2) implementing the Battle Creek Winter run reintroduction plan.

Spring run: This project will improve spring run passage in Battle Creek by providing volitional 

passage at Coleman weir during 6 months of the year CNFH collects 

brood stock. Also, hatchery origin spring run chinook (likely from Feather 

River Hatchery) will be effectively trapped and if desired precluded from 

accessing upper Battle Creek.

Steelhead: monitoring, trapping and fish sampling infrastructure will be key to understanding the 

dynamics between resident and anadromous forms. Infrastructure will 

provide effective trapping of hatchery origin steelhead to prevent hatchery 

stock from interbreeding with natural origin steelhead in upper Battle 

Creek.

Partners: CDFW, NMFS, PG&E, USBR, Battle Creek Working Group, BOR 

Technical Service Center, Denver

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

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%
Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Construction 

Design 

Drawings

1 completion Project will result in construction design 

drawings to provide WCS passage at Coleman 

weir and facilities to support Battle Creek 

WCS re-introduction (trapping, sampling and 

holding).

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Complete Construction Design drawings

Narrative 

CVPIA Fiscal Year 2017 Fish Program Priorities addressed by project:

Winter run: This project addresses both CVPIA Winter-run priorities in Battle Creek by 

providing infrastructure design to (1) provide volitional passage to restoration project at Coleman 

weir during the 6 months CNFH collects brood stock and to (2) implementing the Battle Creek 

Winter run re-introduction plan.

Spring run: This project will improve spring run passage in Battle Creek by providing volitional 

passage at Coleman weir during 6 months of the year CNFH collects brood stock. Also, hatchery 

origin spring run chinook (likely from Feather River Hatchery) will be effectively trapped and 

precluded from accessing upper Battle Creek.

Steelhead: monitoring, trapping and fish sampling infrastructure will be key to understanding the 

dynamics between resident and anadromous forms. Infrastructure will provide effective trapping 

of hatchery origin steelhead to prevent hatchery stock from interbreeding with natural origin 

steelhead in upper Battle Creek.

Background: A MOU between PG&E, NMFS, CDFW, USFWS, and USBOR resulted in the 

Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project. The project is a joint effort to reintroduce winter run Chinook salmon, and restored spring, fall and late-Fall salmon, and Central 

Valley steelhead runs and their habitat in Battle Creek watershed using an adaptive management 

framework. The Battle Creek restoration project will re-open over 48 stream miles to salmon and 

steelhead when completed in 2020-21. One of the restoration plan goal, as well as NOAA’s 

recovery plan, is to re-introduce winter run chinook to Battle Creek. A draft North Fork Battle 

Creek Winter Run Chinook re-introduction plan has been developed by a multi-agency team and 

will be completed in CY 2016.

Need: (1) Based on the draft Battle Creek Winter run chinook re-introduction plan, returning 

adult winter run Chinook will need to be monitored, trapped, sampled and held annually during 

Phase I and II of the plan (several years). Currently there is no infrastructure available to carry 

out Phase I and II. (2) Coleman weir is 5 miles from the main-stem Sacramento below the Battle 
Creek restoration project. Currently there is not adequate infrastructure at Coleman weir to 

provide adequate (volitional) adult salmonid passage during 6 months of the year (while CNFH 

is collecting brood stock). During these 6 mo., access to the 48 miles of restored stream habitat is 

blocked at the Coleman weir and will delayed all natural migrating adult chinook and steelhead. 

(3) Lacking in BC is also infrastructure for extensive fish monitoring, trapping and sampling that 

will be required to implement the BC restoration project Adaptive Management Plan. 

Project goals: The proposed project will provide construction design for infrastructure to (1) 

monitor, trap, collect samples, and hold Winter run Chinook Salmon, to (2) provide volitional 

passage to upper Battle Creek at Coleman weir for returning Winter run chinook, Spring run 

chinook, Fall and late Fall chinook and Central Valley steelhead spawners, and to (3) provide 

infrastructure for monitoring required for implementing the Battle Creek Adaptive Management 

Plan as well as to inform the Coleman NFH Adaptive Management Plan.

Phase I, Engineering analysis and feasibility study is nearing completion and a 99% draft report 

'Coleman National Fish Hatchery Trapping and Sorting Facility Alternatives Analysis' is 

available. Phase I was carried out by McMillen and Jacobs Associates (under contract) and a 

team of CDFW, NMFS, FWS, BOR, and BOR TSC engineers and biologists. The same team 

will work with an engineering company to implement Phase II (design).

Data Management 

Final construction design drawings will be kept in electronic form at USFWS Engineering 

(Portland OR) and the USBOR Technical Science Center (Denver CO). A hard copy will be 

kept at CNFH and additional hard copies will be made available upon request. Metadata 

associated with developing construction design (meeting notes; requirements; reports, etc.) will 

be kept by USFWS in electronic form at the Red Bluff FWO, Regional Office in Sacramento or 

CNFH.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Funding might not be available for the project. 2 3

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $500,000 $0 $500,000

Total Cost: $500,000
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Design - Phase II will be to design a facility at Coleman NFH Weir to allow volitional passage of 

Winter-run Chinook past the hatchery and into upper Battle Creek.

Agreement $500,000 n/a FWS CVPRF
Central Valley: Sturgeon Spawning Survey and Habitat Mapping 

Quantifying available spawning habitat for Green and White Sturgeon using habitat 

characteristics (water temp, depth, velocity, and substrate) identified through egg sampling. 

Classification: Research, Reconnaissance

Location: 38.062519, -122.084245, Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 28 - This effort will provide crucial information to begin defining the need 

and most effective locations for future habitat restoration and protection 

project for sturgeon.

Partners: USGS, CDFW, USACE

Related Programs: Interagency Ecological Program

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% Identifying habitat is key to direct habitat restoration 

efforts

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Spawning 

Habitat: WST

40 miles San Joaquin River from Patterson to Manteca. 

Info on the amount of habitat within this reach is 

unknown. 

Spawning 

Habitat: GST

1000 cubic 

yards

Sturgeon are broadcast spawners in the mainstem 

river. Info on the amount of habitat is unknown at 

this time.

Spawning 

Habitat: WST

1000 cubic 

yards

Sturgeon are broadcast spawners in the mainstem 

river. Info on the amount of habitat is unknown at 

this time.

Spawning 

Habitat: WST

55 miles Sacramento River from Colusa to Verona. Info on 

the amount of habitat within this reach is 

unknown.

Spawning 

Habitat: GST

75 miles Sacramento River from Anderson to GCID. Info 

on the amount of habitat within this reach is 

unknown.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Report on Green Sturgeon Spawning Habitat Assessment

Sep. 2018 Report on Sac R White Sturgeon Egg Sampling

Sep. 2019 2nd Report on Sac R White Sturgeon Egg Sampling
Date Title

Sep. 2020 Final Report on Sac R White Sturgeon Egg Sampling

Sep. 2021 Annual Report on White Sturgeon Habitat Assessment within the Sac and 

San Joaquin R

Narrative 

Sturgeon populations are of the most imperiled species throughout North America due to loss 

and alterations of habitat. Green and White Sturgeon spawning habitat has been identified 

within the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. However Green Sturgeon use relatively few 

areas within the 75 mile reach and the spawning habitat characteristics for White Sturgeon 

remains largely unknown within either river system. Recovery and conservation plans for both 

species highlight the need to conserve, protect and restore spawning habitat within and outside of 

the Sacramento Rivers. Unfortunately the resolution on the quantity and quality of the existing 

habitat is poor and therefore can’t guide these restoration efforts. The proposed project consists 

of three phases: Phase 1: Green Sturgeon Habitat Assessment (Year 1); Phase 2: White Sturgeon 

Egg Sampling (Years 2-4); Phase 3: White Sturgeon Habitat Assessment (Year 5). The below 

narratives identifies the details for each project phase. 

Phase1: Green Sturgeon Habitat Assessment

In the first phase of the project the amount and location of the existing Green Sturgeon Spawning 

habitat within the upper Sacramento River will be identified using a habitat suitability model 

developed based on 264 egg and 5 post hatch larval samples collected over a five year spawning 

investigation study conducted by the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Service. Spawning habitat 

assessments will be assessed based on river temperature, depth, velocity, and substrate using a 

river temperature model, ADCP and side scan sonar. Suitable spawning habitat will be evaluated 

within the known aggregation sites throughout the species spawning reach and quantified in 

terms of hectares of suitable spawning habitat. 

Phase 2: White Sturgeon Egg Sampling

Three years of egg sampling would be conducted within potential spawning areas on the 

Sacramento River to identify the exact location where spawning is occurring. Sampling will be 

directed prior adult telemetry studies and side scan sonar imagery. The location of positive egg 

samples will be stored via GPS coordinates for future habitat assessments.

Phase 3: White Sturgeon Habitat Assessment

The third phase of the project will use side scan sonar to identify amount and location of the 

existing White Sturgeon spawning habitat within the lower Sacramento and the San Joaquin 

River using a habitat suitability model developed based on eggs collected during Phase 2 of the 

project. Like phase 1 the habitat will be assessed based on river temperature, depth, velocity, 

and substrate. Suitable habitat will be quantified in terms of hectares of suitable spawning 

habitat. 

Links to FY17 Core Team Priorities:

The purpose of this project is to expand our knowledge on spawning habitat usage by each of 

these species to guide resource allocations for the protection, conservation and recovery of Green 

and White Sturgeon. 
Green Sturgeon: Based on the priorities identified by the Sturgeon PWT and Sturgeon SAIL, the 

Core Team agrees that improving spawning and rearing habitat, reducing larval entrainment, and 

reducing diversions for adult green sturgeon are priorities for Green Sturgeon on the Sacramento, 

Yuba and Feather Rivers, Yuba River (Daguerre Point Dam).

White Sturgeon: Based on the priorities identified by the Sturgeon PWT and Sturgeon SAIL, the 

Core Team agrees that improving spawning and rearing habitat, reducing larval entrainment, and 

reducing diversions for adult green sturgeon are priorities for Green Sturgeon on the Sacramento, 

Yuba and Feather Rivers Yuba River (Daguerre Point Dam).

Data Management 

All data produced as part of this charter will be provided to CVPIA Fish staff for incorporation 

into the improvement and parameterizing of Decision Support Models. Additionally, data 

management, retention and sharing with CVPIA will be included in any grants or cooperative 

agreements as deliverables for this charter.

Reports could also be accessed at the www.fws.gov/redbluff/ website

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Permitting for monitoring 1 1

Site permission access not needed 1 1

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $124,216 $0 $124,216

2018 CVPRF $124,216 $0 $124,216

2019 CVPRF $153,103 $153,103 $0

2020 CVPRF $153,103 $0 $153,103

2021 CVPRF $57,775 $0 $57,775

Total Cost: $612,413
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Phase 2: Three years (3 of 3) of White Sturgeon egg sampling from 

Colusa to Verona on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a White Sturgeon spawning 

habitat criteria. FY2020 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 for staffing and equipment.

Labor $124,216 0.43 FWS CVPRF Phase 1 of this project would quantify the 

available spawning habitat for Green Sturgeon

within the Sacramento River between GCID 

and the mouth of Cow Creek using information 

derived from RBFWO egg sampling. Funds 

needed for Phase 1 =$100,000 (FY2017) for 

equipment and labor.

2018 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Phase 2: Three years (3 of 3) of White Sturgeon egg sampling from 

Colusa to Verona on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a White Sturgeon spawning 

habitat criteria. FY2020 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 for staffing and equipment.

Labor $124,216 0.43 FWS CVPRF Phase 2: Three years (1 of 3) of White 

Sturgeon egg sampling from Colusa to Verona 

on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a 

White Sturgeon spawning habitat criteria. 

FY2018 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 

for staffing and equipment.

2019 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Phase 2: Three years (3 of 3) of White Sturgeon egg sampling from 

Colusa to Verona on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a White Sturgeon spawning 

habitat criteria. FY2020 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 for staffing and equipment.

Labor $153,103 0.53 BOR CVPRF Phase 2: Three years (2 of 3) of White 

Sturgeon egg sampling from Colusa to Verona 

on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a 

White Sturgeon spawning habitat criteria. 

FY2019 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 

for staffing and equipment.

2020 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Phase 2: Three years (3 of 3) of White Sturgeon egg sampling from 

Colusa to Verona on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a White Sturgeon spawning 

habitat criteria. FY2020 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 for staffing and equipment.

Labor $153,103 0.53 FWS CVPRF Phase 2: Three years (3 of 3) of White 

Sturgeon egg sampling from Colusa to Verona 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a 

White Sturgeon spawning habitat criteria. 

FY2020 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 

for staffing and equipment.

2021 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Phase 2: Three years (3 of 3) of White Sturgeon egg sampling from 

Colusa to Verona on the Sacramento River is needed to develop a White Sturgeon spawning 

habitat criteria. FY2020 funds needed for Phase 2=$125,000 for staffing and equipment.

Labor $57,775 0.20 FWS CVPRF Phase 3 of this project would quantify the 

available spawning habitat for White Sturgeon 

on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers 

based on egg collections during Phase 2 of this 

project. Funding needed for Phase 3=$45,000 

(FY2021) for staffing.

Deer Creek Irrigation District Dam Fish Passage Project 

This project is to improve upstream and downstream passage at the Deer Creek DCID Dam via 

construction of a roughened channel while meeting DCID's irrigation needs

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 40.011333, -121.954442, Deer Creek

Funding Years: 2013 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: 11 - Core Team Priority: Address spring-run Chinook passage on Deer 

Creek

Core Team: Addresses multiple species/runs

2014 NMFS Recovery Plan High priority for Deer Creek

AFRP Final Rest. Plan Action 3. Improve spawning habitats in lower Deer Creek for fall and

late-fall-run Chinook salmon (will greatly improve access to habitat)

AFRP Final Rest. Plan actions regarding improved passage, use of bypassed flows, watershed 

management.

Partners: DCID, NMFS, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: NMFS-RP, AFRP, CVPIA b1

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Stream Miles 

fully opened

20 miles Creation of 20 miles of unimpeded access; 

currently, this is a temporal barrier

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2016 Design

Dec. 2017 Env Documents and Permits

Dec. 2018 New fish passage structure and screen

Sep. 2017 Annual Report

Sep. 2018 Annual Report

Dec. 2018 Final Report
Narrative 

The need to restore and maintain salmonid passage in Deer Creek is identified in AFRP and ERP 

goals, objectives, and targets. Both of these programs prioritize establishment, restoration, and 

maintenance of anadromous fish habitat quality on this stream. Providing unimpeded fish 

passage and maintaining suitable water quality are also of paramount importance. In the AFRP 

Final Restoration Plan, “...improving the opportunity for adult fish to reach their spawning 

habitats in a timely manner” is one of six objectives identified in achieving the AFRP program 

goal of doubling the natural production of anadromous fish in Central Valley Rivers and streams 

on a sustainable and long-term basis.”

Deer Creek is one of the few streams in California that is not altered by a major storage dam and 

is one of the three key streams for spring-run Chinook. However, due in part to naturally 

occurring low flows and diversions by Deer Creek Irrigation District (DCID or District) and 

Stanford Vina 

Ranch Irrigation Company (SVRIC), the upstream migration of spring-run Chinook salmon 

adults or downstream migration of juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon may be impeded or 

blocked during April, May, June and October. Similarly, fall-run Chinook (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha) and 

Central Valley steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) adult and juvenile passage may be impeded or 

blocked during the same timeframes as well as Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus).

Associated projects are the Lower Deer Creek Falls Fish Passage Project and the proposed fish 

passage project at the Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company dam, which is located 

downstream. 

This project specifically addresses the Core Team priority of spring-run Chinook fish passage on 

Deer Creek. Surface water is diverted from Deer Creek at the DCID Diversion Dam, which is 

located approximately 10 miles upstream of the confluence with the Sacramento River. The 

DCID Diversion Dam is an old concrete structure that has vertical I-beams that constitute check 

board slots. The project includes lowering the existing diversion ditch elevation, installing new 

diversion head works, installing a new fish screen/bypass system and remote flow measurement 

device. To address passage over the dam, a rock ramp is proposed to be constructed below the 

dam face to raise the water surface below the dam face.

Designs are nearly complete during phase 1; funding for env. documents and permits are needed 

for Phase 2, and funding for construction is also needed. The project directly addresses migration 

needs of anadromous salmonids. Specific performance metrics addressed all revolve around fish 

passage. The prediction of project outcome is to provide unimpeded fish passage at all flow 

ranges, for all anadromous salmonids and their life stages.
The project costs are comparable to other local fish passage projects. It will be somewhat 

revolutionary in that there are not many roughened channel-type of fish passage structures 

associated with a diversion dam in California, so there is great potential for it to provide critical 

information on the success of that type of fish passage alternative. Costs are based upon a 65% 

design. Other than administrative types of costs and the costs of permits, the funding all goes 

towards on--the-ground restoration. It has high levels of community support. The impacts of not 

doing the charter will be to damage the existing relationship between the diverters and resource 

agencies; much time and effort on the part of local coordinators went into getting DCID to the 

table and working cooperatively. The larger impact will be continue impediment to multiple 

species/runs of anadromous fish, two of which are listed species. There are no known objections 

to this project.

Data Management 

All reports and raw data will be stored at the USFWS Red Bluff Office.

Short term monitoring includes as-built design, photo monitoring, and pre-project data collection 

of instream conditions and fish passage conditions at, above, and below the dam. Physical 

measurements include instream passage conditions through the roughened channel, which

conceivably can be translated into fish passage accessibility (e.g. number of miles of habitat 

opened).

Monitoring specific to the success of using the roughened channel approach will go far in 

sharing information on this type of restoration, which is not common in California.

The project will be monitored over the long-term via maintenance commitments that DCID will 

make via the permitting process. In addition, CDFW monitors both above and below this 

location to assess spring-run passage and fall-run Chinook spawning behavior. The screen will 

likely be maintained by CDFW, thereby creating another mechanism to measure project success. 

Channel changes/fluctuations both above and below the DCID will be monitored via Mark Gard 

(USFWS/AFRP support); data includes photo monitoring, longitudinal profiles, and cross section 

data.

Performance metrics are derived from SITE priorities, as well as the data associated with the 

Course Resolution Model effort.

Citations: 2014 CDFW Fish Habitat Restoration Manual 

2013 NMFS Fish Passage Manual.

Re-Establishing Fish Passage between 119,000 Acres of the

Milwaukee River Watershed and the Milwaukee Area of

Concern/Lake Michigan

Final Report to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Andrew T. Struck, Matt Aho, Ryan McCone, Luke Roffler, Thomas J. Dueppen, and Lisa

Haselow (Ozaukee County – Planning and Parks Department)
Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Stakeholder support of project 1 1

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2013 CVPRF $106,000 $0 $106,000

2017 CVPRF $2,549,300 $0 $2,549,300

Total Cost: $2,655,300

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2013 

Design -

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Prepare 100% designs.

2017 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

Agreement $111,300 n/a FWS CVPRF Complete env. documents and permits. 

Need may be proposed to cover with 

FY15 AFRP carryover or FY16 project 

funds as this project is very time 

sensitive. Any updates on funding need 

will be conveyed to CVPIA 

management asap.

Implementation - Construction of structure and associated monitoring

Agreement $2,438,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Construction of structure and associated 

monitoring
Deer Creek: Fish Passage at SVRIC 

This project will improve upstream and downstream passage at the SVRIC Dam via construction 

of a fish passage improvement project while also meeting SVRIC's irrigation needs

Classification: Improvement, Fish Passage

Location: 39.96323, -122.034273, Deer Creek

Funding Years: 2017 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2020

Priority: 18 - Core Team Priority: Address spring-run Chinook passage on Deer 

Creek

Core Team: Addresses multiple species/runs

2014 NMFS Recovery Plan High priority for Deer Creek

AFRP Final Rest. Plan Action 3. Improve spawning habitats in lower Deer Creek for fall and

late-fall-run Chinook salmon (will greatly improve access to habitat)

AFRP Final Rest. Plan actions regarding improved passage, use of bypassed flows, watershed 

management.

Partners: NMFS, Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company, Trout Unlimited, 

USBR, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: CALFED, CVPIA b1, NMFS-RP, NMFS-RPAs, AFRP, AFSP b21

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics 

No Data.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Feasibility Analysis and Report

Sep. 2018 Annual Report

Sep. 2019 Annual Report

Narrative 

The need to restore and maintain salmonid passage in Deer Creek is identified in AFRP and ERP 

goals, objectives, and targets. Both of these programs prioritize establishment, restoration, and

maintenance of anadromous fish habitat quality on this stream. Providing unimpeded fish 
passage and maintaining suitable water quality are also of paramount importance. In the AFRP 

Final Restoration Plan, “...improving the opportunity for adult fish to reach their spawning 

habitats in a timely manner” is one of six objectives identified in achieving the AFRP program 

goal of doubling the natural production of anadromous fish in Central Valley Rivers and streams 

on a sustainable and long-term basis.”

Deer Creek is one of the few streams in California that is not altered by a major storage dam and 

is one of the three key streams for spring-run Chinook. However, due in part to naturally 

occurring low flows and diversions by Deer Creek Irrigation District (DCID or District) and 

Stanford Vina Ranch Irrigation Company (SVRIC), the upstream migration of spring-run 

Chinook salmon adults or downstream migration of juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon may be 

impeded or blocked during April, May, June and October. Similarly, fall-run Chinook 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Central Valley steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) adult and 

juvenile passage may be impeded or blocked during the same timeframes as well as Pacific 

lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus). Associated projects are the Lower Deer Creek Falls Fish 

Passage Project and the ongoing fish passage project at the Deer Creek Irrigation District dam, 

which is located upstream.

This project specifically addresses the Core Team priority of spring-run Chinook fish passage on 

Deer Creek. Surface water is diverted into two diversion ditches from Deer Creek at the SVRIC 

Diversion Dam, which is located approximately 4 miles upstream of the confluence with the 

Sacramento River. The SVRIC Dam is an old concrete structure that has had multiple issues with 

fish passage maintenance over the last 10 years. 

Phase 1 will include a feasibility study to assess various alternatives to address unimpeded 

upstream and downstream passage. After selecting a preferred alternative, future phases will 

include 100% design, env. documents and permits, construction, and monitoring.

The prediction of project outcome is to provide unimpeded fish passage at all flow ranges, for all 

anadromous salmonids and their life stages. The project costs are comparable to other local fish 

passage projects. Other than administrative types of costs and the costs of permits, the funding 

all goes towards on--the-ground restoration. It has high levels of community support. One metric 

of measurement for this project is the degree to which fall-run Chinook can access areas above 

this dam currently, as they are nearly completely blocked until diversion ceases in the late fall. 

The mode of measurement can be amount of suitable habitat used by fish in this context. The 

DSM model also contains information on the number of diversions in each watershed that 

somehow impeded salmon; this is one of them that will be directly addressed, thereby improving 

the conditions for fish in this watershed and positively changing the DSM model.

The impacts of not doing the charter will be to damage the existing relationship between the 

diverters and resource agencies; much time and effort on the part of local coordinators went into 

getting DCID to the table and working cooperatively. The larger impact will be continue 

impediment to multiple species/runs of anadromous fish, two of which are listed species.

There are no known objections to this project.

Data Management 

All data and reports will be housed at the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office.
The objective of the project is to improve passage. Short term monitoring includes as-built 

design, photo monitoring, and pre-project data collection of instream conditions and fish passage 

conditions at, above, and below the dam. Physical measurements include instream passage 

conditions through the new fish passage structure, which conceivably can be translated into fish 

passage accessibility (e.g. number of miles of habitat opened).

The project will be monitored over the long-term via maintenance commitments that SVRIC will 

make via the permitting process. In addition, CDFW monitors both above and below this 

location to assess spring-run passage and fall-run Chinook spawning behavior, including use of a 

video system. The screens will likely be maintained by CDFW, thereby creating another 

mechanism to measure project success. Channel changes/fluctuations both above and below the 

SVRIC Main Dam will be monitored via Mark Gard (USFWS/AFRP support); data includes 

photo monitoring, longitudinal profiles, and cross section data.

Video monitoring could be conducted in such a way as to assess any potential delay experienced 

by the fish as the encounter the new fish passage structure at this dam. This can be translated, 

via review of literature, into a quantified figure for fish numbers/number of spawning 

pairs/individuals. It is known that this structure did impede 20 SRCS in 2010, who died below 

the structure after failing to migrate past it.

Performance metrics are derived from SIT priorities, as well as the data associated with the 

Course Resolution Model effort.

Citation: 2014 CDFW Fish Habitat Restoration Manual 

2013 NMFS Fish Passage Manual.

Re-Establishing Fish Passage between 119,000 Acres of the

Milwaukee River Watershed and the Milwaukee Area of

Concern/Lake Michigan

Final Report to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Andrew T. Struck, Matt Aho, Ryan McCone, Luke Roffler, Thomas J. Dueppen, and Lisa

Haselow (Ozaukee County – Planning and Parks Department)

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

project 1 1
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2018 CVPRF $196,100 $0 $196,100

2019 CVPRF $3,180,000 $0 $3,180,000

2017 CVPRF $79,500 $0 $79,500

Total Cost: $3,455,600

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Planning and Analysis - Feasibility Study and Report

Agreement $79,500 n/a FWS CVPRF Grant agreement for Phase 1

2018 

Design - Up to and including 100%

Agreement $79,500 n/a FWS CVPRF

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Including pre project monitoring

Agreement $116,600 n/a FWS CVPRF

2019 

Implementation - Project Implement and Post-Project monitoring

Agreement $3,180,000 n/a FWS CVPRF
Disease impact on Winter-run juvenile Chinook salmon survival in the Upper 

Sacramento River 

Disease impact on Winter-run juvenile Chinook salmon survival in the Upper Sacramento River

Classification: Research, Water Operations

Location: 40.607615, -122.446198, Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: - 

Partners: OSU Barthomew Lab

Related Programs: Interagency Ecological Program, NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% Unsure of most appropriate CVPIA provision, TBD.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Disease assessment and report with management 

reccomendations

1 number of 

reports

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2021 Final report

Narrative 

From Dr. J. Scott Foott, USFWS, and CA-NV Fish Health Center:

Hypothesis: Stable flows in the upper Sacramento River (Keswick to Red Bluff) are associated 

with multifocal, high density polychaete (Manayunkia speciosa) habitat. Winter pulse flows will 

disrupt such polychaete habitat in upper Sacramento and reduce Ceratonova shasta infection of 

juvenile Winter-run Chinook salmon and thus improve salmon survival. The polychaete is the 

invertebrate host for the salmon pathogen Ceratonova shasta.

Management Action: Provide specific variable flow regimes, such as pulse flows with 

precipitation events, to disrupt high density polychaete (Manayunkia speciosa) habitat within 

reaches used by Sacramento River Winter-run Chinook for initial rearing (rkm 440 – 480) and/or 

reduce transmission of myxospores from adult Fall/Spring and Late-fall Salmon carcasses to 

polychaetes (October through February). CVPIA water management authorization tools such as 
flow dedications in section b(2) and reoperation and conjunctive use in section b(3) could be 

used to facilitate these pulse flows.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Winter-run Chinook: Based on the priorities submitted by the Winter-run PWT, the Core Team

recommends that reducing water temperatures and flow fluctuations during egg incubation and 

rearing, reducing pathogens and understanding the factors that influence their impacts, reducing 

predation, improving juvenile fish emigration, increasing rearing habitat, and reducing adult 

entrainment into the Colusa Basin drain are all priorities for Winter-run Chinook Salmon in the 

Sacramento River.

Data Management 

Data will be collected, analyzed and stored by the CA/NV Fish Health Center. Data will be made 

publicly available at www.fws.gov/redbluff/afrp.html

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

sci integrity 1 1

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $65,775 $0 $65,775

Total Cost: $65,775

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Research - Total: $52,500

Consisting of: USFWS labor (CA/NV Fish Health Center) and materials and supplies for field and 

lab testing and analysis

Equipment or Materials $31,110 n/a FWS CVPRF

Labor $34,665 0.12 FWS CVPRF
Identifying and reducing impacts of riparian water diversions - Mokelumne River 

Development of a model that ranks lower Mokelumne River (LMR) diversions that warrant 

screening or modifications and identifies the target species at each location and the 

corresponding type of screening or modifications needed, resulting in the modification or 

screening of the three highest priority LMR diversions.

Classification: Improvement, Diversion Screening

Location: 38.22596, -121.02368, Mokelumne River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 29 - This project will be the first attempt to strategically identify, prioritize 

and begin remediation of small tributary diversions and will provide a 

model for all CVPIA watersheds with the 'screen all diversions' priority 

action from the Final Restoration Plan.

Partners: EBMUD

Related Programs: CDFW

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% Project will identify and begin remediation of high priority 

diversion screening projects on a non-CVP river. Possibly 

some (b)(21) funding if required match is available.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Number of 

diversions 

identified and 

ranked by model

76 N/A As of 2012, 76 water diversions exist on the 

LMR from Camanche Dam (rkm 103) to the 

town of Thornton (rkm 46, approximate end 

of LMR tidal influence). The model will 

quantify how many of these diversions 

reduce juvenile anadromous fish populations 

and rank them according to their estimated 

impact.

Technical Report 

re: Lower 

Mokelumne 

Diversions and 

Prioritization

1 number 

of reports

One technical report will be produced that 

describes the model development and output 

including objectives, methods and results.

Screened 

Diversions

3 number 

screened

The three highest priority LMR diversions 

(having landowner support) will be modified 

or screened with appropriate materials.
Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Finalized Model and Technical Report

Sep. 2021 Complete diversion screening or modification of 3 high priority sites

Narrative 

Juvenile anadromous fishes may encounter up to 76 water diversions during their outmigration 

from the uppermost reaches of the LMR (rkm 90-103) to the tidally influenced LMR (rkm 46) 

(EBMUD, unpublished data). In addition, native fishes exhibiting non-migration-related 

movement may encounter a subset of these diversions in the LMR. Four of these diversions are 

operated by local irrigation districts, including a large gravity-fed canal managed by Woodbridge 

Irrigation District. The remaining diversions consist of small surface water pumps ranging from 

3 to16 inches in diameter. The majority of these pumps exist in the upper reaches of the LMR, 

above Lodi Lake (rkm 62), and many lack screens to prevent losses of fish. Although riparian 

water users may operate any time of the year, the highest volume of water is diverted from April 

through September. Juvenile outmigration and juvenile fish community data on the LMR 

demonstrate overlapping time frames between rearing, emigration, and the operation of riparian 

water diversions (Workman 2003; Merz and Saldate 2004; Bilski et al. 2010). However, 

variation in pump size, infrastructure, configuration, diversion timing, and location make it 

difficult to identify which diversions are most likely to have adverse impacts to native 

anadromous fishes on the LMR.

The goal of this project is to analyze recent and historic data from riparian diversions, hydraulic 

mapping, salmonid redd emergence timing, juvenile outmigration monitoring, and juvenile fish 

community surveys to identify and rank water diversions that may reduce native anadromous 

fish populations on the LMR. The study will also identify which species and life stages are the 

most vulnerable at each location as well as time frames when species are the most vulnerable. 

Focal species and life stages will include fall-run Chinook salmon fry and smolts, steelhead fry, 

parr, and smolts, and Pacific lamprey ammocetes and juveniles. Once sites are ranked and 

prioritized, the top three locations will be identified for modifications and/or screening. 

For purposes of testing the CVPIA DSMs, completion of this charter is expected to reduce losses 

of native anadromous juvenile fish (Chinook, steelhead and Lamprey) directly due to 

entrainment by as much as 3-5%.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Fall-run Chinook - Reduce Diversions and Juvenile Entrainment - Sacramento, Feather, 

Cosumnes, Calaveras, Mokelumne, Merced and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

Projects will also benefit steehead.
Data Management 

1. Objective specific monitoring will access the efficacy of each diversion modification with 

respect to juvenile fish losses and/or entrainment. Monitoring will be performed before and after 

each modification takes place.

2. Long-Term Trend monitoring (LTT) will continue on the lower Mokelumne River. Two rotary 

screw traps and one bypass smolt trap are operated by EBMUD on the LMR each season from 

approximately mid-December through June or July (water year type dependent). Juvenile 

salmonid catch and abundance data have been collected since 1990. Incidental species, including 

Pacific Lamprey, are also enumerated on a daily basis when the traps are in service.

All data collected and analyses completed as part of this charter will be maintained and securely 

stored by EBMUD and the USFWS-Lodi Fish and Wildlife Office. This information will also be 

provided to CVPIA Fisheries.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Site access for implementation. In addition to EBMUD's 

current relationships related to monitoring and other access, 

AFRP and AFSP have been working with EBMUD to begin a 

diversion screening effort in the watershed the last 2 years

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Site access for monitoring/assessment. EBMUD maintains 

positive working relationships with landowners and irrigators 

who routinely allow access for annual monitoring.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS Local

2018 $255,000 $0 $0 $255,000

2018 CVPRF $169,600 $0 $169,600 $0

2019 CVPRF $169,600 $0 $169,600 $0

2020 CVPRF $169,600 $0 $169,600 $0

2017 CVPRF $21,200 $0 $21,200 $0

2017 $17,800 $0 $0 $17,800

Total Cost: $802,800
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - LMR water diversion field surveys and data processing

Agreement $9,328 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

collect and process field data related to 

at least 76 LMR diversions.

In-Kind 

Labor

$3,000 n/a Local EBMUD will provide Fish Biologist to 

assist in completing field surveys and 

data processing. 

In-Kind 

Equipment or 

Materials

$5,000 n/a Local EBMUD will provide high resolution 

GNSS unit, camera, and flow meter for 

survey work

Management - Project overhead and management

In-Kind 

Labor

$4,800 n/a Local EBMUD staff will provide project 

overhead and management

Planning and Analysis - Spatial modeling to rank water diversion risks for anadromous juvenile 

fishes

In-Kind 

Labor

$5,000 n/a Local EBMUD will provide Fish Biologist 

and/or other technical staff to assist in 

modeling and completion of technical 

report

Agreement $11,872 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

develop spatial model capable of 

ranking water diversions related to 

their risks for anadromous juvenile 

fishes.

2018 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Environmental compliance and permitting related 

to implementing diversion modification/screening projects

In-Kind 

Labor

$150,000 n/a Local EBMUD will complete environmental 

documentation and permitting for 3 

sites to be improved under this charter. 

Will also pursue programmatic 

documents and permitting that would 

facilitate future efficiency.

Implementation - Modification/screening of three high-priority LMR diversions

Agreement $169,600 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

complete implementation of diversion 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

modification/screening. Assumes 

standard designs will be used requiring 

only minimal site-specific design 

work.

Management - Project overhead and management

In-Kind 

Labor

$30,000 n/a Local EBMUD will provide general project 

oversight and management for 3 

implementation projects to be 

completed under this charter.

Monitoring - Objective specific monitoring

Direct 

Contribution

$75,000 n/a Local EBMUD will provide $25,000/project 

for pre-project and post-project 

fisheries monitoring. Funding will 

include fish tags, fish traps, cameras, 

other monitoring equipment, and labor.

2019 

Implementation - Modification/screening of three high-priority LMR diversions

Agreement $169,600 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

complete implementation of diversion 

modification/screening. Assumes 

standard designs will be used requiring 

only minimal site-specific design 

work.

2020 

Implementation - Modification/screening of three high-priority LMR diversions

Agreement $169,600 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial assistance agreement to 

complete implementation of diversion 

modification/screening. Assumes 

standard designs will be used requiring 

only minimal site-specific design 

work.

Lower Mokelumne River Salmonid Spawning and Rearing Habitat Improvement 

Project 

The excavation and recontouring of the lower Mokelumne River stream bank to provide seasonal 

floodplain habitats for juvenile salmonid rearing and to sort and harvest gravel and cobble (1/4”-

5”) from the excavated materials, which will be used to improve or expand nearby spawning 

habitats.

Classification: Improvement, Floodplain

Location: 38.22596, -121.02368, Mokelumne River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 4 - Next portion of ONGOING and highly successful spawning/rearing 

habitat restoration between AFRP and EBMUD on the Mokelumne River.

Partners: EBMUD

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0%

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Restored 

Floodplain 

Habitat

10 acres Depending on final site designs and constraints, 3-

10 acres of floodplain habitat will be restored

Spawning 

Gravel

5000 cubic 

yards

Depending on final site designs and constraints, 

1,000-5,000 cubic yards of gravel will be harvested 

from restored floodplain habitats and placed inriver.

Spawning 

habitat

3 acres Depending on final site designs and constraints, up 

to 3 acres of additional in-river spawning habitat 

will be created

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2016 FY16 Mokelumne Spawning Gravel Project Annual Report

Dec. 2015 FY15 Mokelumne Spawning Gravel Project Annual Report

Dec. 2017 FY17 Mokelumne Spawning and Rearing Habitat Project Annual Report

Dec. 2018 FY18 Mokelumne Spawning and Rearing Habitat Project Annual Report

Dec. 2021 5-year Technical Report - Mokelumne Spawning and Rearing Habitat 

Project

Dec. 2020 FY20 Mokelumne Spawning and Rearing Habitat Project Annual Report
Date Title

Dec. 2019 FY19 Mokelumne Spawning and Rearing Habitat Project Annual Report

Dec. 2021 FY21 Mokelumne Spawning and Rearing Habitat Project Annual Report

Narrative 

The objectives of the proposed rearing habitat portion of the project are to incorporate juvenile 

salmonid rearing habitat with the long-term spawning habitat rehabilitation that has occurred on 

the Mokelumne River since 1990. The specific objectives include; improve juvenile survival by 

providing habitat that promotes primary production and macroinvertebrate production for food, 

provide shallow water habitat for protection from predation, and encourage freshwater rearing to 

a larger size, ultimately, increasing the survival of juvenile fall-run Chinook Salmon and 

steelhead trout in the Mokelumne River. Floodplain habitat will be designed to seasonally 

inundate under current flow regimes on the lower Mokelumne River to maximize effectiveness. 

Additionally, creating floodplain rearing habitat will produce materials for continued spawning 

habitat improvement and maintenance of the long-term progress made via the CVPIA & 

EBMUD-funded projects that have occurred to date (as other local commercial spawning gravel 

sources are no longer generally available).

The objectives of the proposed spawning habitat rehabilitation activities are to increase available 

and usable spawning areas by providing spawning gravels within the appropriate size range; 

increase use of spawning habitat; improve gravel permeability and intergravel water quality; 

decrease redd superimposition (Merz 1998); and, ultimately, increase the natural production of 

fall-run Chinook Salmon and steelhead trout in the Mokelumne River. Increased gravel substrate 

will also increase production of aquatic invertebrates (Ochikubo Chan 2003), the food base for 

juvenile salmonids.

For purposes of testing the CVPIA DSMs, completion of this charter is expected to increase 

available juvenile rearing habitat by 3-10 acres during crucial spring rearing periods and provide 

an additional 11,500 square meters of spawning habitat.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Fall-run Chinook

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

Data Management 

Objective specific monitoring will access the function and biological use of restored floodplain 

habitats. Topography surveys, 2D hydrodynamic modeling, and juvenile fish monitoring will be 

performed before and after restoration takes place. To assess differences in primary production, 

benthic macroinvertebrate and fish diet samples will be taken and compared between in-channel 

and newly created floodplain habitats.
Long-Term Trend monitoring (LTT) will continue on the lower Mokelumne River. Salmonid 

redd surveys are conducted on a weekly basis throughout each spawning season (October 

through March). Chinook salmon and O. mykiss redds are enumerated and each spawning 

location is marked using a high resolution GNSS unit. Rotary Screw traps are monitored from 

December through June to assess number, timing and size of rearing and out-migrating juvenile 

salmonids.

EBMUD 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. 

Additionally, data and analyses will be provided to CVPIA Fisheries.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Gravel availability. There is a potential that some of the 

floodplain areas will contain less appropriately sized gravel 

than modeling indicates. However, EBMUD has identified 

several other potential gravel sources on their property within 

the Mokelumne Watershed.

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Obtaining permits. EBMUD and USFWS have recently 

completed permits associated with this work that remain valid 

through FY19. Renewing permits for work past FY19 will 

require some effort, but is not expected to slow any progress on 

this charter

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS Local

2017 $92,500 $0 $0 $92,500

2017 CVPRF $53,000 $0 $53,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $121,900 $0 $121,900 $0

2018 $62,500 $0 $0 $62,500

2019 CVPRF $121,900 $0 $121,900 $0

2019 $62,500 $0 $0 $62,500

Total Cost: $514,300
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

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

gravel improvement.

In-Kind 

Labor

$62,500 n/a Local

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement that will 

fund floodplain excavation, material 

sorting, contouring of restored floodplain 

habitat and in-channel placement of 

spawning gravel.

Monitoring - Objective specific monitoring at all 3 sites

In-Kind 

Labor

$30,000 n/a Local $10,000/project for pre-project and postproject fisheries monitoring. Funding will 

include labor, fish tags, fish traps, 

cameras, and other monitoring 

equipment.

2018 

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

gravel improvement.

Agreement $121,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement that will 

fund floodplain excavation, material 

sorting, contouring of restored floodplain 

habitat and in-channel placement of 

spawning gravel.

In-Kind 

Labor

$62,500 n/a Local

2019 

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

gravel improvement.

Agreement $121,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement that will 

fund floodplain excavation, material 

sorting, contouring of restored floodplain 

habitat and in-channel placement of 

spawning gravel.

In-Kind 

Labor

$62,500 n/a Local
Reconfigure Breached Delta Levees 

Project would assess, design and implement solutions for existing breached Delta levees and 

associated scour holes. Purpose is to reduce the number and extents of predator 'hot-spots.

Classification: Improvement, Other Habitat Restoration

Location: 38.239362, -121.684082, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: -

Partners: Golden Gate Salmon Association

Related Programs: Interagency Ecological Program

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% Initial phased of project may lead to habitat restoration 

projects and is likely most appropriate under (b)(1)

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Assessment and design 

of Delta levee breach 

locations which may be 

negatively impacting 

juvenile fish

1 number 

of 

reports

Larger assessment will include 

evaluation of multiple sites to determine 

general disposition and potential 

impacts of those sites. More specific 

assessment and design would likely be 

developed for one specific site initially.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Initial assessment of Delta Levee Breach sites and assessment/design of 

individual site

Narrative 

There have likely been significant adverse, unintended consequences of breaching levees in the 

Delta. There is a high probability that site-specific conditions at the breaches have resulted in 

hazards for juvenile anadromous fish through the creation of favorable predator habitats. The 

breaches have changed the tidal prisms in the Delta and can change the degree in which juvenile 

fish are advected back and forth with the tides. Additionally, many of the breaches were narrow 

which have created deep scour holes favoring predatory fish. The existing breaches at Liberty 

Island are just a few examples where hazards are posed to juvenile fish in the Delta; many other 

areas exist. Once those areas are identified, the levees would be reconfigured and scour holes 

filled to provide wider breaches and more laminar flow thereby reducing opportunities for 
predation. It is anticipated that this project will significantly improve the survival of juvenile 

salmon (all runs) through decreased predation.

The intent of this charter initially is to identify potential sites where these issues may be 

occurring and design a potential solution at least 1 site (likely Liberty Island). Existing 

information related to juvenile fish presence within and surrounding Liberty Island is being 

provided by the USFWS-Delta Juvenile Fish Monitoring Program.

Links to FY17 Core Team Priorities:

Winter-run priorities in the Delta include improving rearing and floodplain habitat and 

improving water operations to reduce migration delays and reduce predation losses.

Fall-run - Reduce Predator Encounters - Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Delta;

Projects would also benefit spring-run

For reference, this charter was developed based on discussion with multiple project partners and 

Golden Gate Salmon Association’s proposed project D.14.

Data Management 

All data produced as part of this charter will be provided to CVPIA Fish staff for planning/design 

purposes and incorporation into the improvement and parameterizing of Decision Support 

Models. Additionally, data management, retention and sharing with CVPIA will be included in 

any grants or cooperative agreements as deliverables for this charter.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Obtaining design approvals and permits is likely to be more 

difficult within the Delta. However, designs can build upon 

other typical actions within the Delta (e.g. channel dredging, 

levee maintenance) to reduce this concern.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $111,300 $0 $111,300

2018 CVPRF $275,600 $0 $275,600

Total Cost: $386,900
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Design - Design of at least 1 site.

Agreement $15,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Engineered design of at least 1 restoration 

site

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Environmental compliance and permitting of at 

least 1 site.

Agreement $15,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Compliance and permitting for at least 1 

site. Programmatic options will also be 

pursued, as appropriate.

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Initial study to identify and determine the general nature of 

existing sites.

Agreement $79,500 n/a FWS CVPRF Literature and data review, spatial 

analysis and some field work to complete 

initial assessment of potential sites.

2018 

Implementation - Implement restoration project at 1 site.

Agreement $265,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Construction of at least 1 restoration site. 

Assumes site can be implemented using 

standard practices for channel dredging 

and/or levee maintenance in this area.

Monitoring - Monitoring of initial implementation site

Agreement $10,600 n/a FWS CVPRF Monitoring of implementation sites to 

include hydraulic performance, predator 

presence, juvenile native fish presence 

and likely some additional factors TBD 

once final design is complete and 

implemented.

Recreate Shallow Water Habitat in the Delta Migration Routes 

Project proposes to create shallow water habitats within the Delta along the migratory route of 

Juvenile salmonids. An initial pilot would create shallow-water rearing habitats in several 

locations as large-scale demonstration projects to be evaluated for effectiveness.

Classification: Improvement, Floodplain

Location: Delta, exact locations TBD, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: -

Partners: Golden Gate Salmon Association

Related Programs: NMFS-RPAs

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) AFRP 100.0% Habitat Restoration, likely best funded under (b)(1)

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Data Review and 

Field Assessment 

Report

1 number of 

reports

Data Review and Field Assessment of 

potential sites for recreating shallow-water 

habitats in the Delta.

Site Design 1 number of 

reports

Conceptual design of at least one candidate 

site for implementation of shallow-water 

rearing habitat improvement.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Data review and Initial Site Assessment Report for Delta shallow-water 

rearing habitat improvements

Dec. 2017 Conceptual design for at least 1 Delta shallow-water rearing habitat 

improvement project

Narrative 

Chinook salmon fry survival in the Delta is lower than survival from fry rearing in the upper 

Sacramento River. Ultimately, minimizing exposure to potentially lethal factors in the Delta will 

provide a major complement to ongoing efforts to save emigrating salmonids in upstream areas 

of the Sacramento River basin. The rearing of fry-sized fish in the Delta remains vital but is most 

likely limited by loss of shallow-water rearing habitats. This project proposes to initially create 

shallow-water rearing habitats in several locations as large-scale demonstration projects to be 

evaluated for effectiveness. If the initial habitat restoration projects are successful as determined 

through monitoring, the creation of additional shallow-water rearing habitats would be 
significantly expanded. The first phase of this project would be to evaluate existing data the 

USFWS has collected during the agency’s multi-year, regular beach seining program to monitor 

the relative abundance and distribution of juvenile salmon and other species in the north and 

central Delta and data collected from other research or monitoring programs. All the historical 

data collected would be evaluated to determine those physical habitat attributes favored by 

juvenile salmon. Once the design characteristics for the creation of new shallow-water rearing 

habitats are determined, candidate sites in the north and central Delta must be located. Some of 

the physical attributes examined at each site may include: cross-sectional and longitudinal 

channel bathymetry, channel and thalweg sinuosity, streambed substrates, nearby fish habitats, 

presence or absence of terrestrial and aquatic vegetation, adjacent landowner considerations, 

boating traffic safety, water velocities, tidal sheer forces, and wave action that may erode the 

sites, proximity to the principal salmon migration corridors, proximity to predator habitats, flood 

control, and other variables. This project is intended to expand the quality and quantity of 

juvenile salmon shallow water rearing habitats at appropriate locations in the Delta. 

Links to FY17 Core Team Priorities:

Winter-run priorities in the Delta include improving rearing and floodplain habitat and 

improving water operations to reduce migration delays and reduce predation losses.

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta

- Reduce Predator Encounters - Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Delta;

For reference, this charter was developed based on discussion with multiple project partners and 

Golden Gate Salmon Association’s proposed project D.15.

Data Management 

All data, assessments and designs created and reviewed as part of this charter will be provided to 

the USFWS - Lodi FWO. Additionally, data will be provided to CVPIA Fisheries. Financial 

Assistance Award will also require grantee to maintain records in a secure format.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Site Access. May be an issue at individual sites but initial 

assessment stages can likely be completed with limited on the 

ground access.

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2018 CVPRF $159,000 $0 $159,000

2019 CVPRF $1,086,500 $0 $1,086,500

2017 CVPRF $318,000 $0 $318,000

Total Cost: $1,563,500

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Field Surveys and spatial assessment of potential sites

Agreement $265,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement to 

complete assessment of specific 

candidate sites for Delta shallow-water 

rearing habitat improvement projects. 

Also includes conceptual design of at 

least 1 candidate site.

Planning and Analysis - Data review and initial analysis of target areas for candidate 

restoration sites

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement to 

complete data review and initial analysis 

of target areas in the Delta where 

shallow-water rearing habitat projects 

would be most effective and 

appropriate.

2018 

Design - Design of at least 1 Delta shallow-water rearing habitat improvement project

Agreement $106,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement to 

complete at least 1 site-specific 

engineered design for a Delta shallowwater rearing habitat improvement 

project. 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Programmatic or site-specific environmental 

compliance and permitting documentation for at least 1 site

Agreement $53,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement to 

complete programmatic or site-specific 

environmental compliance and 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

permitting for at least 1 Delta shallowwater rearing habitat improvement 

project.

2019 

Implementation - Complete construction at 1 site

Agreement $1,060,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Very preliminary estimate of potential 

construction cost of implementing 1 

Delta shallow-water rearing habitat 

improvement site

Monitoring - Monitoring of Delta shallow-water rearing habitat improvement and tracking of 

individual fish that utilized the site through their life-cycle

Agreement $26,500 n/a FWS CVPRF Financial Assistance Agreement to 

monitor effectiveness of Delta shallowwater rearing habitat improvements. 

Monitoring would include site-specific 

elements and tracking of individual fish 

that utilized the site through time.
Yuba Upper Rose Bar Restoration 

Yuba Upper Rose Bar Restoration

Classification: Improvement, In-Channel

Location: 39.2205, -121.29526, Yuba River

Funding Years: 2017 - 2022

Benefits Start Year: 2018

Priority: 19 - Project would build upon previous work by AFRP and PG&E to 

identify limiting factors and needed restoration in this reach of the Yuba 

River.

Partners: South Yuba River Citizens League, CDFW, PG&E

Related Programs: NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(1) 

AFRP

100.0% $250K for design and permits plus $1.6M for 

implementation. $150K for monitoring.

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Spawning Habitat 3 acres See details in narrative.

Rearing Habitat 1 acres

Deliverables 

Date Title

Jun. 2018 Final Designs

Mar. 2019 Permits

Dec. 2018 Annual Reports

Narrative 

There is an established need for augmentation of salmonid spawning gravels in the bedrock 

canyon below Englebright Dam in the lower Yuba River. This condition extends about 2 miles 

downstream from the dam to the area called “Rose Bar,” where smaller sediment sizes enter the 

river from the Blue Point Mine drainage on the south side of the canyon. The proposed action 

would be a spawning gravel augmentation project at Upper Rose Bar, combined with side 

channel construction, riparian restoration, and/or large woody material installation to enhance 

rearing habitat. Gravel would be obtained adjacent to the site as part of an effort to stabilize a 

series of ephemeral drainages that have eroded through the accumulated hydraulic mining debris 

in the Blue Point Mine drainage. A feasibility and alternatives report (SYRCL 2015) and 

restoration concept development report (ESA 2016) have been produced with funds from 

partners. Results indicate that both the sediment quality and mercury levels are acceptable for 
habitat restoration activities. The project would improve the quality and quantity of spawning 

and rearing habitat for salmonids at Upper Rose Bar, including specific benefits to spring-run 

Chinook salmon and steelhead (SYRCL 2015). Recent gravel augmentation efforts nearer to 

Englebright Dam by USACE (about 4000 cubic yards annually since 2010) have quickly 

attracted spawners.

Cost estimate for design, permits, and implementation over 3 or more years is $1.9M. This 

includes $1.4M for processing 65,700 cy of material on site (SYRCL 2015); 20,000 cy would be 

placed in the river channel, and the remaining 45,700 cy would be stockpiled adjacent to the 

river channel to recruit into the river during high flows. 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.

Metric details:

Using WUA and redd density estimates calculated by the Yuba RMT (2013), 3 acres would 

represent a 2% increase in spawning habitat capable of supporting 900 Chinook salmon redds.

References available upon request. Previous funding from AFRP and PG&E has completed 

initial assessment and conceptual designs that informs this effort.

Links to CVPIA Core Team FY17 priorities:

Spring-run Chinook: Improving rearing habitat on the Yuba River (project will provide 

spawning and in-channel rearing habitat)

Fall-run Chinook: Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, 

Calaveras, Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

Project will also benefit steelhead

Data Management 

All designs, permits, reports, monitoring data, shape files, etc. 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 

(i.e., low risk) because it involves a willing landowner to 

provide access to the river channel for project implementation 

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Risk Likelihood Impact

and to allow for the utilization of on-site hydraulic mining 

sediments to create suitable spawning substrates. Also, the 

project could be phased with emphasis placed on different 

components (e.g., riparian restoration) as needed; this 

flexibility will increase the likelihood of creating a functional 

project.

Gravels/cobbles would be harvested as part of an effort to 

stabilize a series of ephemeral drainages that have eroded 

through the accumulated hydraulic mining debris in the Blue 

Point Mine drainage. This would reduce the potential impact 

of pollutants (e.g., mercury) to ecological systems downstream 

and contribute to the stability of the restoration site (i.e., low 

risk of adverse impacts).

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Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

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

2018 CVPRF $850,000 $0 $850,000

2019 CVPRF $850,000 $0 $850,000

Total Cost: $2,000,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Design -

Agreement $100,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Design for gravel augmentation, rearing 

habitat restoration, and bank/drainage 

stabilization.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

Agreement $150,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Permits and CEQA etc. for gravel 

augmentation, rearing habitat restoration, 

and bank/drainage stabilization.

Monitoring -

Agreement $50,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Pre-project monitoring for juvenile and 

adult salmonids as needed to supplement 

the work of the Yuba RMT.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2018 

Implementation - Gravel augmentation, rearing habitat restoration, and bank/drainage 

stabilization.

Agreement $800,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Gravel augmentation, rearing habitat 

restoration, and bank/drainage 

stabilization.

Monitoring -

Agreement $50,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Juvenile and adult salmonid monitoring as 

needed to supplement the work of the 

Yuba RMT.

2019 

Implementation - Gravel augmentation, rearing habitat restoration, and bank/drainage 

stabilization.

Agreement $800,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Gravel augmentation, rearing habitat 

restoration, and bank/drainage 

stabilization.

Monitoring -

Labor $50,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Juvenile and adult salmonid monitoring as 

needed to supplement the work of the 

Yuba RMT.
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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - Ongoing project benefitting multiple species including two ESA listed 

species. This long-term program is tightly coordinated with flow actions

on Clear Creek to use flows to move gravel into place. NMFS Recovery 

Plan action to implement a long-term gravel program in Clear Creek per 

RPA action I.1.3.

Partners: BLM, CDFW, CDWR, NPS

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 Amount of gravel required per year to restore 

spawning gravel supply to amount preWhiskeytown Dam

b12: Area of 

spawning hab 

created annually

219490 square 

feet

Current value is 63% of target of 347,308 

square feet of usable spawning habitat which 

is the amount available pre-Whiskeytown Dam 

construction

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Project Completion Report

Narrative 

The CVPIA (b)(12) program augments spawning gravel in Clear Creek to make up for gravels 

blocked by Whiskeytown Reservoir, meet the requirements of NMFS OCAP BO RPA Action 

I.1.3, and achieve the NMFS Recovery Plan. 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 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. The project will also help to restore sediment 

transport processes, such as coarse bedload transport continuity and sediment deposition on 

floodplain surfaces.

This is an ongoing project benefitting multiple species including two ESA listed species. This

long-term program is tightly coordinated with flow actions on Clear Creek to use flows to move 

gravel into place. A NMFS Recovery Plan action is to implement a long-term gravel program in 

Clear Creek per RPA action I.1.3. The Clear Creek Technical Team is looking for ways to 

address the needs of the DSM.

The Clear Creek Fish Restoration Program evaluates the amount of spawning habitat using 

potential spawning habitat mapping (PSAM) and Spawning Habitat Use (SHU). SHU maps all 

habitat actually used or disturbed during spawning in reaches used by FCS. PSAM maps areas 

meeting spawning habitat criteria of depth, velocity, and substrate for SCS, STT, LFC and FCS 

in the entire creek. Overall trends in spawning area can be detected with these methods as well as 

changes on a reach and site specific scale.

Quantitative predictions of the expected outcomes of the gravel additions include 1) a 5% 

increase in PSAM in the year following gravel addition. This estimate is based on increases and 

decreases measured since 2010 which is a relatively limited period of time for comparison. In 

the past 4 years the tonnage of gravel supplementation has decreased 50% compared to the 

preceding 16 years. During this same time PSAM in the upper reaches has decreased by 29% 

suggesting that an annual program will be required to maintain spawning gravels. 2) Based 

previous increases we expect an increase of 16% SHU per year following gravel mobilization. 3) 

The percent of steelhead redds in injection gravel in the upper reaches of Clear Creek increased 

50% from 2003 to 2014. Based on the rate of increase we expect a further increase of 5% per 

year, however this metric cannot increase indefinitely nor linearly. The program has averaged 

32% of the target 25,000 tons per year of spawning gravel addition required to restore spawning 

gravel supply.

Data Management 

Compliance and effectiveness monitoring for the project includes fish and geomorphology 

components. There are short- and long-term aspects of each of these components. Short-term, 

Objective Specific monitoring will include repeat topological surveys of the gravel projects as 

they change over time, and documentation of spawning use during year round spawning ground 

surveys. While the first physical and biological responses of the project will be detected with 

these methods, they will also provide Long-Term Trend Monitoring. Long-Term Trend 

Monitoring will also rely on the broader fisheries-oriented monitoring program of the Clear 
Creek Restoration Program which includes extensive monitoring methods that can be 

categorized by scale:

Watershed Scale:

Longitudinal topographic surveys, LiDAR; Bedload transport and Sediment budget; Annual 

adult salmonid population estimates; Annual juvenile production estimates; Annual juvenile 

productivity estimates (juvenile production / adult escapement); InSALMO model output outmigrants per year; Temperature monitoring system of loggers

Spawning Reach Scale:

Topographical change, especially estimating volumes of gravel moving in and out of project 

sites; Salmonid spawning habitat suitability mapping

Salmonid spawning habitat use; Redd distribution surveys; Salmonid use of supplemental gravel; 

Meso- and Micro-habitat Scale:

Spawning gravel evaluation: sediment size; Juvenile habitat use studies compare salmonid 

densities between: restored and control reaches, physical habitat treatments, habitat types, types 

or presence of riparian vegetation; Macro-invertebrate studies comparing gravel restoration types 

in treated and control areas

STOS monitoring quantitative predictions of the expected outcomes of the gravel additions 

include 1) a 5% increase in PSAM in the year following gravel addition. This estimate is based 

on increases and decreases measured since 2010 which is a relatively limited period of time for 

comparison. In the past 4 years the tonnage of gravel supplementation has decreased 50% 

compared to the preceding 16 years. During this same time PSAM in the upper reaches has 

decreased by 29% suggesting that an annual program will be required to maintain spawning 

gravels. 2) Based on previous increases we expect an increase of 16% SHU per year following 

gravel mobilization. 3) The percent of steelhead redds in injection gravel in the upper reaches of 

Clear Creek increased 50% from 2003 to 2014. Based on the rate of increase we expect a further 

increase of 5% per year, however this metric cannot increase indefinitely nor linearly. The 

program has averaged 32% of the target 25,000 tons per year of spawning gravel addition 

required to restore spawning gravel supply. LTT monitoring quantitative predictions include 1) 

an increase in PSAM to pre-dam conditions, 2) sustained increase in SHU to a carrying capacity 

value which has yet to be determined, 3) an increase in tons per year until the system has been 

recharged with sediment. 4) the size distribution of gravel in spawning areas will converge on 

the size distribution preferred by salmonids. Another important metric for LTT monitoring is the 

number of juveniles produced per female salmonid. 

The Clear Creek Technical Team has discussed metrics to study to see how our monitoring may 

help inform the DSM process. According to the DSM, spawning gravel is not a primary limiting 
factor for Chinook and steelhead in Central Valley streams. Our information may help support or 

modify the DSM. The methods we have considered following up on include gravel size 

specifications, out-migrants per year from InSALMO model, Potential Spawning Area Mapping, 

watershed-wide bulk sediment sampling, macro-invertebrate abundance and species richness and 

Juvenile Habitat Use. The gravel projects could serve as experiments to test assumptions of the 

DSM model.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Funding reductions 1 3

High fuel costs 2 1

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

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

2018 CVPRF $300,830 $300,830 $0

2019 CVPRF $300,000 $300,000 $0

Total Cost: $899,528

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation - Gravel augmentation projects at multiple sites in Clear Creek

Agreement $298,698 n/a 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 n/a BOR CVPRF Gravel projects towards CVPIA target of 

25,000 tons per year

2019 

Implementation - Gravel augmentation projects at multiple sites in Clear Creek

Agreement $300,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Gravel projects towards CVPIA target of 

25,000 tons per year
b12 Clear Creek Adaptive Management 

Use monitoring and evaluation to improve restoration actions.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - Ongoing Actions, OCAP BO RPA actions, evaluates other priority 

actions, provides information to address DSM modules identified as 

having high uncertainty.

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

Science, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District

Related Programs: CALFED, California Drought Response, CVPIA b2, EWP, 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

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Annual summary of benthic macroinvertebrate bio sampling data
Date Title

Oct. 2016 Recommendations to B2 Interagency Team

Aug. 2017 Report to OCAP Science Panel

Dec. 2017 Quarterly presentations to Clear Creek Technical Team

Sep. 2017 Annual report of juvenile spring Chinook production estimates

Sep. 2017 Annual report of spawning habitat estimates for fall and spring Chinook

Sep. 2017 Annual report of geomorphic monitoring or spawning gravel evaluation

Oct. 2016 Recommendations to Sacramento River Temperature Task Group

Oct. 2016 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 2017. 

This is an ongoing project benefitting multiple species including ESA listed species spring 

Chinook and steelhead and fall and late-fall Chinook. This long-term program is coordinated 

through the Clear Creek Technical Team and the Sacramento River Temperature Task Group. 

Some actions are required monitoring in the NMFS OCAP RPA and some evaluate six RPA 

Actions. Otolith work and juvenile screw trapping address DSM modules identified as having 

high uncertainty related to behavioral dynamics in watershed (rearing), migration rate, adult 

survival to natal watershed, and juvenile growth and survival in the upper and lower Sacramento 

and the delta.

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. Channel maintenance flows, 

pulse flows and gravel supplementation are required in the NMFS OCAP RPA I.1.1, I.1.2, and 

I.1.3 respectively.

Otolith microchemistry is used to evaluate juvenile salmonid life history, survival, and migration 

rate. Funding would continue an adult Chinook microchemistry analysis performed by UC Santa 

Cruz by adding using adult Fall Chinook collected in 2010, 2011, and 2012. While the study 

would relate these parameters to restoration actions in Clear Creek, the information from rearing 

in the Sacramento River and Delta will provide information to address DSM modules identified 

as having high uncertainty related to behavioral dynamics in watershed (rearing), migration rate, 

adult survival to natal watershed, and juvenile growth and survival in the upper and lower 

Sacramento and the delta.

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.

This action is part of a fisheries-oriented monitoring program of the Clear Creek Restoration 

Program which includes extensive monitoring methods that can be categorized by scale:

Watershed Scale:

Longitudinal topographic surveys, LiDAR; Bedload transport and Sediment budget; Annual 

adult salmonid population estimates; Annual juvenile production estimates; Annual juvenile 

productivity estimates (juvenile production / adult escapement); InSALMO model output outmigrants per year; Temperature monitoring system of loggers

Spawning Reach Scale:

Topographical change, especially estimating volumes of gravel moving in and out of project 

sites; Salmonid spawning habitat suitability mapping

Salmonid spawning habitat use; Redd distribution surveys; Salmonid use of supplemental gravel; 

Meso- and Micro-habitat Scale:

Spawning gravel evaluation: sediment size; Juvenile habitat use studies compare salmonid 

densities between: restored and control reaches, physical habitat treatments, habitat types, types 

or presence of riparian vegetation; Macro-invertebrate studies comparing gravel restoration types 

in treated and control areas
Risks 

No Data.

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

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

2017 CVPRF $301,107 $0 $301,107

2018 CVPRF $358,641 $0 $358,641

2019 CVPRF $278,641 $0 $278,641

Total Cost: $1,191,898

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2016 

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Agreement $9,434 n/a FWS CVPRF Evaluate habitat restoration projects by 

comparing macroinvertebrate assemblages 

from 75 samples.

Labor $91,526 0.36 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 0.47 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook 

production using rotary screw trap

Labor $33,052 0.13 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate 

spawning gravel quality.

2017 

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Labor $33,481 0.14 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate 

spawning gravel quality.

Agreement $50,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Adult fall Chinook otoliths obtained from 

2010, 2011 and 2012 will be analyzed to 

evaluate juvenile life history, survival, and 

migration rate during rearing, and 

migration from Clear Creek the 

Sacramento River and the Delta. These 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

parameters will be related to flow and 

habitat restoration actions. 

Labor $93,269 0.39 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 $124,358 0.52 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook 

production using rotary screw trap

2018 

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Labor $128,089 0.52 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook 

production using rotary screw trap

Labor $96,067 0.39 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 $34,485 0.14 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate 

spawning gravel quality.

Agreement $100,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Geomorphic methods will be used in 

ongoing evaluations of CVPIA actions 

including pulse and channel maintenance 

flows, gravel supplementation, and stream 

channel restoration required in the NMFS 

OCAP RPA.

2019 

Monitoring - Salmon and steelhead monitoring

Labor $96,067 0.39 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.

Agreement $20,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Evaluate habitat restoration projects by 

comparing macroinvertebrate assemblages 

from 75 samples.

Labor $34,485 0.14 FWS CVPRF Bulk sediment sampling to evaluate 

spawning gravel quality.

Labor $128,089 0.52 FWS CVPRF Estimate juvenile spring Chinook 

production using rotary screw trap

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 - EWP channel maintenance flows is an ongoing project benefitting 

multiple species including two ESA listed species. This long-term 

program began in 2003 and is a recovery plan action and OCAP RPA 

Action I.1.2. Most of the funding for the project has come from State cost 

sharing and has been a multi-agency effort involving FWS, BOR, CDFW, 

NMFS, CALFED and ERP. This project is important for maintaining the 

CVPIA investments made in the Stream Channel Restoration Project and 

the RPA required gravel program.

Partners: CDWR, ESA, NMFS, NPS, NRCS, Point Blue Conservation Science, 

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, BLM, CDFW

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

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 Safety of Dams analysis

Sep. 2015 Final 6 Technical Memos
Date Title

Dec. 2015 Geomorphic evaluation report

Narrative 

Additional funding is not being sought in FY 2017. 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 re-deposition, 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. 

EWP channel maintenance flows is an ongoing project benefitting multiple species including two 

ESA listed species. This long-term program began in 2003 and is a recovery plan action and 

OCAP RPA Action I.1.2. Most of the funding for the project has come from State cost sharing 

and has been a multi-agency effort involving FWS, BOR, CDFW, NMFS, CALFED and ERP. 

This project is important for maintaining the CVPIA investments made in the Stream Channel 

Restoration Project and the RPA required gravel program.

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.

The final Clear Creek Environmental Water Program Core Monitoring and Adaptive 

Management Plan details numerous and specific geomorphological, fish, bird, herp, and 

vegetation metrics for the program. Some of the metrics are STOS (topological change) and 

other more LTT (population level responses). 

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

2018 CVPRF $288,160 $0 $288,160

Total Cost: $288,160

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2018 

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

used to evaluate if flow events are achieving desired outcomes.

Agreement $100,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Post flow-event monitoring of physical 

changes in stream and floodplain

Agreement $83,712 n/a FWS CVPRF Herpetofaunna visual encounter surveys 

and habitat assessment to evaluate the 

impacts of flow program on special status 

species. 

Agreement $58,232 n/a FWS CVPRF Riparian vegetation monitoring to 

evaluate benefit of flows on reducing 

encroachment

Agreement $46,216 n/a FWS CVPRF Avian monitoring to evaluate the impacts 

of flow program on special status species.

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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - Flows is an Ongoing Action required under CVPIA section (b)12, is 

listed in the NMFS Recovery Plan, is a recovery plan action, involves 

OCAP RPA Actions I.1.1, I.1.2, I.1.5 and I.1.6., involves multiple species 

including two ESA listed species and has been a long-term multi-agency 

effort involving FWS, BOR, CDFW, NMFS.

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

Science

Related Programs: b3, CALFED, CVPIA b2, EWP, 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 Management Flow Recommendation

Apr. 2016 Spring Attraction Flow Annual Proposal

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

Valley
Date Title

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

and Clear Creek Operations

Narrative 

Funds for this charter are not being sought for FY 2017

Flows is an Ongoing Action required under CVPIA section (b)12, is listed in the NMFS 

Recovery Plan, is a recovery plan action, involves OCAP RPA Actions I.1.1, I.1.2, I.1.5 and 

I.1.6., involves multiple species including two ESA listed species and has been a long-term 

multi-agency effort involving FWS, BOR, CDFW, NMFS.

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

2018 CVPRF $9,874 $0 $9,874 $0

2018 SIK $10,000 $0 $0 $10,000

Total Cost: $19,874

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2018 

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

OCAP RPA's

Labor $9,874 0.04 FWS CVPRF Technical assistance in writing and 

implementing plans

In-Kind 

Labor

$10,000 n/a DFW SIK Technical assistance in writing and 

implementing plan

b12 Clear Creek Program Management 

The (b)(12) program management is comprised of administrative and technical support from 

BOR, FWS, CDFW, and CDWR.

Classification: Administration, Administration

Location: , Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This is a high priority charter

Partners: CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: CVPIA b2, EWP, Interagency Ecological Program, NMFS-RP, NMFSRPAs, CALFED, California Drought Response

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear 

Creek Flows

50.0% Work on CVPIA flow prescription, EWP, SRRTG, 

temperature management, B2, temperature control 

device

(b)(12) Clear 

Creek Restoration

50.0% Anticipated work on the Phase 3C Project, 

Cloverview Project, gravel projects

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

c1: Restore and 

maintain fish 

populations

0 N/A Program management supports and 

manages the Clear Creek Restoration 

Program

b1: Contribute towards 

Priority Actions

0 N/A Program management supports CVP 

OCAP RPA actions.

Deliverables 

Date Title

May. 2014 BOR Lead

May. 2014 FWS Co-Lead

May. 2014 CDFW Program Support

May. 2014 CDWR Program Support

May. 2014 BOR Administrative Support

May. 2014 FWS Administrative Support
Narrative 

This charter covers the staffing costs of BOR and FWS personnel that are directly involved in the 

day-to-day business activities of the CVPIA (b)(12) Clear Creek Restoration program. The 

categories of staffing support are:

Program Lead (BOR) and Co-Lead (FWS), Administrative Regional Staff support (BOR and 

FWS), CDFW technical support, and CDWR technical support.

Data Management 

The b12 Program Managers maintain related information in the Bureau of Reclamations 

Northern California Area Office, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Office in Red Bluff, CA

The financial information is maintained in the Reclamations Mid-Pacific regional office in 

Sacramento, CA, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regional office, in Sacramento, CA. 

State of California Cost-share information is maintained in their respective regional offices, and 

in their local (Redding, CA, and Red Bluff, CA) field offices.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Program Management diminished 1 3

Funding reduction 2 3

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DWR DFW

2017 WRR $99,016 $99,016 $0 $0 $0

2017 SIK $48,503 $0 $0 $25,235 $23,268

2017 CVPRF $95,660 $0 $95,660 $0 $0

2018 WRR $101,986 $101,986 $0 $0 $0

2018 CVPRF $98,530 $0 $98,530 $0 $0

2018 SIK $39,337 $0 $0 $23,373 $15,964

2019 WRR $104,957 $104,957 $0 $0 $0

2019 CVPRF $101,400 $0 $101,400 $0 $0

2019 SIK $49,915 $0 $0 $25,970 $23,945

Total Cost: $739,304
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Administration -

Labor $24,500 0.10 BOR WRR

In-Kind Labor $10,094 n/a DWR SIK

In-Kind Labor $15,141 n/a DWR SIK

In-Kind Labor $15,512 n/a DFW SIK

In-Kind Labor $7,756 n/a DFW SIK

Labor $95,660 0.40 FWS CVPRF

Labor $74,516 0.40 BOR WRR

2018 

Administration -

Labor $25,235 0.10 BOR WRR

Labor $98,530 0.40 FWS CVPRF

Labor $76,751 0.40 BOR WRR

Labor $7,791 0.03 DWR SIK

In-Kind Labor $15,582 n/a DWR SIK

In-Kind Labor $15,964 n/a DFW SIK

2019 

Administration -

Labor $25,970 0.10 BOR WRR

Labor $101,400 0.40 FWS CVPRF

In-Kind Labor $15,964 n/a DFW SIK

In-Kind Labor $7,982 n/a DFW SIK

In-Kind Labor $15,582 n/a DWR SIK

Labor $78,987 0.40 BOR WRR

In-Kind Labor $10,388 n/a DWR SIK

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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - NMFS Recovery Plan action. Acquisition of a long term gravel supply, 

per RPA action I.1.3. Benefits multiple ESA species (SCS and STT, plus 

FCS, LFC) with a $4.6 million cost share from the State

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

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, BLM

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

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. 

Length estimated from plan view of project site. 

Additional stream restoration value will be 

achieved with the material made available to the 

gravel injection program (not estimated here). 

Gravel 

supplied

340000 tons Project will provide long-term supply of gravel for 

injection into Clear Creek (NSR 2008).

Floodplain 

health

25 acres Remove mining-legacy mercury from dredger 

tailings within the 100-year floodplain (acres 

estimated from plan view). 

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2017 Wetland Design

Dec. 2018 Geomorphic Evaluation Report

Dec. 2018 Construction Compliance Report

Dec. 2018 Fish Habitat Evaluation Report

Dec. 2018 Revegetation Report
Narrative 

Ongoing project designed and permitted by CVPIA and to be implemented by CDFW. NMFS 

Recovery Plan action. Helps achieve RPA action I.1.3 by acquiring a long term gravel supply. 

Benefits multiple species including ESA (SCS and STT) and others (FCS, LFC) with a $4.6 

million cost share from the State. 

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 and floodplain of Clear Creek, CA. Pockets of elemental mercury can be found 

within the fine sediments of the mine tailings, deposited there decades ago from mining 

operations. The project will remove contaminated sediment 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 2017, and 

continue through FY 2019. 

REFERENCES:

North State Resources, Inc. (NSR). 2008. Long-term Clear Creek spawning gravel source 

feasibility study data report. Prepared for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Shasta Lake, and CA. 190 

pp.

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.

Project has geomorphic, avian, vegetation, wetland, and mercury objectives and monitoring. 

STOS include surveys post project (and pre-project in some cases), tons of gravel produced and 

similar LTT's. The tie to fish production depends on the intermediary projects that use the gravel 

for restoration projects.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Funding reductions 1 3
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS DFW

2017 SC $2,250,000 $0 $0 $2,250,000

2017 CVPRF $40,000 $40,000 $0 $0

2018 $28,000 $28,000 $0 $0

2018 CVPRF $100,000 $100,000 $0 $0

2018 WRR $35,000 $35,000 $0 $0

2019 WRR $6,000 $6,000 $0 $0

2019 CVPRF $87,184 $62,500 $24,684 $0

2020 CVPRF $537,500 $537,500 $0 $0

2021 CVPRF $6,000 $6,000 $0 $0

2022 CVPRF $6,000 $6,000 $0 $0

2023 CVPRF $6,000 $6,000 $0 $0

2024 CVPRF $6,900 $6,900 $0 $0

2025 CVPRF $6,900 $6,900 $0 $0

2026 CVPRF $6,900 $6,900 $0 $0

2027 CVPRF $6,900 $6,900 $0 $0

2028 CVPRF $6,900 $6,900 $0 $0

Total Cost: $3,136,184

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation -

In-Kind 

Agreement

$2,250,000 n/a DFW SC 2nd year of implementation

Labor $40,000 0.16 BOR CVPRF Engineering, survey, and geology. 

Some construction oversight.

2018 

Implementation -

Labor $28,000 0.14 BOR Revegetation and monitoring plan.

Agreement $50,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Revegetation of uplands and riparian 

areas including surveys and designs.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Labor $35,000 0.14 BOR WRR Assistance in project implementation 

from Reclamation staff.

Agreement $50,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Provide wetlands construction 

designs including field surveys, and 

or provides partial funding for 

implementation.

2019 

Implementation -

Labor $6,000 0.03 BOR WRR Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 1 of 5 for 

wetland; year 1 of 10 for riparian.

Labor $24,684 0.10 FWS CVPRF Monitoring to evaluate changes in 

stream habitat resulting from project 

actions.

Labor $37,500 0.15 BOR CVPRF Engineering, survey, and geology

Agreement $25,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Post-project geomorphic monitoring 

and evaluation

2020 

Implementation -

Placeholder $100,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Funding to fix problems with project 

(2% of overall $5M cost).

Labor $400,000 2.00 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 2 of 5 for 

wetland; year 2 of 10 for riparian.

Labor $37,500 0.15 BOR CVPRF Engineering, survey, and geology

2021 

Implementation -

Labor $6,000 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 3 of 5 for 

wetland; year 3 of 10 for riparian.

2022 

Implementation -

Labor $6,000 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 4 of 5 for 

wetland; year 4 of 10 for riparian.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2023 

Implementation -

Labor $6,000 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 5 of 5 for 

wetland; year 5 of 10 for riparian.

2024 

Implementation -

Labor $6,900 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 6 of 10 for 

riparian.

2025 

Implementation -

Labor $6,900 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 7 of 10 for 

riparian.

2026 

Implementation -

Labor $6,900 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 8 of 10 for 

riparian.

2027 

Implementation -

Labor $6,900 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 9 of 10 for 

riparian.

2028 

Implementation -

Labor $6,900 0.03 BOR CVPRF Project monitoring per regulatory 

agency requirements. Year 10 of 10 

for riparian.

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: Whiskeytown Lake, Clear Creek

Funding Years: 2016 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 3 - CVPIA Core Team priorities: winter run reducing water temperatures, 

spring run improving flows on Clear Creek for juvenile emigration, 

benefits to ESA listed species (WCS, SCS, STT) and other multiple 

species (LFC, FCS), cost share with BOR O&M funding, long term 

partnership with SWRCB, NMFS, CDFW, BOR and FWS, coordinated 

with restoration through Sacramento River Temperature Task Group and 

Clear Creek Technical Team. OCAP RPA BO action I.1.4 Replace the 

Spring Creek Temperature Control Curtain. Ongoing action required of 

BOR by SWRCB Order.

Partners: NMFS, SWRCB, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: NMFS-RPAs

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows 100.0%

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Temperature 

reduction of WHI 

source for Clear 

Creek and Sac R

3 degrees Improved control of cold water in Whiskeytown 

Lake will improve CVO ability to meet 

Sacramento River and Clear Creek temperature 

targets. Evaluation of the curtain in the early 

90's based on limited data concluded the Spring 

Creek and Oak Bottom curtains together 

reduced Spring Creek release temperatures to 

the Sacramento River by 3 to 5 degrees F 

(Vermeyen 1997).

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2018 Evaluation of New Oak Bottom Temperature Control Curtain
Narrative 

CVPIA Core Team priorities: winter run reducing water temperatures, spring run improving 

flows on Clear Creek for juvenile emigration, benefits to ESA listed species (WCS, SCS, STT) 

and other multiple species (LFC, FCS), cost share with BOR O&M funding, long term 

partnership with SWRCB, NMFS, CDFW, BOR and FWS, coordinated with restoration through 

Sacramento River Temperature Task Group and Clear Creek Technical Team. OCAP RPA BO 

action I.1.4 Replace the Spring Creek Temperature Control Curtain. Ongoing action required of 

BOR by SWRCB Order.

Whiskeytown Lake receives cold water from the Trinity River basin, through the Francis Carr 

Tunnel. The Oak Bottom Curtain (OBC) was designed to work in conjunction with the Spring 

Creek Temperature Control Curtain. The curtains minimize the mixing of the cold Trinity River 

water with the warmer surface water of Whiskeytown Lake and help to maintain 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 restoration and helps to meet Clear Creek 

temperature objectives (RPA Action I.1.5). Functional curtains increase CVO's ability to meet 

temperature targets in the Sacramento River, Clear Creek, and Trinity River.

The original OBC eventually deteriorated and no longer served its intended purpose. National 

Park Service staff were concerned about the OBC as a safety hazard. The curtain was removed 

from Whiskeytown in 2015 and a replacement is undergoing construction and install in the 

spring of 2016. The removal and replacement was funded outside of the Restoration Fund. 

The new curtain should be evaluated to insure it is operating correctly and to its 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.

REFERENCE:

Vermayan, T. 1997. Use of temperature control curtains to control reservoir release water 

temperatures. Technical Report R-97-09. Bureau of Reclamation Technical Service Center, 

Denver, CO. 53 pages.

Data Management 

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

be permanently housed at Northern California Area Office of Reclamation.

CVPIA Core Team priorities: winter run reducing water temperatures, spring run improving 

flows on Clear Creek for juvenile emigration, benefits to ESA listed species (WCS, SCS, STT) 

and other multiple species (LFC, FCS), cost share with BOR O&M funding, long term 
partnership with SWRCB, NMFS, CDFW, BOR and FWS, coordinated with restoration through 

Sacramento River Temperature Task Group and Clear Creek Technical Team. OCAP RPA BO 

action I.1.4 Replace the Spring Creek Temperature Control Curtain. Ongoing action required of 

BOR by SWRCB Order.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Replacement will not work 1 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $15,000 $15,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $10,000 $10,000 $0

2019 CVPRF $25,000 $25,000 $0

Total Cost: $50,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring - Evaluate new temperature control curtain to optimize its performance and insure 

that it is working as intended.

Labor $15,000 0.06 BOR CVPRF Write and implement investigation plan

2018 

Monitoring - Evaluate new temperature control curtain to optimize its performance and insure 

that it is working as intended.

Labor $10,000 0.10 BOR CVPRF Maintain thermistor strings up and downreservoir of curtains. Conduct ADCP operations 

if identified in investigation plan

2019 

Monitoring - Evaluate new temperature control curtain to optimize its performance and insure 

that it is working as intended.

Labor $15,000 0.06 BOR CVPRF Summarize and report

Labor $10,000 0.10 BOR CVPRF Maintain thermistor strings up and downreservoir of curtains. Conduct ADCP operations 

if identified in investigation plan

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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - Ongoing Action listed in the NMFS Recovery Plan, required under 

CVPIA section(b)12, benefiting RPA action I.1.3, CVPIA Core team 

priorities for: multiple (FCS, LFC) and listed species (SCS, STT), 

involving a long-term partnership since 1995, coordinated with other Clear 

Creek habitat and flow restoration actions and addressing DSM modules 

identified as having high uncertainty. 

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

Science, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District

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: 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

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.

Larger outmigrants20 percentage 

of fish

InSALMO modeling suggests that Phase 3C 

project would greatly increase the number and 

proportion of larger out-migrant Chinook.

Juvenile 

Chinook 

density

2 number of 

fish

Predict habitat use of habitats built for salmon 

rearing would have densities 2X of controls

Juvenile 

Chinook 

density

1 number of 

fish

Predict habitat use of restored reach would not 

be significantly lower than controls
Deliverables 

Date Title

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

reviews

Dec. 2018 Environmental documents and permits for Gorge Spawning Curve

Mar. 2017 Phase 3C juvenile fish habitat evaluation

Sep. 2017 Phase 3C riparian and avian evaluations

Dec. 2017 Phase 3C designs and bid documents

Apr. 2018 Phase 3C Environmental documents and permits

Dec. 2020 Inventory riparian encroachment and restoration opportunities

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. Completion of the project is a significant milestone for the Clear Creek 

Restoration Program, allowing CVPIA to prioritize funds based more on the proposed 

Implementation Plan, the ARM process and the DSM model. 

Phase 3C is an Ongoing Action listed in the NMFS Recovery Plan, required under CVPIA 

section (b) 12, benefiting RPA action I.1.3, and a CVPIA Core team priority for: multiple (FCS, 

LFC) and listed species (SCS, STT), involving a long-term partnership since 1995, coordinated 

with other Clear Creek habitat and flow restoration actions and addressing DSM modules 

identified as having high uncertainty. 

Phase 3C would create floodplain and stream channels in the lowest part of the reach and would 

provide juvenile rearing habitat for most of the salmonids spawned in Clear Creek. Phase 3C is 

the last phase of the Lower Clear Creek Floodplain and SCRP described in the Clear Creek 

Conceptual Plan (McBain and Trush et al 1999a) and Clear Creek Technical and Design

Document (McBain and Trush et al 1999b). The SCRP primary goals were to improve salmonid 

spawning and rearing habitat, reduce fish stranding and improve fish passage. Estimated cost for 

Phase 3C is $6.6M. Objectives for the project include: 1. Create spawning habitat for fall and 

late-fall Chinook and steelhead; 2. Protect the existing restoration efforts from erosion and 

channel degradation at the Phase 3C site. 3. Provide a stronghold where Chinook salmon and 

other listed fish species can thrive even when the Sacramento River experiences drought 

conditions. 4. Create additional rearing habitat for Clear Creek fish populations including listed 

spring Chinook and Steelhead; 5. Integrate with other existing and planned restoration work on 

Clear Creek, CA. and 6. Reduce the potential for mercury methylation or contamination. 

Performance metrics include a predicted 5% increase in Spawning Habitat Use (SHU) and an 8% 

increase in Potential Spawning Habitat Mapping, a 20% increase in the percentage of larger 

juvenile salmonids (including spring Chinook and steelhead) produced based on InSALMO 
modeling, and an as yet undetermined reduction in mercury contamination. While previous 

phases have proven that the approach has been cost-effective relative to its complexity, 

regulatory environment, and potential ecological and community benefits, we anticipate the more 

recent learning will produce an even more successful project. Previous phases have met 

predicted increases in SHU and weighted usable area. Previous phases have exceeded or met 

predictions of juvenile habitat use in measures of the fish density. Evaluation of the project 

through juvenile habitat use studies will benefit the ARM process and DSM model by addressing 

DSM modules identified as having high uncertainty 

Not implementing phase 3C would: lose the opportunity to greatly increase production of larger 

juvenile salmonids, lose the opportunity to create or improve spawning, rearing, wetland, 

riparian and other terrestrial habitat, leave a source of methyl mercury in the environment, and 

fail to finish the stream channel restoration mandated by CVPIA with attendant impacts on 

stakeholders including those paying into the CVPIA Restoration fund.

Please see Data Management section for information that would not fit on this page related to 

proposed Phase 3B Project Completion Project. 

Data Management 

Additional information that would not fit on the Narrative page: Phase 3B of the stream channel 

restoration project was not completed because the contract was not extended past 8 years after 

delays in implementation. Funding was insufficient due to the State Bond Crisis of 2008 which 

halted construction requiring re-mobilization, and new plant stock, permits and staff. Work 

includes revegetation, road removal and re-alignment, and wetlands creation and modification 

needed to meet agency commitments and permit requirements. Metrics include riparian 

vegetation % canopy cover, % survival, and tree height, and wetland metrics of acreage, wetland 

type and persistence. Vetted through the Clear Creek Technical Team and Ecosystem 

Restoration Program, there are no stakeholder objections. Funding is for on-the-ground work and 

permits that need updating. 

Impacts of not completing the action include: 1) not meeting agency commitments and permit 

requirements which may make permitting future Central Valley projects more difficult, 2) 

leaving large areas un-vegetated creating habitat fragmentation, reduce terrestrial habitat, and 

reduced terrestrial inputs of food, large wood that support the salmonid populations, and 3) 

reducing backwater and side-channel wetlands used by rearing salmonids.

Data Management information: Compliance and effectiveness monitoring for the project 

includes fish, geomorphology, avian, and vegetation components. There are short- and long-term 

aspects of each of these components. Short-term, Objective Specific monitoring will include as 

built drawings of the project, pre and post project geomorphic, avian, and vegetation surveys and 

pre and post project salmonid juvenile habitat use evaluations. While the first physical and 

biological responses of the project will be detected with these methods, they will also provide 

long-term trend monitoring for non-fish production metrics. 
The phase 3C project will create a new floodplain and stream channel focusing on increasing the 

amount of juvenile rearing habitat. The quality and quantity of juvenile habitat will be assessed 

with direct observation of fish density Specific predictions include 1) juvenile fish density will 

not be significantly less in treatment reaches than control reaches in the first 3 years post 

construction, and will be significantly greater than control reaches after the first 3 years post 

construction. 2) Juvenile fish density will be 2 times higher in habitat features built for juvenile 

habitat than in control reaches after construction. Overall the increase in rearing habitat is 

predicted to lead to a 20% increase in the percentage of larger juvenile salmonids produced 

based on InSALMO modeling. The InSALMO modeling uses relatively long data-sets collected 

in Clear Creek for flow, temperature, weighted usable area, escapement, juvenile production 

(rotary screw trapping since 1998), spawning area use, and juvenile habitat use observations. The 

project will also create spawning habitat. Performance metrics include a predicted 5% increase in 

Spawning habitat Use (SHU) and an 8% increase in Potential Spawning Habitat Mapping, a 20% 

increase in the percentage of larger juvenile salmonids (including spring Chinook and steelhead) 

produced based on InSALMO modeling. Evaluation of the project through juvenile habitat use 

studies will benefit the ARM process and DSM model by addressing a high uncertainty DSM 

module, behavioral dynamics in the water (rearing), identified in the SIT memo.

The Long-Term Trend Monitoring will rely on the broader fisheries oriented monitoring program 

of the Clear Creek Restoration Program. 

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Unable to acquire Phase 3C private property 1 2

Prohibitive environmental compliance 1 3

Availability of State Cost Share 1 2
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $4,397,469 $3,899,639 $497,830

2018 CVPRF $276,811 $276,811 $0

2019 CVPRF $321,988 $271,288 $50,700

2020 CVPRF $345,796 $345,796 $0

2021 CVPRF $215,335 $163,200 $52,135

2022 CVPRF $75,000 $25,000 $50,000

2018 WRR $50,000 $50,000 $0

2019 WRR $50,000 $50,000 $0

Total Cost: $5,732,399

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Construction - Design, permit, construct and monitor Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration 

Project

Labor $25,653 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $47,830 0.20 FWS CVPRF Pre-project juvenile salmon habitat use 

study to evaluate the effectiveness of 

the project and inform critical

uncertainties of DSM.

Labor $50,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Agreement $2,700,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Design build construction contract

Labor $275,986 1.00 BOR CVPRF Includes design and value engineering 

costs

Agreement $225,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Pre- and post-project avian surveys to 

evaluate the effectiveness of the entire 

project and to document progress 

towards mitigation requirements.

Agreement $180,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Agreement with BLM to acquire 

private property in project footprint 

required for construction.

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

construction of Phase 3C

Agreement $225,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Pre- and post-project vegetation 

surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of 

the entire project and to document 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

progress towards mitigation 

requirements.

Labor $18,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Construction - Complete construction tasks associated with Phase 3B Stream Channel 

Restoration Project including revegetation, wetlands creation, and road removal.

Agreement $150,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Complete work including revegetation, 

road removal and re-alignment, and 

wetlands creation and modification that 

was not completed in Phase 3B due to 

lapse in contract.

2018 

Construction - Design, permit, construct and monitor Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration 

Project

Labor $106,495 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $120,316 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $50,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Construction - Design, permit and construct Gorge Spawning Curve Channel Realignment 

Project.

Labor $50,000 1.00 BOR WRR Provide 30% design and permits for 

design build contract

2019 

Construction - Design, permit, construct and monitor Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration 

Project

Labor $50,700 0.20 FWS CVPRF Post-project juvenile salmon habitat use 

study to evaluate the effectiveness of 

the project and inform critical 

uncertainties of DSM.

Labor $120,316 1.00 BOR CVPRF Design support during construction, 

construction management, and 

procurement admin.

Labor $25,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $50,972 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Construction - Design, permit and construct Gorge Spawning Curve Channel Realignment 

Project.

Agreement $50,000 n/a BOR WRR Implement Gorge Spawning Curve 

Channel Realignment Project based on 

plans and permits developed in 2018
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Construction - Permit and construct Paige Bar Floodplain Lowering Project.

Labor $75,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF Conceptual designs provided under 

previous contract. Existing 

programmatic NEPA and ESA would 

need supplemental compliance.

2020 

Construction - Design, permit, construct and monitor Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration 

Project

Labor $120,796 1.00 BOR CVPRF Design support during construction, 

construction management, and 

procurement admin.

Labor $25,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Construction - Permit and construct Paige Bar Floodplain Lowering Project.

Agreement $200,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Floodplain lowering and gravel 

augmentation project implementation 

using gravel processing onsite for cost 

savings.

2021 

Construction - Design, permit, construct and monitor Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration 

Project

Labor $25,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $138,200 1.00 BOR CVPRF Design support during construction, 

construction management, and 

procurement admin.

Labor $52,135 0.20 FWS CVPRF Post-project juvenile salmon habitat use 

study to evaluate the effectiveness of 

the project and inform critical 

uncertainties of DSM.

2022 

Construction - Design, permit, construct and monitor Phase 3C of Stream Channel Restoration 

Project

Labor $25,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $50,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Final reporting / review

American River Salmonid Habitat Improvement at upper River Bend 

The project includes excavating material from the floodplain to create side channel habitat for 

juvenile rearing. The excavated material would be sorted and placed into the river to improve 

substrate conditions for spawning at and downstream of the site. The project continues the 

partnership with the Sacramento Water Forum, City of Sacramento, and Sacramento County 

Parks. 

Classification: Improvement, Side-Channel

Location: (38.606484, -121.313027), American River

Funding Years: 2016 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: 1 -

Partners: CDFW, Sacramento Water Forum

Related Programs: AFRP 

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Juvenile Rearing 

Habitat

15 acres Amount of new and improved habitat 

provided.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Construction Completed

Narrative 

The project includes excavating material from the floodplain to create side channel habitat for 

juvenile rearing. The excavated material would be sorted and placed into the river to improve 

substrate conditions for spawning at and downstream of the site. The project continues the 

partnership with the Sacramento Water Forum, City of Sacramento, and Sacramento County 

Parks. 

This continues the habitat improvement work that has been occurring annually in the American 

River since 2008.

The site would be monitored along with the ongoing monitoring of past projects in the American 

River. Monitoring objectives include: Determine project effectiveness by documenting the use 
of site by juvenile and adult fish, comparing habitat conditions pre/post project at treatment and 

reference sites, monitoring juvenile and adult production from the American River.

Project location is at the upper and of River Bend Park/downstream end of Ancil Hoffman 

Park/golf course area. Alternate location is the west/south side of the river at lower El Manto, 

between El Manto and San Juan Rapids.

Addresses SIT priority for the American River of juvenile rearing habitat for fall-run Chinook.

Data Management 

Data will be housed at the USBR Bay Delta Office and USFWS office. 

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Permits not obtained 2 2

Neighbors concerned about effects 2 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

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

Total Cost: $600,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Construction - Cooperative Agreement with Sacramento Water Forum for design and 

construction.

Agreement $600,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Cooperative agreement with city of 

Sacramento for survey, design, 

construction, and monitoring work.

Reclamation staff leads the permitting 

work.
b13 Administration 

Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration Program Admin

Classification: Administration, Administration

Location: , 

Funding Years: 2014 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2014

Priority: 1 - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: NMFS, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: AFRP, CAMP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics 

No Data.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2014 Aerial photography completed on the American and Sacramento Rivers

Jul. 2015 2015 Permits completed for projects on Sacramento, American, and 

Stanislaus Rivers

Sep. 2015 2015 Projects completed on the Sacramento, American, and Stanislaus 

Rivers

Jul. 2016 2016 Permits completed for projects on Sacramento, American, and 

Stanislaus Rivers

Sep. 2016 2016 Projects completed on the Sacramento, American, and Stanislaus 

Rivers

Narrative 

This is the administration of the b13 Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration Program. This 

includes the salaries of the Reclamation and USFWS coleads and activity managers and other 

technical specialists who assist in environmental compliance, engineering, and construction 

oversight tasks.

Data Management 

Information generated from the charter is archived at Reclamation's Bay-Delta Office, regional 

office and Northern California Area Office, as well as USFWS's Bay-Delta Office.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Program funding in light of drought conditions 1 1
Risk Likelihood Impact

Office priorities in light of flood and drought conditions 1 1

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2015 CVPRF $260,000 $160,000 $100,000

2016 CVPRF $225,000 $135,000 $90,000

2017 CVPRF $320,000 $220,000 $100,000

2015 WRR $0 $0 $0

Total Cost: $805,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2015 

Administration - Program management

$160,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Staff position from Bay Delta Office and 

Northern California Area Office 

$100,000 n/a FWS CVPRF funds this position at 0.44 FTE capacity

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

$0 n/a BOR WRR funds Mid Pacific and Bay-Delta Office 

environmental specialists and 

archaeologists

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Aerial Photography

$0 n/a BOR CVPRF American and Sacramento Rivers

Management - Technical support for engineering, construction and surveys

$0 n/a BOR WRR funds technical support at 0.35 FTE

2016 

Administration - Program management

$135,000 n/a BOR CVPRF funds this position at 0.85 FTE capacity

$90,000 n/a FWS CVPRF funds this position at 0.40 FTE capacity

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

$0 n/a BOR CVPRF funds Mid Pacific and Bay-Delta Office 

environmental specialists and 

archaeologists
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Aerial Photography

$0 n/a BOR CVPRF American and Sacramento Rivers

Management - Technical support for engineering, construction and surveys

$0 n/a BOR CVPRF funds technical support at 0.2 FTE

2017 

Administration - Program management

Labor $100,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF

Labor $100,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF

Environmental Compliance and Permitting -

Labor $100,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF Technical support for projects on the 

American, Stanislaus, and Sacramento 

Rivers. Covers natural resource 

specialists, biologists, engineers, 

archaeologists.

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Aerial Photography

Agreement $20,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Aerial photography for projects as needed 

- American River annually, potential 

others.

Natural and Artificial Rearing Structures in the Upper Sacramento 

Project would add natural and/or artificial rearing structures, including large woody structures, in 

the Upper Sacramento River within the first 10 river miles downstream of Redding. Initially the 

project would be implemented as a pilot project and would monitor actions to determine 

feasibility and potential benefit of expanding project to full 10-mile river section. Purpose of 

project elements is to provide velocity and predation refugia and improved feeding areas for 

salmonid fry. 

Additionally, a spatial assessment will be completed for the Sacramento River from Keswick 

(RM 302) to Colusa (RM 144) to determine potential for additional implementation sites.

Classification: Improvement, Refugia

Location: 40.607615, -122.446198, Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: -

Partners: Golden Gate Salmon Association

Related Programs: NMFS-RP, AFRP, CVPIA b13

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) 

Gravel

100.0% most appropriate provision is likely (b)(13) as this is a 

juvenile rearing habitat project on a CVP river

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

miles of instream 

rearing habitat 

improved

10 miles Priority areas in up to 10 miles of the upper 

Sacramento River will be improved via that 

addition of instream rearing habitat 

improvements.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Mar. 2017 Preliminary assessment of high priority sites for implementation of rearing 

habitat improvements

Sep. 2017 Completion of at least 1 rearing habitat improvement project

Sep. 2018 Initial monitoring report from at least 1 rearing habitat improvement site

Sep. 2020 Completion of multiple rearing habitat improvement sites associated with 

this charter

Dec. 2021 Completion of final report with summary of sites, monitoring report and 

assessment of future sites
Narrative 

There are indications that the mainstem Sacramento River channel may not provide adequate 

rearing areas for juvenile salmon especially during increased flow events. Much of the main 

river channel is devoid of structural complexity necessary for fry rearing and, due to the channel 

morphology and relatively high flows released from Shasta Dam during the primary rearing 

period, the best habitats are on the channel fringes. This proposed action will increase natural 

and artificial rearing structures in the upper mainstem Sacramento River in the approximate river 

reach from the City of Redding to 10 miles downstream where the majority of optimal spawning 

habitats exist. It is anticipated that implementation of this action will result in major gains in 

juvenile salmon survival from reduced predation and improved rearing habitat conditions. 

Specific sites will be selected and corresponding improvements will be designed to maximize 

increased rearing habitat, increased velocity refugia at extremely high flows in the upper 

Sacramento River, reduce predation and decrease premature emigration of juvenile salmonids.

Proposed project consists of 1-year of planning and permitting to identify potential locations for 

rearing habitat improvements and up to 5 years of implementation at 1-2 sites per year. Natural 

materials will be incorporated into designs as much as possible, depending on exact site 

conditions and greatest estimated benefit to target species and conditions.

Sites will be monitored to assess performance and fish use at a wide-variety of flows. 

Additionally, individual juvenile salmonids that occur in improved sites may be captured, 

assessed and tagged to determine initial and future benefits related to growth and survival versus 

estimates of growth and survival of fish that did not access improved areas. 

Links to FY17 Core Team Priorities:

Winter-run Chinook: Based on the priorities submitted by the Winter-run PWT, the Core Team 

recommends that reducing water temperatures and flow fluctuations during egg incubation and 

rearing, reducing pathogens and understanding the factors that influence their impacts, reducing 

predation, improving juvenile fish emigration, increasing rearing habitat, and reducing adult 

entrainment into the Colusa Basin drain are all priorities for Winter-run Chinook Salmon in the 

Sacramento River.

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

Projects will also benefit spring-run juveniles.
For reference, this charter was developed based on discussion with multiple project partners and 

Golden Gate Salmon Association’s proposed project C.1.

Data Management 

All data produced as part of this charter will be provided to CVPIA Fish staff for incorporation 

into the improvement and parameterizing of Decision Support Models. Additionally, data 

management, retention and sharing with CVPIA will be included in any grants or cooperative 

agreements as deliverables for this charter.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Permitting. Significant flow modeling and assurances are likely 

to be required to implement in-channel habitat modifications. 

This can likely be mitigated by following existing accepted 

restoration practices and guides.

1 2

Site access. Given the larger area proposed for potential sites in 

this charter, it is safe to assume that multiple sites can be 

secured

1 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $116,600 $116,600 $0

2018 CVPRF $84,800 $84,800 $0

2019 CVPRF $84,800 $84,800 $0

2020 CVPRF $84,800 $84,800 $0

2021 CVPRF $10,600 $10,600 $0

Total Cost: $381,600

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Design - Site-specific designs for 1-2 sites per year

Agreement $15,900 n/a BOR CVPRF Design of at least one site-specific project

for FY17 implementation. Assumes that 

standard designs will be used and adapted 

for site-specific application.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Compliance and permitting for restoration sites

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Development of programmatic 

environmental documents and site-specific 

permitting

Implementation - Construction of 1-2 restoration projects/sites per year

Agreement $42,400 n/a BOR CVPRF Implementation of initial high-priority 

rearing habitat restoration site.

Monitoring - Site-specific monitoring at sites completed as part of this charter and potentially 

nearby reference sites

Agreement $15,900 n/a BOR CVPRF Development of a monitoring plan for 

evaluating potential restoration sites under 

this charter and monitoring of initial site.

Planning and Analysis - Initial project planning, site assessment and conceptual design of 

habitat improvements

Agreement $21,200 n/a BOR CVPRF Initial grant or cooperative agreement to 

assess sites, begin development of 

conceptual-level designs and produce a 

feasibility study with priority sites 

identified.

Reporting - Annual and final reporting related to site selection, implementation and monitoring 

efforts

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF First annual report containing information 

on site analysis, prioritization, 

implementation and monitoring of initial 

implementation project

2018 

Design - Site-specific designs for 1-2 sites per year

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Assumes that standard designs have been 

researched in FY17 and at least one project 

is at an advanced design state or already 

implemented.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Compliance and permitting for restoration sites

Agreement $5,300 n/a BOR CVPRF Development of site-specific environmental 

documents and permitting. Assumes 

programmatic documents were completed 

in FY17.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Implementation - Construction of 1-2 restoration projects/sites per year

Agreement $53,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Implementation of 1-2 priority restoration 

sites. Assumes standardized designs and 

implementation approaches are used.

Monitoring - Site-specific monitoring at sites completed as part of this charter and potentially 

nearby reference sites

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Monitoring of all sites implemented under 

this charter to date and likely a limited 

number of nearby reference sites.

Reporting - Annual and final reporting related to site selection, implementation and monitoring 

efforts

Agreement $5,300 n/a BOR CVPRF Annual summary report of implementation 

and monitoring associated with this charter.

2019 

Design - Site-specific designs for 1-2 sites per year

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Assumes that standard designs have been 

researched in FY17 and multiple projects 

are at an advanced design state or already 

implemented.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Compliance and permitting for restoration sites

Agreement $5,300 n/a BOR CVPRF Development of site-specific environmental 

documents and permitting. Assumes 

programmatic documents were completed 

in FY17.

Implementation - Construction of 1-2 restoration projects/sites per year

Agreement $53,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Implementation of 1-2 priority restoration 

sites. Assumes standardized designs and 

implementation approaches are used.

Monitoring - Site-specific monitoring at sites completed as part of this charter and potentially 

nearby reference sites

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Monitoring of all sites implemented under 

this charter to date and likely a limited 

number of nearby reference sites.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Reporting - Annual and final reporting related to site selection, implementation and monitoring 

efforts

Agreement $5,300 n/a BOR CVPRF Annual summary report of implementation 

and monitoring associated with this charter.

2020 

Design - Site-specific designs for 1-2 sites per year

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Assumes that standard designs have been 

researched in FY17 and multiple projects 

are at an advanced design state or already 

implemented.

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Compliance and permitting for restoration sites

Agreement $5,300 n/a BOR CVPRF Development of site-specific environmental 

documents and permitting. Assumes 

programmatic documents were completed 

in FY17.

Implementation - Construction of 1-2 restoration projects/sites per year

Agreement $53,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Implementation of 1-2 priority restoration 

sites. Assumes standardized designs and 

implementation approaches are used.

Monitoring - Site-specific monitoring at sites completed as part of this charter and potentially 

nearby reference sites

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Monitoring of all sites implemented under 

this charter to date and likely a limited 

number of nearby reference sites.

Reporting - Annual and final reporting related to site selection, implementation and monitoring 

efforts

Agreement $5,300 n/a BOR CVPRF Annual summary report of implementation 

and monitoring associated with this charter.

2021 

Reporting - Annual and final reporting related to site selection, implementation and monitoring 

efforts

Agreement $10,600 n/a BOR CVPRF Final summary report of implementation 

and monitoring associated with this charter.
Restore Rearing and Spawning Side Channels in the Upper Sacramento River 

Restoring side-channels to provide juvenile rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead in the Upper

Sacramento River (Keswick Dam to Red Bluff). 13 potential projects have been identified by the 

(b)(13) program and this effort would aim to implement 3-4 sites per year for the next 4 years.

Classification: Improvement, Side-Channel

Location: Sac River Redding to Red Bluff, Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: -

Partners: Glenn Colusa Irrigation District, Golden Gate Salmon Association, 

Sacramento River Forum, Western Shasta Resource Conservation District, 

City of Anderson, CA, City of Redding

Related Programs: CDFW, NMFS-RP

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(13) Gravel 100.0%

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Juvenile Rearing 

Habitat

15 acres 10 - 15 acres of new and improved rearing 

habitat per year

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2021 13 completed side-channel rearing and spawning sites

Narrative 

Anthropogenic actions (dam construction, channelization, regulated flows) in the Sacramento 

River have decreased habitat variability and have had detrimental effects on Chinook salmon. 

Constructing side channels in 13 previously identified locations, in a 58 mile reach below 

Keswick Dam, will help to increase productivity in the upper Sacramento River by increasing 

abundance (the number of emigrants per spawner), increasing the size of emigrants, and 

increasing the condition of out-migrating juveniles. This project proposes to develop and 

implement three to four side channel restoration projects per year to increase recruitment and 

survival of juvenile salmon.

Links to FY17 Core Team Priorities:
Winter-run Chinook: Based on the priorities submitted by the Winter-run PWT, the Core Team 

recommends that reducing water temperatures and flow fluctuations during egg incubation and 

rearing, reducing pathogens and understanding the factors that influence their impacts, reducing 

predation, improving juvenile fish emigration, increasing rearing habitat, and reducing adult 

entrainment into the Colusa Basin drain are all priorities for Winter-run Chinook Salmon in the 

Sacramento River.

Fall-run Chinook: Based on the priorities identified by the SIT, the Core Team agrees that the 

following are priorities for fall-run Chinook salmon:

- Improve Juvenile Rearing Habitat - Sacramento, Yuba, Feather, American, Calaveras, 

Mokelumne, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin Rivers and the Delta;

Projects will also benefit Spring-run.

For reference, this charter was developed based on discussion with multiple project partners and 

Golden Gate Salmon Association's proposed project C.2.

Data Management 

Data maintained at Reclamation Bay Delta Office, USFWS office, and CDFW Red Bluff office. 

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Permits not obtained 1 3

Variable Landowner cooperation 2 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0

2018 CVPRF $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $0

2019 CVPRF $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0

Total Cost: $7,000,000
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation - Ongoing cooperative agreements with Western Shasta Resource 

Conservation District and Sacramento River Forum/Chico State are in place to cover the aspects 

of planning, permitting, design, construction, and monitoring that are not covered within the 

partner agencies and by Reclamation and FWS staff. GCID is denoting as much of the 

construction labor as they can take on.

Agreement $1,000,000 n/a BOR CVPRF This agreement covers the work at 

project sites in Tehama County (Red 

Bluff area).

Agreement $1,000,000 n/a BOR CVPRF This agreement covers implementation 

at the project sites in Shasta County 

(Redding area).

2018 

Implementation - Ongoing cooperative agreements with Western Shasta Resource 

Conservation District and Sacramento River Forum/Chico State are in place to cover the aspects 

of planning, permitting, design, construction, and monitoring that are not covered within the 

partner agencies and by Reclamation and FWS staff. GCID is denoting as much of the 

construction labor as they can take on.

Agreement $800,000 n/a BOR CVPRF A cooperative agreement with the RCD 

covers the aspects of permitting, 

design, construction, and monitoring 

that are not handled by USBR, FWS, or 

partner organization staffs. This is for 

the Shasta County (Redding) project 

sites.

Agreement $2,000,000 n/a BOR CVPRF This cooperative agreement with the 

Forum covers the aspects of planning, 

permitting, design, construction and 

monitoring that are not covered by 

USBR, FWS, or partner organization 

staffs. Covers Tehama County.

The bulk of this funding would be 

devoted to the Sand Slough side 

channel in Red Bluff.

Labor $200,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF Covers natural resource and biological 

support from BDO, and other natural 

resource specialist, engineering, and 

archaeological support from 

Reclamation.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2019 

Implementation - Ongoing cooperative agreements with Western Shasta Resource 

Conservation District and Sacramento River Forum/Chico State are in place to cover the aspects 

of planning, permitting, design, construction, and monitoring that are not covered within the 

partner agencies and by Reclamation and FWS staff. GCID is denoting as much of the 

construction labor as they can take on.

Agreement $900,000 n/a BOR CVPRF This cooperative agreement covers the 

aspects of planning, design, permitting, 

construction, and monitoring that are 

not covered by USBR, FWS, or partner 

staffs. This agreement is for Tehama 

County projects (Red Bluff area).

Agreement $900,000 n/a BOR CVPRF Cooperative agreement covering Shasta 

County (Redding area) project sites. 

Covers the aspects of planning, design, 

permitting, construction, monitoring 

that are not covered by USBR, FWS, or 

partner organizations.

Labor $200,000 1.00 BOR CVPRF Covers technical support from BDO 

biologists and natural resource 

specialists and MP natural resource 

specialists, engineers, and 

archaeologists.
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: '37.85844, -120.63544, Stanislaus River

Funding Years: 2014 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2015

Priority: 1 -

Partners: South San Joaquin Irrigation District, CDFW, USACE, Mangante 

Livestock, Oakdale Irrigation District

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

NMFS RPA criteria 8000 cubic yards Annual value listed in 

2009 NMFS RPA.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2016 2016 Project Implemented

Sep. 2015 2015 Project Implemented

Sep. 2017 2017 Project Implemented

Narrative 

Spawning and rearing habitat restoration in the Stanislaus are RPA Actions in the NMFS 

biological opinion on long term operations of the CVP and SWP. This funding would address 

the RPA requirements. 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 at 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 addition project. 

This project includes all the permitting, design, implementation, and associated effectiveness 

monitoring. If the Two Mile Bar site is permitted then additional funding will be needed to fully 

implement a project at that site.

SIT priorities for Stanislaus River include juvenile rearing habitat for fall-run Chinook. The 

Two Mile Bar site would provide approximately three acres of side channel rearing habitat. The 

gravel addition at Goodwin Canyon provides downstream gravel bars and other alluvial features 

to enhance rearing habitat in the canyon where the river water is cooler than in the downstream 

reaches with more rearing habitat availability. The over summering Chinook salmon occur 

primarily in the Goodwin Canyon down through Two Mile Bar area to roughly Knights Ferry 

depending on the year.

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 FTE Agency Fund Description

2015 

Implementation - Permit, design, implement, and monitor project effectiveness.

Labor $300,000 1.00 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 for expanded gravel 

augmentation at Goodwin Rec 

2016 

Implementation - Permit, design, implement, and monitor project effectiveness.

Agreement $300,000 n/a 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 n/a 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. 

American River rotary screw trap project 

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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This charter gets a Program Priority = 1 value because the project 

generates data that will be used to collect data that addresses two of the 

FY 2017 Science Integration Team's American River watershed-level 

priorities. The project also provides data that addresses a Reclamation 

OCAP BO monitoring requirement.

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

SIT watershed attributes 

for the American River: 

number of juveniles 

produced per adult 

salmon spawner, and 

proportion of juvenile 

salmon in each size class 

leaving a watershed

2 number 

of fish

The rotary screw traps at Watt Avenue 

on the American River provide data 

reflecting the total number of juvenile 

salmon coming from the spawning 

grounds on the American River. As 

such, those traps provide data that can 

be used to quantify the number of 

juveniles produced per adult salmon 

spawner, and proportion of juvenile 

salmon in each size class emigrating 

past Watt Avenue.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 annual American River rotary screw trap annual report and a database with 

data

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 

Commission) have 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/CAMP-Program/DocumentsReports/fisheries_camp-program_documents-reports.htm

Funding for the American River rotary screw trap project: (1) provides access to long-term trend 

monitoring data for multiple taxa in one of the four Central Valley project watersheds, i.e., one 

of the watersheds where the CVPIA's Science Integration Team (SIT) has identified priority 

actions, (2) ensures continuity in work that is feasible (and has been ongoing for four years), (3) 

will provide the data that are needed to accomplish the CAMP’s performance metric of 

producing an annual report, (4) provides access to standardized data pertaining to three 

threatened or endangered fish taxa, (5) will lead to data that can be used to validate the accuracy 

of the SIT's decision support model, (6) generates data that will facilitate watershed-scale 

comparisons between the predicted and actual benefits of habitat restoration activities, and (7) 

addresses a 2009 NMFS OCAP biological opinion requirement that the Bureau of Reclamation 

conduct “...juvenile monitoring for spring-run, winter-run, and steelhead on the...American 

River...through...rotary screw trapping”.

Relative to 2016, the American River rotary screw project in 2017 will be expanded to collect 

samples that can be used to quantify the growth rate of juvenile salmon emigrating from the 

river. Those growth data were identified as a priority by the SIT. To the extent practicable, the 

American River rotary screw project will also conduct activities that produce in-river survival 

probabilities between different points in the river.

Unlike other entities that wish to conduct rotary screw trap operations on the American River, 

the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is able to conduct those operations at a markedly 

lower cost, and staff with that organization have required a much lower level of supervision from 

the CAMP Program Manager to ensure their data are properly recorded and entered into the 

CAMP rotary screw trap platform.

Data Management 

The American River rotary screw trap data will be stored in the CAMP's rotary screw trap 

Platform which provides standardized data analyses and summaries. Data summaries from that 

database can be provided to CVPIA managers, stakeholders, the public, and the CVPIA's 

Science Integration Team on an as needed basis.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $226,100 $0 $226,100

2018 CVPRF $232,883 $0 $232,883

2019 CVPRF $235,211 $0 $235,211

Total Cost: $694,194

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring -

Agreement $226,100 n/a FWS CVPRF The 2017 project cost includes $185,000 

for PSMFC work, $11,100 for the 6% 

USFWS overhead cost, and $20,000 to 

cover work involving otolith and survival 

studies.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $232,883 n/a FWS CVPRF The 2018 cost reflects the 2017 cost plus a 

3% inflation rate.

2019 

Monitoring -

Agreement $235,211 n/a FWS CVPRF 2019 cost assumes the 2018 cost plus 1% 

annual inflation.

Assess Impacts of River Structure Lighting 

Project would assess the potential impacts of lighting on juvenile salmonid migratory success 

and predation risk. Initial assessment would build upon the work done at the Sundial Bridge in 

Redding, CA to determine potential thresholds for lighting that reaches and penetrates the water's 

surface. 

Classification: Research, Reconnaissance

Location: 38.062519, -122.084245, Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2021

Benefits Start Year: 2017

Priority: -

Partners: Golden Gate Salmon Association

Related Programs: CDFW

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(16) CAMP 100.0% unsure of most appropriate provision

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

Assessment of impacts of 

River Structure Lighting in 

the Central Valley and 

Guidance to Reduce 

Impacts

1 number 

of 

reports

Report will include assessment of 

current situation, evaluation of 

potential solutions and guidance on 

lighting thresholds that will limit 

impacts to native juvenile fish.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2018 Report on impacts of River Structure Lighting to juvenile fish and 

guidance to limit those impacts.

Narrative 

Artificial night-time lighting at structures near water is believed to have adverse impacts on 

juvenile salmon by altering fish behavior and making the fish more prone to predation. For 

example, in 1984, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and 

Game (DFG) requested that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation turn off large sodium vapor lights 

on top of the Red Bluff Diversion Dam on the Sacramento River to reduce the opportunities for 

Sacramento pike minnow predation on juvenile salmon passing the dam (Vogel and Smith 1984), 

a measure that was ultimately believed to be beneficial for salmon (Vogel et al. 1988). CDFW 

recently identified a potentially extremely severe problem with lighting on a pedestrian bridge 

(Sundial Bridge) over the Sacramento River in Redding and efforts to reduce the degree and 

impacts of light penetrating the water at this site have proven to be effective at reducing 
migration delays for juvenile salmonids and likely the associated predation risk of those 

individuals.

This project would assess the potential impacts of lighting on juvenile salmonid migratory 

success and predation risk. Initial assessment would build upon the work done at the Sundial 

Bridge in Redding, CA to determine potential thresholds for lighting that reaches and penetrates 

the water's surface. This effort is intended to provide potential future guidance to facility owners 

and operators to retrofit existing or design new lighting installations at facilities throughout the 

Central Valley.

Links to FY17 Core Team Priorities:

Winter-run Chinook: Based on the priorities submitted by the Winter-run PWT, the Core Team 

recommends that reducing water temperatures and flow fluctuations during egg incubation and 

rearing, reducing pathogens and understanding the factors that influence their impacts, reducing 

predation, improving juvenile fish emigration, increasing rearing habitat, and reducing adult 

entrainment into the Colusa Basin drain are all priorities for Winter-run Chinook Salmon in the 

Sacramento River. Winter-run priorities in the Delta include improving rearing and floodplain 

habitat and improving water operations to reduce migration delays and reduce predation losses.

Fall-run

- Reduce Predator Encounters - Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and Delta;

For reference, this charter was developed based on discussion with multiple project partners and 

Golden Gate Salmon Association’s proposed project D.6.

Data Management 

All data produced as part of this charter will be provided to CVPIA Fish Program. Additionally, 

data management, retention and sharing with CVPIA will be included in any grants or 

cooperative agreements as deliverables for this charter.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Site access. Some operators may be hesitant to provide access. 

However, it is likely that only a small population of sites would 

need to be intensively assessed and owners/operators can be 

assured this is only an assessment to create future guidance.

2 1
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $183,000 $183,000 $0

Total Cost: $183,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Inventory/Reconnaissance - Initial study to assess River Structure Lighting locations and 

potential impacts

Labor $91,500 1.00 BOR CVPRF If available, USBR research staff would conduct 

or oversee initial study to identify facilities with 

potential lighting impacts and complete initial 

coarse-scale impact assessment.

Research - Literature review, data collection at specific sites, analysis and develop guidance

Labor $91,500 1.00 BOR CVPRF If available, USBR research staff would conduct 

or oversee literature review, data collection, data 

analysis and development of 

guidance/thresholds to identify and provide 

information related to reducing impacts of River 

Structure Lighting on juvenile fish.

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: 38.12437, -121.24662, Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2015 - 2018

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 12 - 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: CDFW, USGS

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

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. 

Information on the population demographics and dynamics of White Sturgeon is highly limited 

currently. This research will identify critical periods in the life history of these fish and provide 

an understanding to evaluate different management and habitat restoration alternatives by 

providing managers with current, system-specific data on White Sturgeon population 

demographics and dynamics in the Central Valley of California that should lead to achieving the 

doubling goal. 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. This project will also result in 

scientifically defensible DSM model parameter estimates. 

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.

1 1

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 FTE Agency Fund Description

2016 

Research - Age-structured population model

Agreement $121,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Funding graduate student project; year 1 

of 2.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Research - Age-structured population model

Agreement $121,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Funding graduate student project; year 2 

of 2.

CAMP Internet data portal 

The project will create an Internet-based portal that distributes juvenile salmon production and 

life history generated by the CAMP's rotary screw trap platform.

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 2 - Program Priority = 2

Partners: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, CDWR, EBMUD, FWS

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

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

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

SIT watershed attributes: for 

example, number of juveniles 

produced by a watershed, and the 

proportion of juvenile salmon in 

each life stage category

10 number 

of fish

Juvenile salmon data from 

multiple Central Valley 

watersheds will be 

distributed by the Internet 

portal

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 data portal providing juvenile salmon data

Narrative 

The Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program's rotary screw trap Platform stores a 

wealth of juvenile salmon data that have been collected with rotary screw traps. At present, there 

is no efficient mechanism for distributing that data. This CVPIA funding charter will result in 

the creation of an Internet-based portal that will distribute that data via the CalFish website 

(http://www.calfish.org/). The CalFish website is the predominant website used to distribute 

Chinook salmon data and reports involving the Central Valley watersheds. The use of the 

CalFish website to distribute the juvenile salmon data therefore builds on a pre-existing portal 

that is familiar to, and commonly used by, stakeholders looking for watershed-based salmon 

data. As the programming code is developed to provide public access to the juvenile salmon 

data, that code would be designed to ensure that the data were machine readable. Machine 

readable formats include API, JSON, CSV, and other standard formats. 
The proposed project would be conducted by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission 

(PSMFC) and their subcontractor West, Inc. The PSMFC has extensive experience building 

modules on the CalFish Website. The West, Inc. staff have experience with the Program R 

programming code that would be used to distribute the juvenile salmon production estimates 

produced by the Platform.

Creating the Internet portal to distribute juvenile salmon data would: (1) provide access to longterm trend monitoring data for multiple taxa in several of the watersheds where the SIT has 

identified priority actions, (2) provide access to standardized data pertaining to multiple 

threatened and endangered species, (3) streamline the availability of juvenile salmon data that 

can be used to validate the accuracy of the SIT's decision support model, and (4) generate data 

that will facilitate watershed-scale comparisons between the predicted and actual benefits of 

habitat restoration activities.

Prior to data being distributed on the Internet, the collectors of a data set from a particular 

watershed (e.g., the East Bay Municipal Utility District that collects data on the Mokelumne 

River) would be contacted, and their expressed written approval for distributing data on the 

Internet would need to be provided before their data was posted on the CalFish website.

Data Management 

The data made available through the new Internet portal would be stored in a Microsoft Access 

database which is part of the CAMP’s rotary screw trap platform. The creation of the portal 

would make several years of historical juvenile salmon data immediately available to interested 

parties. On an annual basis, new rotary screw trap data that have been collected during the prior 

year would be uploaded to the portal where it would be available to portal users.

Risks 

No Data.

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $129,139 $0 $129,139

2018 CVPRF $30,000 $0 $30,000

Total Cost: $159,139

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring -

Agreement $129,139 n/a FWS CVPRF Cost estimate includes the following 

charges: (1) PSMFC = $32,280; (2) West 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Inc. = $89,550; and 6% USFWS overhead 

cost = $7,309.80.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $30,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Cost estimate to finish completion of 

building the portal.

CAMP Program Manager 

This charter provides funding to pay for the 3406(b)(16) CAMP Program Manager salary

Classification: Administration, Administration

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This charter gets a Program Priority = 1 value because the CAMP 

program manager is actively involved in several activities that relate to the 

CVPIA's Implementation Plan or Center for Data Management.

Partners: CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

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

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

CAMP 

annual 

report

1 number 

of reports

The CAMP annual report assesses the progress in

meeting fish production targets established by the 

AFRP.

various 

documents

1 number 

of reports

The CAMP program manager will co-author or 

take the lead on developing one or more documents 

that support the CVPIA's Adaptive Resource 

Management process and the Science Integration 

Team.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 2017 CAMP annual report

Sep. 2017 one or more Center for Data Management documents

Narrative 

Program management activities in FY 2017 will include: (1) developing an annual report 

assessing and reporting overall (cumulative) effectiveness of restoration actions implemented 

pursuant to CVPIA Section 3406(b); (2) participating in planning exercises relating to the 

CVPIA's Adaptive Resource Management process and Science Integration Team; (3) managing 

contracts and/or cooperative agreements; (4) developing documents and working with partners in 

the context of the Center for Data Management to acquire, refine, synthesize, and distribute data 

that address the CVPIA Science Integration Team’s needs; and (5) identifying new data 

collection activities necessary to ensure CVPIA program success.
The funds provided by this charter will support the CVPIA FY2017 SIT priorities because the 

CAMP Program Manager will produce adult and juvenile salmon data and documentation that 

will be incorporated into Valley-wide and watershed attributes relating to the SIT’s decision 

support model. Funding for the CAMP Program Manager: (a) provides access to long-term 

trend monitoring data, (b) ensures continuity in work that is feasible (and has been ongoing for 

several years), (c) facilitates the preparation of one or more reports involving the CAMP’s 

performance metric, and (d) provides access to data pertaining to threatened and endangered 

species.

Over time, it is expected that the Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program will be 

incorporated into a larger program known as the Center for Data Management.

Data Management 

The adult salmon data the CAMP acquires and synthesizes will be stored in one of two 

databases. These include: (a) a 'Chinookprod' database that provides summarized adult salmon 

production data, and (b) an adult salmon escapement database containing records with data for 

individual fish or surveys.

All of the juvenile salmon data the CAMP compiles will be stored in the CAMP's Rotary Screw 

Trap Platform.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

lack of CVPIA funding to pay for the CAMP Program 

Manager's salary

1 3

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $239,150 $0 $239,150

2018 CVPRF $241,542 $0 $241,542

2019 CVPRF $243,957 $0 $243,957

Total Cost: $724,649
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Administration -

Labor $239,150 1.00 FWS CVPRF Uses a rate provided by Cesar Blanco on April 

22, 2016.

2018 

Administration -

Labor $241,542 1.00 FWS CVPRF Assumes 2017 CAMP Program Manager salary 

cost, plus 1% inflation. Includes the USFWS 

22% administrative overhead cost.

2019 

Administration -

Labor $243,957 1.00 FWS CVPRF 2019 cost assumes the 2018 cost plus 1% 

annual inflation.

CAMP rotary screw trap Platform enhancements 

Document, maintain, and enhance a 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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This charter gets a Program Priority = 1 value because the CAMP 

rotary screw trap platform providing juvenile salmon abundance estimates 

will serve as one of the primary data sources that is needed to populate and 

validate the CVPIA’s decision support model.

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

10 number 

of fish

The outputs from the CAMP rotary screw trap 

Platform have the unique advantage over other data 

storage systems because 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 Enhanced Platform with greater analytical and reporting capabilities

Narrative 

The CAMP RST Platform provides a wide array of juvenile Chinook salmon data that were 

collected with rotary screw traps. The Platform is moving into a final phase of development, 

which is separate from the ongoing need to add new data to the Platform on a long-term annual 

basis. This CVPIA charter is being submitted to capture funds to: (1) conduct an independent 
peer review of the platform with the goal validating the Platform’s analytical routines and 

detecting any potential underlying issues; (2) publish a journal article that establishes the 

standing of the platform within the scientific and academic arena; (3) develop a new juvenile 

salmon production report that produces outputs that align with the CVPIA’s Science Integration 

Team’s desire to have abundance estimates for small, medium, large, and very large salmon; (4) 

improves the accuracy/precision of the American River juvenile salmon abundance estimates by 

developing an enhanced trap efficiency model that takes advantage of environmental covariate

data; and (5) provide assistance to resolve small-scale technical issues that arise on an as-needed 

basis.

The acquisition of funding to complete the development of the CAMP rotary screw trap Platform 

is a priority because that tool: (1) provides access to long-term trend monitoring data for 

multiple taxa in several of the watersheds where the CVPIA’s Science Integration Team (SIT) 

has identified priority actions, (2) will provide the data that are needed to accomplish the 

CAMP’s performance metric of producing an annual report, (3) provides access to standardized 

data pertaining to multiple threatened and endangered species, (4) will lead to data that can be 

used to validate the accuracy of the SIT's decision support model, (5) generates data that will 

facilitate watershed-scale comparisons between the predicted and actual benefits of habitat 

restoration activities, and (6) facilitates collaborative data collection efforts among the 

agencies/field biologists that use the Platform on a long-term basis.

Data Management 

The juvenile salmon data that have been collected with rotary screw traps from seven watersheds 

have been entered into the CAMP rotary screw trap platform. That product produces a large 

number of outputs that have been standardized across watersheds, and among salmon runs and 

life stages.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $134,214 $0 $134,214

2018 CVPRF $30,000 $0 $30,000

2019 CVPRF $30,000 $0 $30,000

Total Cost: $194,214

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring -

Agreement $134,214 n/a FWS CVPRF Cost includes: (1) $112,832 West Inc.

subcontract cost, (2) 2 peer reviewers 

@$6K each, (3) 1.43% PSMFC Admin 

cost = $1,785, and (4) 6% USFWS 

overhead cost = $7,597.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $30,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Annual cost to resolve unforeseen 

technical issues with the CAMP rotary 

screw trap platform.

2019 

Monitoring -

Agreement $30,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Annual cost to resolve unforeseen 

technical issues with the CAMP rotary 

screw trap platform.

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 (CVP) 

watersheds since 1992

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Central Valley Project Improvement Act

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This charter gets a Program Priority = 1 value because the CVP 

watershed adult salmon database project facilitates the acquisition and 

distribution of adult salmon data needed by the CVPIA's Adaptive 

Resource Management process and the Science Integration Team.

Partners: Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, CDFW

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

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

Metrics 

Name Value Units Comment

SIT Valley wide and watershed 

attributes. For example, 

number of returning natural 

spawners, proportion of stray 

hatchery salmon, and 

proportion of natural spawners 

in a watershed

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 incorporated into the 

SIT's decision support model.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 database with adult salmon data from 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 escapement surveys on the four Central Valley Project (CVP) watersheds since 

1992 does not exist. Those four watersheds are the American River, Clear Creek, Sacramento 

River, and Stanislaus River. 
The CAMP has initiated a partnership with state and federal biologists that conduct adult salmon 

escapement surveys, with the goal of consolidating adult salmon data that have been collected in 

the four CVP watersheds so it can be provided in a single, standardized 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. 

Progress on this project will continue to rely on California Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(CDFW) staff’s ability to share data and answer questions about those data and the way in which 

they were collected. The CAMP Program Manager has invested many hours building the 

collaborative foundation with CDFW staff to acquire their data, and those staff have generously 

provided several data files which are currently being migrated into a standardized database 

structure.

Funding for the CVP watershed adult salmon database project will: (1) consolidate nonstandardized data that are widely dispersed among multiple individuals, data files, and data 

formats into a single database, (2) provide access to long-term, standardized trend monitoring 

data for multiple taxa in several watersheds where the CVPIA's Science Integration Team (SIT)

has identified priority actions, (3) provide the data that are needed to accomplish the CAMP’s 

performance metric of producing an annual report, (4) provide access to standardized data 

pertaining to threatened spring- and endangered winter-run Chinook salmon, (5) lead to data that 

can be used to validate the accuracy of the SIT's decision support model, and (6) generate data 

that will facilitate watershed-scale comparisons between the predicted and actual benefits of 

habitat restoration activities.

Data Management 

A single database structure is being constructed to store the complete range of biological data 

that have been collected during adult salmon escapement surveys in the four CVP streams since 

1992. Initially, the database structure is being built to hold carcass survey data, and when the 

development of that module is complete, biological data from the four watersheds will be 

migrated into the database. When that module is complete, the staff working on the adult 

database project will move to build additional modules containing hatchery, angler, video, and 

VAKI data. If feasible, the database will be expanded to store data from salmon that were 

harvested in the Pacific Ocean.

The database being developed will conform to the Center for Data Management's Best 

Management Practices in regards to data storage and data analysis.

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

Delays in fund acquisition could delay the project completion 2 3
Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $350,000 $0 $350,000

2018 CVPRF $350,000 $0 $350,000

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

Total Cost: $800,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring -

Agreement $350,000 n/a FWS CVPRF The $350,000 provides funds for: (1) one 

project lead/database specialist, (2) two 

data technicians, and (3) some of the 

funds needed to hire a contractor that will 

write the computer programming code 

needed to generate data summaries for the 

SIT's decision support model.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $350,000 n/a FWS CVPRF The $350,000 provides funds for: (1) one 

project lead/database specialist, (2) two 

data technicians, and (3) some of the 

funds needed to hire a contractor that will 

write the computer programming code 

needed to generate data summaries for the 

SIT's decision support model.

2019 

Monitoring -

Agreement $100,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Cost is a rough estimate to finish 

developing the CVP watershed adult 

salmon escapement database.

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, CDWR, UC-Davis

Related Programs: NMFS-RP, San Joaquin River Restoration Program, BDCP, 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. 2018 2017 Delta Survival Study report

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. Without a better 

understanding of how in-river flows impact survival and migration success, trying to implement 

projects or change operations to improve survival is unlikely to be effective. 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. It will also help to determine how Delta survival may impact any improvements resulting 

from increased habitat and flows for rearing fish. 
This study will change in 2017 from a VEMCO study to a JSATS study because USBR is no 

longer funding the VEMCO receiver array, as the 6 year steelhead study has ended. This study 

is now partnering with UCDavis, who is in the process of obtaining funding from Delta Science 

to fund a JSATS acoustic array between the mouth of the Merced River to Benicia. The 

proposed study in this charter will partner with UCDavis to leverage funds, and expand the 

JSATS acoustic array such that it is similar to that deployed in the Delta by USGS for USBR in 

the past for the 6 year steelhead study, so comparisons can be made with past data. 

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

2017 CVPRF $1,085,570 $0 $1,085,570

2018 CVPRF $1,080,425 $0 $1,080,425

Total Cost: $2,165,994

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Research -

Equipment 

or Materials

$440,088 n/a FWS CVPRF Costs for 1356 JSATS tags; 1296 for 

study, 50 for tag life and 10 extra's for 

replacements if any are found to be 

defective.

Labor $250,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Based on expenditures in 2016, without 

any cost savings from USBR's 6 year 

steelhead study, as in the past. Costs for 

temporary, term and permanent staff to 

tag, transport and release tagged fish.

Agreement $107,582 n/a FWS CVPRF For receiver array deployment, 

maintenance and retrieval of 30 

receivers in Delta between February 1 

and May 15 and pre-processing and 

database support. 

Agreement $50,000 n/a FWS CVPRF To conduct data analyses on results of 

2017 study. 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Equipment 

or Materials

$237,900 n/a FWS CVPRF Purchase of 30 JSATS receivers to be 

deployed to estimate survival through 

the Delta similar to that done in 2015 

and 2016. Receivers are estimated to 

cost $6,500 each. 

2018 

Research -

Equipment 

or Materials

$79,300 n/a FWS CVPRF Replace lost or damaged receivers

Equipment 

or Materials

$458,125 n/a FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 estimated tag cost, plus 

5% to account for inflation.

Labor $310,000 1.00 FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 labor estimate, plus 2% 

to account for inflation.

Agreement $122,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 cost estimate, plus 5% 

to account for inflation.

Agreement $111,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Based on FY17 cost estimate, plus 5% 

to account for inflation.

Pacific States Marine Fishery Commission database support 

Provide database support to the CAMP program manager

Classification: Performance Monitoring, Performance Monitoring

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This charter gets a Program Priority = 1 value because the PSMFC 

database support facilitates the acquisition and distribution of juvenile 

salmon data that are needed by the CVPIA's Adaptive Resource 

Management process and the Science Integration Team.

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

SIT watershed attributes. 

For example, number of 

juveniles produced per 

adult salmon spawner, 

and proportion of 

juvenile salmon in each 

size class leaving a 

watershed

10 number 

of fish

The database specialist provides 

continuous support to the CAMP 

Program Manager, thereby facilitating 

the acquisition and distribution of high 

quality data sets in a timely fashion. For 

example, some data sets that have been 

acquired by the PSMFC database 

support staff have already been provided 

to staff working with the CVPIA's 

decision support model.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 various databases

Narrative 

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

and existing rotary screw trap data collected by various partners. A database specialist that works 

for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) will provide that assistance. That 

person will also help to resolve outstanding data issues in historical rotary screw trap data. The 

database specialist may also provide support on other projects on an as needed basis, e.g., 

building database applications that standardize the storage of data that are collected by multiple 
entities or at multiple sites, and working with other staff to develop a database application used 

to store adult salmon data.

The funds provided by this charter will support the CVPIA FY2017 SIT priorities because the 

PSMFC database specialist will produce juvenile salmon data and documentation that will be 

incorporated into watershed attributes relating to the SIT’s decision support model. 

Funding for the PSMFC database specialist: (1) provides access to long-term trend monitoring 

data for multiple taxa in several of the watersheds where the SIT has identified priority actions, 

(2) ensures continuity in work that is feasible (and has been ongoing for several years), (3) will 

provide the data that are needed to accomplish the CAMP’s performance metric of producing an 

annual report, (4) provides access to standardized data pertaining to multiple threatened and 

endangered species, (5) will lead to data that can be used to validate the accuracy of the SIT's 

decision support model, (6) generates data that will facilitate watershed-scale comparisons 

between the predicted and actual benefits of habitat restoration activities, and (7) strengthens the 

partnerships among the Central Valley biologists and programs that are operating rotary screw 

traps in a standardized manner.

Data Management 

The PSMFC database specialist will use the CAMP rotary screw trap platform (Platform) as she 

acquires and synthesizes juvenile salmon data from partners across the Central Valley. The 

specialist will use a 'QC database' they have built to check the quality and completeness of the 

data stored in the Platform. The QC database: (1) possesses complete metadata documentation, 

(2) provide mechanisms and tools for checking the quality and completeness of the data stored in 

the Platform, and (3) generates data summaries that can readily be incorporated into the CVPIA's 

decision support model. 

Risks 

Risk Likelihood Impact

low, unless funding distribution is delayed 1 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $116,000 $0 $116,000

2018 CVPRF $117,160 $0 $117,160

2019 CVPRF $118,332 $0 $118,332

Total Cost: $351,492
Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring -

Agreement $116,000 n/a FWS CVPRF 2017 cost includes a USFWS 6% contract 

overhead cost.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $117,160 n/a FWS CVPRF FY2018 costs uses FY2017 cost, adds a 

1% inflation rate, and includes the 6% 

USFWS overhead cost.

2019 

Monitoring -

Agreement $118,332 n/a FWS CVPRF 2019 cost assumes the 2018 cost plus 1% 

annual inflation.

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: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - This charter gets a Program Priority = 1 value because the project 

generates data that will be used to collect data that addresses two of the 

FY 2017 Science Integration Team's American River watershed-level 

priorities. The project also provides data that addresses a Reclamation 

OCAP BO monitoring requirement.

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

SIT watershed attributes 

for the Stanislaus River: 

number of juveniles

produced per adult 

salmon spawner, and 

proportion of juvenile 

salmon in each size class 

leaving a watershed.

2 number 

of fish

The rotary screw traps at Caswell State 

Park on the Stanislaus River provide 

data reflecting the total number of 

juvenile salmon emigrating from the 

Stanislaus River. As such, those traps 

provide data that can be used to 

quantify the number of juveniles 

produced per adult salmon spawner, 

and proportion of juvenile salmon in 

each size class emigrating past Caswell 

State Park.

Deliverables 

Date Title

Dec. 2016 annual Stanislaus River - Caswell State Park rotary screw trap report and a 

database with data

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 

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

Funding for the Stanislaus River – Caswell State Park rotary screw trap project: (1) provides 

access to long-term trend monitoring data for multiple taxa in one of the four Central Valley 

project watersheds, i.e., one of the watersheds where the CVPIA's Science Integration Team 

(SIT) has identified priority actions, (2) ensures continuity in work that is feasible (and has been 

ongoing for 15+ years), (3) will provide the data that are needed to accomplish the CAMP’s 

performance metric of producing an annual report, (4) provides access to standardized data 

pertaining to threatened steelhead, (5) will lead to data that can be used to validate the accuracy 

of the SIT's decision support model, (6) generates data that will facilitate watershed-scale 

comparisons between the predicted and actual benefits of habitat restoration activities, and (7) 

addresses a 2009 NMFS OCAP biological opinion requirement that the Bureau of Reclamation 

conduct “...San Joaquin River monitoring [that] shall include: Adult escapement and juvenile 

monitoring for steelhead on the Stanislaus River”.

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

2017 CVPRF $220,922 $0 $220,922

2018 CVPRF $150,000 $0 $150,000

2019 CVPRF $151,500 $0 $151,500

Total Cost: $522,422

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Monitoring -

Agreement $220,922 n/a FWS CVPRF The 2017 project cost includes nonrecurring funding for new capital costs. 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

The $220,922 figure includes the 6% 

USFWS overhead cost.

2018 

Monitoring -

Agreement $150,000 n/a FWS CVPRF Cost reflects a substantial savings over 

prior years. The $150,000 cost includes 

the 6% USFWS overhead cost.

2019 

Monitoring -

Agreement $151,500 n/a FWS CVPRF Assumes 2018 rate plus 1% annual 

inflation, and includes 6% USFWS 

overhead cost.

b2 administration 

USBR and FWS oversight of CVP dedicated yield application towards annual goal of 800 TAF 

for fish and wildlife purposes.

Classification: Administration, Water Operations

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - 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

salmonid doubling -9999 number of fish AFRP stream specific

CVP yield 800000 acre-feet

Deliverables 

Date Title

Sep. 2017 Annual accomplishment report

Sep. 2017 Annual Narrative Summary

Sep. 2017 Annual Operations and Accounting presentation

Narrative 

This charter is the base funding for administration of the (b)(2) program. It includes both FWS 

and USBR staff time for program oversight and management, budget and annual work plan 

development, litigation support, public outreach efforts, and preparation and presentation of 

annual summary documents. 

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) 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 

Risk Likelihood Impact

drought 2 2

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $82,874 $23,678 $59,196

2018 CVPRF $82,874 $23,678 $59,196

2019 CVPRF $82,874 $23,678 $59,196

Total Cost: $248,621

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Legal Review and Preparation

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Coordinate with DOI Solicitor's Office on legal 

review of documentation and litigation 

preparation

Management - Dedicate and manage annually 800,000 acre-feet of CVP water for fish, wildlife, 

and habitat restoration purposes.

Labor $23,678 0.10 BOR CVPRF Program Co-Lead

Dedicate and manage annually 800,000 acre feet

of CVP water for fish, wildlife, and habitat 

restoration purposes.

Labor $23,678 0.10 FWS CVPRF Program Lead

Dedicate and manage annually800,000 acre feet

of CVP water for fish, wildlife, and habitat

restoration purposes.

Outreach - Technical Work Group Participation

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Participate in

Various interagency technical and modeling 

work groups (which may include public 

participation). Conduct 2 or more public 

presentations per year.

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Participate in various interagency technical and
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

modeling work groups (which may include

public participation). Conduct 2 or more public 

presentations per year.

2018 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Legal Review and Preparation

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Coordinate with DOI Solicitor's Office on legal

review of documentation and litigation 

preparation

Management - Dedicate and manage annually 800,000 acre-feet of CVP water for fish, wildlife, 

and habitat restoration purposes.

Labor $23,678 0.10 FWS CVPRF Program Lead

Dedicate and manage

Annually 800,000 acre feet of CVP water for 

fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration purposes.

Labor $23,678 0.10 BOR CVPRF Program Co-Lead

Dedicate and manage annually 800,000 acre feet

of CVP water for fish, wildlife, and habitat 

restoration purposes.

Outreach - Technical Work Group Participation

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Participate in various interagency technical and

modeling work groups (which may include 

public participation). Conduct 2 or more public

presentations per year.

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Participate in various interagency technical and

modeling work groups (which may include

public participation). Conduct 2 or more public

presentations per year.

2019 

Environmental Compliance and Permitting - Legal Review and Preparation

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Coordinate with DOI Solicitor's Office on legal 

review of documentation and litigation 

preparation

Management - Dedicate and manage annually 800,000 acre-feet of CVP water for fish, wildlife, 

and habitat restoration purposes.

Labor $23,678 0.10 FWS CVPRF Program Lead Dedicate and manage annually 

800,000 acre feet of CVP water for fish, 

wildlife, and habitat restoration purposes.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Labor $23,678 0.10 BOR CVPRF Program Co- Lead Dedicate and manage 

annually 800,000 acre feet of CVP water for 

fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration purposes.

Outreach - Technical Work Group Participation

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Participate in various interagency technical and 

modeling work groups (which may include 

public participation). Conduct 2 or more public 

presentations per year.

Labor $11,839 0.05 FWS CVPRF Participate in various interagency technical and 

modeling work groups (which may include 

public participation). Conduct 2 or more public 

presentations per year.
b2 operations 

Develop operational products used to make b2 management decisions

Classification: Improvement, Water Operations

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

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. 2017 Annual Accomplishment Report

Sep. 2017 Annual Narrative Summary

Sep. 2017 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.

The studies are necessary to determine operational requirements for CVP facilities and assess the 

effects on populations.

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) 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

2017 CVPRF $333,863 $101,816 $232,046

2018 CVPRF $333,863 $101,816 $232,046

2019 CVPRF $333,863 $101,816 $232,046

Total Cost: $1,001,588

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Implementation - Forecast/Accounting/Modeling

Labor $11,839 0.05 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 $101,816 0.43 BOR CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily 

accounting

Labor $59,196 0.25 FWS CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily

accounting

Planning and Analysis - Interagency Collaboration

Labor $161,012 0.68 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 $11,839 0.05 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.
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Labor $101,816 0.43 BOR CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily

accounting

Labor $59,196 0.25 FWS CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily 

accounting

Planning and Analysis - Interagency Collaboration

Labor $161,012 0.68 FWS CVPRF b2 Interagency Team meetings. Confer with 

project operators and biologists to determine 

when and where b2 water should be used.

2019 

Implementation - Forecast/Accounting/Modeling

Labor $101,816 0.43 BOR CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily 

accounting

Labor $11,839 0.05 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 $59,196 0.25 FWS CVPRF Develop CVP monthly forecasts, daily 

accounting

Planning and Analysis - Interagency Collaboration

Labor $161,012 0.68 FWS CVPRF b2 Interagency Team meetings. Confer with 

project operators and biologists to determine 

when and where b2 water should be used.

Anadromous Fish Screen Program (AFSP) Administration 

Project Management, Program and Technical Support for the AFSP

Classification: Administration, Diversion Screening

Location: , 

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - Program Priority Comments:

Partners: No Data.

Related Programs: No Data.

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(21) AFSP 100.0%

Metrics 

No Data.

Deliverables 

No Data.

Narrative 

This action consists of project management, and program and technical support for the 

Anadromous Fish Screen Program. On-going fish screen projects that will need project 

management and technical support in FY 2017 will include the West Stanislaus Joint Use Intake 

Fish Screen Project, Antelope Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project and other on-going 

AFSP fish screen projects (Clover Creek-Millville; Hidden Valley Ranch, Oswald WC and 

Locke Ranch). Program support will also be needed for one or more additional fish screen 

projects expected to be initiated in FY 2017. 

Funding for the AFSP maintains a core capability as we transition to the CVPIA Implementation

Plan for Fisheries, and is consistent with CVPIA Section 3406 b(21) authority to assist the State 

of California in reducing the losses of juvenile anadromous fish from unscreened or inadequately 

screened diversions in the Central Valley of California. 

CVPIA interim fishery priorities for FY 2017 as recommended by the CVPIA Science 

Integration Team and Fisheries Core Team provide direction on the specific watersheds where 

fish screening is a beneficial and priority action to protect the key out-migrating juvenile 

anadromous fish (i.e., Chinook salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon). Fish screen project 

selection will be based on project benefits and costs, funding availability, project readiness, and 

the availability of cost-share partners. State and local sources typically provide the required 
matching cost-share funds for AFSP projects. AFSP funds cannot exceed 50% of the total 

project costs. 

Note: The RWSP Program Lead is also Reclamation’s Co-Lead for the Anadromous Fish Screen 

Program (AFSP) whose time is shared between the two programs. 

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 

No Data.

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

2017 CVPRF $665,182 $413,400 $251,782

2018 CVPRF $665,182 $413,400 $251,782

2019 CVPRF $665,182 $413,400 $251,782

Total Cost: $1,995,545

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

Administration - Program management, and program and technical support for the AFSP.

Labor $61,049 0.40 BOR CVPRF Provides program support for NEPA and ESA 

compliance and permitting. 

Labor $15,000 0.12 FWS CVPRF Provides technical support for environmental 

compliance, permitting, design and project 

monitoring. 

Labor $50,000 0.25 BOR CVPRF Provides technical assistance on evaluating and 

improving fish screen facilities.

Labor $45,786 0.30 BOR CVPRF Provides technical services support for design 

and construction activities, and project 

management. 

Labor $236,782 1.00 FWS CVPRF Provides leadership and overall management of 

the AFSP including oversight of the AFSP 

Technical Team. 

Labor $169,824 0.75 BOR CVPRF Provides NMFS technical engineering support 

for AFSP activities in FY 2018. Work to be 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

performed by NMFS Santa Rosa Office 

through interagency funding agreement. 

Labor $10,000 0.10 BOR CVPRF Provides for execution and management of 

funding agreements. 

Labor $1,000 0.01 BOR CVPRF Provides NEPA, ESA and Section 106 

compliance. 

Labor $2,000 0.01 BOR CVPRF Provides engineering support for design and 

construction activities. 

Labor $73,741 0.40 BOR CVPRF Co-manages the AFSP including oversight of 

program budget and funding agreements. 

2018 

Administration - Program management, and program and technical support for the AFSP.

Labor $50,000 0.25 BOR CVPRF Provides technical assistance on evaluating 

and improving fish screen facilities.

Labor $169,824 0.75 BOR CVPRF Provides NMFS technical engineering support 

of AFSP activities in FY 2019. Work to be 

performed by NMFS Santa Rosa Office 

through interagency funding agreement. 

Labor $1,000 0.01 BOR CVPRF Provides NEPA, ESA and Section 106 

compliance. 

Labor $236,782 1.00 FWS CVPRF Provides leadership and overall management of 

the AFSP including oversight of the AFSP 

Technical Team. 

Labor $45,786 0.30 BOR CVPRF Provides technical services support for design 

and construction activities, and construction 

management. 

Labor $10,000 0.10 BOR CVPRF Provides for execution and management of 

funding agreements.

Labor $2,000 0.01 BOR CVPRF Provides engineering support for design and 

construction activities. 

Labor $73,741 0.40 BOR CVPRF Co-manages the AFSP including oversight of 

the program budget and funding agreements. 

Labor $15,000 0.12 FWS CVPRF Provides technical support for environmental 

compliance, permitting, design and project 

monitoring. 

Labor $61,049 0.40 BOR CVPRF Provides program support for NEPA and ESA 

compliance and permitting 

2019 

Administration - Program management, and program and technical support for the AFSP.

Labor $2,000 0.01 BOR CVPRF Provides engineering support for design and 

construction activities. 
Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

Labor $10,000 0.10 BOR CVPRF Provides for execution and management of 

funding agreements.

Labor $45,786 0.30 BOR CVPRF Provides technical services support for design 

and construction activities and project 

management. 

Labor $15,000 0.12 FWS CVPRF Provides technical support for environmental 

compliance, permitting, design and project 

monitoring. 

Labor $169,824 0.75 BOR CVPRF Provides NMFS technical engineering support 

of AFSP activities in FY 2020. Work to be 

performed by NMFS Santa Rosa Office 

through interagency funding agreement. 

Labor $1,000 0.01 BOR CVPRF Provides NEPA, ESA, and Section 106 

compliance. 

Labor $236,782 1.00 FWS CVPRF Provides leadership and overall management of 

the AFSP including oversight of the AFSP 

Technical Team.

Labor $61,049 0.40 BOR CVPRF Provides program support for NEPA and ESA 

compliance and permitting. 

Labor $50,000 0.25 BOR CVPRF Provides technical assistance on evaluating and 

improving fish screen facilities. 

Labor $73,741 0.40 BOR CVPRF Co-manages the AFSP including oversight of 

the program budget and funding agreement. 
Anadromous Fish Screen Program (AFSP) Projects 

AFSP Fish Screen Projects

Classification: Improvement, Diversion Screening

Location: , Central Valley Wide

Funding Years: 2016 - 2017

Benefits Start Year: 2016

Priority: 1 - AFSP funding for one or more small screen projects.

Partners: NMFS, CDFW, CDWR

Related Programs: AFRP 

Authority 

Provision Percentage Comment

(b)(21) AFSP 100.0%

Metrics 

No Data.

Deliverables 

No Data.

Narrative 

This action consists of funding for fish screen projects in Central Valley watersheds and the 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The funding will provide cost share funding for one or more 

projects. State and local sources typically provide the required matching cost-share funds for 

AFSP projects. AFSP funds cannot exceed 50% of the total project costs. 

CVPIA interim fishery priorities for FY 2017 as recommended by the CVPIA Science 

Integration Team and Fisheries Core Team provide direction on the specific watersheds where 

fish screening is a beneficial and priority action to protect the key out-migrating juvenile 

anadromous fish (i.e., Chinook salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon). Fish screen project 

selection will be based on project benefits and costs, funding availability, project readiness, and 

the availability of cost-share partners. 

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

AFSP funds for fish screen projects are allowable only if 

matching non-federal cost share funding is available. 

1 1

Cost Estimate 

Year Fund Total BOR FWS

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

Total Cost: $750,000

Activities and Resources 

Type Total FTE Agency Fund Description

2017 

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

screen projects. 

Agreement $750,000 n/a FWS CVPRF This action provides cost share funding 

for AFSP fish screen projects including 

cost of environmental compliance, 

permitting, design and construction. 
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