2016 ANNUAL WORK PLAN

PUBLIC DRAFT

TITLE XXXIV OF PUBLIC LAW 102-575

JULY 9, 2015 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Pacific Southwest Region

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Mid-Pacific Region

2016 ANNUAL WORK PLAN

PUBLIC DRAFT

CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT IMPROVEMENT ACT

TITLE 34 OF PUBLIC LAW 102-575

Version 

April 20, 2015 - Initial Drafting from PM Charter Submissions 

May 8, 2015 – Revised with PM Initial Corrections and Modifications 

June 17, 2015 – Public Draft with Revisions after Agency Feedback 

July 9, 2015 – Public Draft after Revisions from PM Fatal Flaw Review 

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Southwest Region 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia 
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The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and 

protect water and related resources in an environmentally and 

economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.

The mission of the Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to 

conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their 

habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
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Contents 

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1

Fish Resource Area ......................................................................................................................... 4

Refuge Water Supply Program ....................................................................................................... 8

Administration and Program Management ..................................................................................... 9

Independent Programs .................................................................................................................. 10

Habitat Restoration Program ..................................................................................................... 10

Ecosystem and Water Operations Modeling Program .............................................................. 11

San Joaquin River Restoration Program ................................................................................... 11

Trinity River Restoration Program ........................................................................................... 12

Synthesis ....................................................................................................................................... 12

References ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Appendix A – Public Draft Work Plan Charters .......................................................................... 15
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Introduction 

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 

developed this Annual Work Plan (Work Plan) in coordination with the U.S. National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the State of California (State) represented by the Department of 

Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and Department of Water Resources (DWR), collectively the 

“Agencies”, to disclose and solicit feedback on activities planned for the upcoming fiscal year 

using the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund (CVPRF) and authorities under the Central 

Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA or Act), Title 34 of Public Law 102-575. A 

subsequent Accomplishment Report will describe the results from implementing this Work Plan. 

The CVPIA public website provides background information on the CVPIA and access to prior 

work plans and accomplishment reports at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia. 

Background 

On October 30, 1992, President Bush signed the CVPIA to amend previous authorizations of the 

Central Valley Project (CVP) to include fish and wildlife protection, restoration, and mitigation 

as project purposes having equal priority with irrigation and domestic uses, and fish and wildlife 

enhancement as a project purpose equal to power generation. The Act established the Central 

Valley Project Restoration Fund (CVPRF or Restoration Fund) for donations from any source 

and revenues provided through payments by CVP water and power customers. Reclamation and 

the Service jointly implement the CVPIA for the Department of the Interior (Interior) in 

collaboration with State and local governments, Tribes, non-governmental organizations, and 

stakeholders. Section 3406 of the Act requires a number of activities to support fish and wildlife. 

This Work Plan provides a snapshot of section 3406 activities planned for the upcoming year. 

This Work Plan structures CVPIA a by “Charters”. Individual Charters can represent a project 

with a discrete start and end, and can also include administration, management, grant programs, 

or long-term monitoring activities. Charters provide a high-level representation of the proposed 

activities including the intended outcome, total costs, and schedule. Charters are attached as 

Appendix A to this Work Plan. This Work Plan organized Charters into the general areas of: 

 Fish Resources - Activities under section 3406(b) of the Act to improve natural

production of anadromous fish in Central Valley rivers and streams;

 Refuge Water Supply Program - Activities under section 3406(d) of the Act to provide

firm water supplies of suitable quality to maintain and improve wetland habitat areas on

units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in the Central Valley of California; on the

Gray Lodge, Los Banos, Volta, North Grasslands, and Mendota state wildlife

management areas; and on the Grasslands Resources Conservation District in the Central

Valley of California;

 Administration and Program Management - Activities to manage the CVPRF and the

staffing required to maintain the different fish and refuge activities; and

 Independent Programs - including the:

o Habitat Restoration Program (HRP) - Activities authorized under section

3406(b)(1) to mitigate the other adverse environmental impacts of the CVP on
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Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed species as required under the biological 

opinions for the renewal of long-term water supply contracts, 

o Ecosystem and Water System Operations Modeling Program (Modeling) -

Activities authorized under section 3406(g) of the Act to develop readily usable

and broadly available models and supporting data to evaluate the ecologic and

hydrologic effects of existing and alternative operations of public and private

water facilities and systems,

o San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) - Use of the CVPRF authorized

by section 10009(b)(2) of Public Law 111-11 for activities to implement the

Stipulation of Settlement for NRDC, et al., v. Rodgers, et al., and

o Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) - Activities to implement the Trinity

River flows under section 3406(b)(23) and to complete the channel restoration

actions under the other adverse environmental impacts of the CVP provision

within 3406(b)(1).

This Work Plan focuses on the Restoration Fund, but may include other funding sources where 

relevant, including Water and Related Resources (WRR), the Bay Delta Fund (BDF), and State 

cost-share. CVPIA activities that rely exclusively on resources other than the Restoration Fund 

will be reported in the Annual Accomplishment report, but may not appear in this Work Plan. 

Status 

In 2015, activities under the Fish Resource Area continued work to improve the scientific 

framework supporting decision making and improve integration within the requirements of the 

CVPIA for Central Valley fisheries. The Work Plan for 2016 starts the establishment of an 

integrated fisheries program through a process that provides base funding for individual 

provisions to meet labor and maintenance costs and then a combined pool of additional project 

funds prioritized by the Agencies across all fisheries authorities. The Refuge Water Supply 

Program will continue priority actions developed under a Stakeholder Technical Team and 

further refine coordination with stakeholders. 

The 2016 President’s Budget included a request for $49.5 million for the Restoration Fund. The 

budget included provisions to flexibly manage resources across different provisions. Base 

funding for individual provisions and the total available funding amounts for the different 

general areas under the CVPIA are shown below in Table 1. 

Table 1 - Initial Base Alignment of the CVPRF 

Area* CVPRF Justification

Fish Resources

AFRP $3,500,000 Staffing Requirement, Some Provision-Specific 

Activities

Yield $400,000 Staffing Requirement

Instream $300,000 Staffing Requirement

Tracy $0 Funded by Water and Related

Clear Creek $1,450,000 Staffing Requirements, Some Gravel 
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Area* CVPRF Justification

Augmentation, Development of the Phase 3C 

Restoration Project

Gravel $1,400,000 Staffing Requirement, Some Gravel 

Augmentation on some CVP Streams

CAMP $1,000,000 Staffing Requirement, Maintenance of 

Databases, and Monitoring activities

AFSP $1,500,000 Staffing Requirement, Some Capability for Small 

Screens

Prioritized Activities $11,500,000 Remaining Funding for Prioritization under an 

Integrated Fisheries Program

Refuge Water Supply

Labor $1,600,000 Staffing Requirement

Prioritized Activities $19,000,000 Remaining Funding for Prioritization to meet 

Acquisition, Conveyance, and Facility 

Construction

Independent Programs

HRP $1,500,000 Staffing Requirement and Grants

Modeling $600,000 Staffing Requirement and Model Maintenance

SJRRP $2,000,000 Authorized Amount under Public Law 111-11.

TRRP $1,500,000 Channel Construction Projects with Other 

Activities Supported by Water and Related 

Funding

Administration $2,000,000 Staffing Requirement, Management Charges, 

Funding Agreement Administrative Charges

*AFRP = Anadromous Fish Restoration Program under section 3406(b)(1) of the CVPIA, Yield = Dedicated

Project Yield Program under section 3406(b)(2), Instream = Instream Water Acquisition Program under section 

3406(b)(3), Tracy = Tracy Fish Facility Improvement Program under section 3406(b)(4), Clear Creek = Clear 

Creek Restoration Program under section 3406(b)(12), Gravel = Spawning and Rearing Habitat Restoration 

Program under section 3406(b)(13), CAMP = Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program under section 

3406(b)(16), AFSP = Anadromous Fish Screen Program under section 3406(b)(21), HRP = Habitat Restoration 

Program under section 3406(b)(1) “other”, Modeling = Ecosystem and Water Operations Modeling under section 

3406(g), SJRRP = San Joaquin River Restoration Program authorized by Public Law 111-11, TRRP = Trinity River 

Restoration Program under section 3406(b)(1) “other” and 3406(b)(23).

Charters include an estimate of future funding requirements in order to accomplish the proposed 

work. The specific budgets for future years (out-year budgets) are embargoed and cannot be 

disclosed or discussed. Out-year funding in the Charters shows the level of effort necessary to 

complete the work, but does not represent a commitment by Reclamation or the Service to 

provide those resources and actual future budgets may differ. The ability to obligate funds in 

this Work Plan will depend upon appropriations from the U.S. Congress, collections from water 

and power contractors, and the execution of non-federal cost-share where required. 
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Next Steps 

To develop the Charters enclosed in this Public Draft Work Plan, the federal and state programs 

and project managers assembled proposed activities for the upcoming year based on an estimated 

budget. Activities were reviewed by the Agencies and then Charters were further revised to 

create this Public Draft. Reclamation and the Service retain final decision making on the content 

of this Work Plan and appreciate the feedback and assistance provided by our partner agencies. 

Following public review and feedback, this Work Plan will be revised, finalized, and posted to 

the CVPIA public website on or around September 30, 2015. Revisions and adjustments to the 

specific activities may occur during implementation depending on the ability to make progress 

and any priorities that emerge throughout the year. Reclamation and the Service will prepare an 

Annual Accomplishments Report at the conclusion of the 2016 Fiscal Year to disclose the results 

of implementation. 

Fish Resource Area 

The Fish Resource Area includes all provisions under section 3406(b) of the CVPIA to improve 

natural production of anadromous fish in Central Valley rivers and streams. Descriptions of the 

specific strategies and efforts to address the individual paragraphs within the Act are accessible 

online from the CVPIA public website: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia. 

Reclamation and the Service coordinated with the Agencies to revise the implementation strategy 

for the Fish Resource Area with an Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) framework and a 

more integrated approach to the different activities under section 3406(b). In preparation for the 

ARM framework and to provide a transition between the historical practices of funding 

individual and independently managed programs, the Agencies reviewed existing reports on 

anadromous fish recovery and restoration to develop interim criteria for the selection of activities 

to fund in 2016. The ARM framework is designed to replace the interim criteria for subsequent 

years through a multi-disciplinary scientific process including agency representatives and 

stakeholders. The interim criteria for 2016 include prioritizing: 

 Ongoing Efforts: activities where disruption or delay would result in substantial losses to

the existing investment of resources;

 Central Valley Wide Numeric Doubling: watersheds with the greatest ability to

contribute to the overall natural production doubling goal of anadromous fish in the

Central Valley including the American River, Feather River, Sacramento River,

Stanislaus River, and Yuba River;

 Watershed Numeric Doubling: additional smaller watersheds with the greatest potential

to achieve watershed doubling targets of anadromous fish including Cottonwood Creek,

Cow Creek, Deer Creek, and Mill Creek;

 Special-Status Species: additional watersheds with species listed, or proposed for listing,

as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act including Clear Creek,

Battle Creek, and some of the aforementioned watersheds; and

 High Priority: Activities not specifically enumerated above, but identified as the most

important in source documentation including the Final Plan for the Anadromous Fish

Restoration Program, Ecosystem Restoration Program Conservation Strategy, NMFS
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Recovery Plans, preliminary ARM decision support models, and the California Water 

Action Plan.

Application of the criteria results in consideration of 11 watersheds, 32 ongoing activities, and 35 

potential new categories of actions. More information will be available upon release of the ARM 

Framework. Table 2 shows the resulting Charters and 2016 funding requirements and funding 

sources. Charters for program and project staff and administration are listed in a separate 

section.

Table 2 – Fish Resource Area Implementation Charters 

Watershed and Charter CVPRF WRR State/Local Total

Central Valley Wide

b1 Bay-Delta Sturgeon Age, Growth, and 

Microchemistry

$238,500 $238,500

b1 Sturgeon Population Dynamics and 

Demographics Evaluation

$121,900 $121,900

b2 operations $320,213 $320,213

CAMP rotary screw trap Platform 

enhancements

$100,000 $100,000

Instream Water Acquisition $500,000 $500,000

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission 

database support

$116,000 $116,000

AFSP Base Projects $760,676 $760,676

CVP watershed adult salmon escapement 

database

$168,679 $168,679

American River

American River rotary screw trap monitoring $190,800 $190,800

American River SDM model development 

and monitoring

$975,000 $975,000

American River Spawning and Rearing 

Habitat FY16

$600,000 $600,000

Battle Creek

b1 North Fork Battle Creek Natural Barrier 

Removal

$101,206 $900,000 $1,001,206

Clear Creek

b12 Clear Cr Spawning Gravel Injection $123,133 $144,984 $268,117

b12 Clear Creek Adaptive Management $253,509 $253,509

b12 Clear Creek Flows $9,874 $10,000 $19,874

b12 Clear Creek McConnell Foundation $10,000 $10,000

b12 Lower Clear Cr Aquatic Habitat and 

Mercury Abatement Project

$26,000 $2,250,000 $2,276,000

b12 Clear Creek Channel Maintenance Flows 

(aka EWP)

$205,378 $205,378
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Watershed and Charter CVPRF WRR State/Local Total

b12 Clear Creek Stream Channel Restoration 

including Phase 3C

$896,900 $896,900

Consumnes River

b1 Cosumnes River Adult Escapement and 

Juvenile Outmigration Monitoring

$63,600 $63,600

Merced River

b1 Henderson Park Channel & Floodplain 

Restoration

$250,077 $250,077

Mokelumne River

b1 Mokelumne Spawning Habitat 

Improvement

$106,000 $62,500 $168,500

Sacramento Upper Mainstem

b1 Green Sturgeon Juvenile Investigation $111,127 $111,127

b1 Sacramento River Redd & Life History 

Monitoring

$136,740 $136,740

Sacramento River Habitat Restoration at 

Anderson River Park

$1,700,000 $1,700,000

Sacramento River Salmonid Habitat 

Restoration at Reading/Rancheria Island

$1,450,000 $1,450,000

Sacramento River Salmonid Spawning and 

Rearing Habitat Restoration

$600,000 $600,000

Quantify adult winter-run Chinook salmon 

escapement on the Sacramento River

$199,944 $199,944

Sacramento River - Red Bluff Diversion Dam 

rotary screw trap monitoring

$802,243 $802,243

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

TFFIP Implementation $430,066 $430,066

Delta Salmon Survival Study $640,128 $640,128

San Joaquin Lower Mainstem

b1 San Joaquin River Sturgeon Habitat 

Assessment

$168,284 $168,284

Stanislaus River

b1 Knights Ferry Floodplain Restoration 

Project

$283,634 $283,634

b1 Sturgeon Barrier Evaluation $3,477 $3,477

Stanislaus River rotary screw trap monitoring $197,000 $197,000

Stanislaus River Salmonid Spawning and 

Rearing Habitat Restoration

$300,000 $300,000

Tuolumne River

b1 Tuolumne River: Dos Rios Floodplain 

Restoration

$447,320 $421,000 $868,320
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Watershed and Charter CVPRF WRR State/Local Total

Upper Sacramento and Tributaries

b1 Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Tagging $174,270 $174,270

b1 Impacts of Marijuana Activity on Fish $116,388 $116,388

Yuba River

b1 Yuba River Daguerre Alley Floodplain 

Restoration Project

$237,440 $237,440

b1 Yuba River Hammon Bar Velocity 

Validation

$6,953 $6,953

b1 Yuba River Juvenile Salmonid Rearing 

Habitat Restoration

$159,000 $159,000

b1 Yuba River Narrows Restoration Project $1,070,600 $1,070,600

Grand Total $14,931,994 $585,050 $3,643,500 $19,160,545

*CVPRF = Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, WRR = Water and Related Resources.

Additional Fish Resource Area projects may be undertaken if funding allows. Uncertainties 

include environmental compliance and permitting requirements, construction costs, and the 

reliability of collections for the Restoration Fund. Table 3 shows known potential projects.

Table 3 – Additional Fisheries Projects for 2016 Depending on Funding

Charter Total

b1 Stanislaus Migratory Corridor Rehabilitation $381,600

b1 Tuolumne River - River Mile 44 Spawning and 

Rearing Habitat Restoration

$213,590

b1 Merced River Instream & Off-Channel DroughtResilient Habitat Rehabilitation$312,912

Sacramento River Salmonid Habitat Additional 

Project at one of five sites

$600,000

AFSP Additional Projects $200,000

The 2016 Work Plans incorporated the following Fish Resource Area related comments and 

specific project recommendations from 2015:

1. Prioritization and Funding Justification - this Work Plan modifies the budget process for 

explicit criteria for the types of projects that would be prioritized for funding; and

2. Prioritization of Projects that Constrain Project Operations - interim priorities include the 

main CVP streams as well as special status anadromous fish species.

Incorporation of 2015 comments requesting specific fish production estimates as the result of 

specific actions was not possible at this time, but the Agencies expect that ongoing work under 

the ARM framework can incorporate that concept in subsequent versions. Reclamation and the 

Service will continue to work with stakeholders to refine and scope future work in the 

implementation of the Fish Resource Area of the CVPIA including the evaluation of specific 

project proposals.
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Refuge Water Supply Program

The Refuge Water Supply Program (RWSP) includes all provisions under section 3406(d) of the 

CVPIA to provide firm water supplies of suitable quality to maintain and improve wetland 

habitat areas on units of the National Wildlife Refuge System in the Central Valley of California; 

on the Gray Lodge, Los Banos, Volta, North Grasslands, and Mendota state wildlife 

management areas; and on the Grassland Resources Conservation District in the Central Valley 

of California.

The Act specifies two types of water delivery requirements. Section 3406(d)(1) “Level 2” 

requires the quantity and delivery schedules of water measured at the boundaries of each wetland 

habitat area shall be in accordance with Level 2 of the `Dependable Water Supply Needs' table 

for those habitat areas as set forth in the Refuge Water Supply Report and two-thirds of the water 

supply needed for full habitat development for those habitat areas identified in the San Joaquin 

Basin Action Plan/Kesterson Mitigation Action Plan Report. Section 3406(d)(2) “Incremental 

Level 4” requires the quantity and delivery schedules of water measured at the boundaries of 

each wetland habitat area shall be in accordance with Level 4 of the `Dependable Water Supply 

Needs' table for those habitat areas as set forth in the Refuge Water Supply Report and the full 

water supply needed for full habitat development for those habitat areas identified in the San 

Joaquin Basin Action Plan/Kesterson Mitigation Action Plan Report acquired through voluntary 

measures. A full Level 4 water supply (Level 2 plus Incremental Level 4) will provide for 

optimum habitat management to support a broad range of species including targeted threatened 

and endangered species. Components of the RWSP include:

 Water Acquisition: purchase, exchange, and transfer for Incremental Level 4 water 

supplies; 

 Conveyance: groundwater pumping and the conveying (wheeling) of surface sources for 

Level 2 and Incremental Level 4 water supplies; and

 Facility Construction: infrastructure improvements to enable the delivery of full Level 4 

water supplies.

Priorities have been discussed throughout the year through an Inter-Agency Refuge Water 

Management Team. In 2016, the RWSP will prioritize making full amount of Level 2 water 

supplies available. In the event of a drought where shortage provisions take effect, the full 

amount may consist of a 75% allocation of Level 2 and groundwater pumping and acquisition of 

Incremental Level 4 water. A Charter for “RWSP Emergency IL4 Groundwater Pumping” 

addresses a drought contingency. Remaining funds will seek water transactions at minimal 

additional cost to the RWSP, maintaining minimal activities on construction of conveyance 

facilities, and the RWSP component of the North Valley Regional Recycled Water Project 

(NVRRWP) for long-term reliable Incremental Level 4 water supplies. Accomplishment of the 

NVRRWP will require additional funding sources. Table 4 shows the proposed activities. 

Charters for program and project staff and administration costs are in a separate section.

Table 4 – Refuge Water Supply Implementation Charters

Program Components and Charters CVPRF SIK Total

Level 2 Water Supply
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Level 2 Refuge Water Conveyance (FY2016) $13,784,464 $81,000 $13,865,464

RWSP Emergency IL4 Groundwater Pumping $1,500,000 $1,500,000

Subtotal $15,284,464 $81,000 $15,365,464

Refuge Construction

Refuge Cons - Sutter NWR $500,000 $500,000

Refuge Cons - EBC Pumping Plant $270,000 $270,000

Subtotal $770,000 $770,000

Incremental Level 4

Refuge Cons -NVRRWP $3,500,000 $3,500,000

Grand Total $19,554,464 $81,000 $19,635,464

*CVPRF = Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, SC = State Cost, SIK = State In-Kind, WRR = Water and 

Related Resources.

To accomplish the NVRRWP, the RWSP will be unable to fund the acquisition of Incremental 

Level 4 beyond that required for emergency IL4 groundwater pumping and further construction 

activities on the Biggs-West Gridley conveyance facilities to the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area as 

shown in Table 5. The RWSP will be working with partners on strategies to meet these needs.

Table 5 – Refuge Water Supply Unfunded Needs

Charter Total

Inc. Level 4 Water Purchases and L2 Exchanges $2,362,500

Inc. Level 4 Refuge Water Conveyance (FY2016) $1,808,648

Refuge Cons - Biggs-West Gridley/Gray Lodge Refuge $15,070,000

The 2016 Work Plans incorporated the following Refuge Water Supply Program specific 

comments from 2015:

 Prioritize Level 2: this Work Plan uses a more conservative estimate for Level 2 

conveyance costs so that the budget reflects full capability without a likely need for 

realignment during implementation.

The Work Plan is not able to address the comments regarding increased funding levels. 

Reclamation and the Service will continue to work with the Interagency Refuge Water 

Management Team, Central Valley Joint Venture, and other stakeholders on strategies for 

prioritizing and maximizing the use of existing funding and providing opportunities to leverage 

resources. 

Administration and Program Management

CVPIA Administration provides for the specific staff to collect funds, submit the overall 

budgets, coordinate between activities, administer the agreements with the Service, Reclamation 

and Service Regional management, and review and oversight of expenditures. The individual 

programs under the Fish Resource Area and the Refuge Water Supply Programs also require 
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staffing to prepare specific budgets, formulate and implement activities, and report on specific 

accomplishments. Table 6 shows the resulting budgets.

Table 6 – Fish, Refuge, and Fund Administration and Program Management

Program Area CVPRF SIK WRR Total

Fish

b1 AFRP Program Administration 

and Management

$3,005,693 $3,005,693

b2 administration $79,495 $79,495

Instream Water Purchase 

Administration

$266,327 $266,327

TFFIP Administration $122,413 $122,413

b12 Clear Creek Program 

Management

$110,201 $47,090 $99,016 $256,307

b13 Program Admin $444,500 $444,500

CAMP Program Manager $227,521 $227,521

AFSP Administration $713,124 $713,124

Subtotal $4,846,860 $47,090 $221,429 $5,115,379

Refuge

RWSP Administration $863,591 $863,591

RWSP Technical Support $259,689 $259,689

Subtotal $1,123,281 $1,123,281

Fund

CVPIA Administration $2,000,000 $2,000,000

SDM Phase 2 $201,250 $201,250

Subtotal $2,201,250 $2,201,250

Grand Total $8,171,391 $47,090 $221,429 $8,439,910

*CVPRF = Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, SIK = State In-Kind, WRR = Water and Related Resources.

Independent Programs

Independent programs are not integrated with other provisions of the CVPIA. These programs 

generally have separate oversight and resources in addition to the CVPRF, and program-specific 

reporting and stakeholder coordination requirements.

Habitat Restoration Program

Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manage the HRP jointly with the Central 

Valley Project Conservation Program (CVPCP) with the overall objective of improving 

conditions for impacted species and habitats, excluding fish. The CVPCP and HRP utilize a 

proposal solicitation process to fund and carry out conservation actions within the areas served 

by the Central Valley Project, California. At the beginning of each annual funding cycle, a 

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on www.grants.gov with a solicitation 

period of around 120 days. Table 7 shows the HRP Charters. Historical projects and reports 
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funded by the CVPCP and/or HRP and contact information for more information are available at: 

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

Table 7 – Habitat Restoration Program Charters

Charter CVPRF Total

HRP Program Management and Compliance $355,294 $355,294

HRP Protection, Restoration, & Captive 

Propagation Projects $932,240 $932,240

HRP Research Projects $188,414 $188,414

Total $1,475,948 $1,475,948

Ecosystem and Water Operations Modeling Program

The goal of the Ecosystem and Water Systems Operations Models program is to develop readily 

usable and broadly available models and supporting data in order to 1) evaluate ecologic and 

hydrologic effects of existing and alternative water management strategies in the Sacramento, 

San Joaquin, and Trinity River watersheds; 2) improve scientific understanding of ecosystems in 

the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Trinity watersheds; and 3) support the Interior Secretary’s 

efforts in fulfilling the requirements of the CVPIA. The Program manages projects in 

conjunction and with in-kind services from State partners.

Table 8 – Modeling Program Charters

Charter CVPRF SIK Total

FY16 CVPIA (g) Program Administration, 

Modeling Project Management, Technical 

Support, and Modeling $531,529 $972,911 $1,504,439

FY16 CalSim Technical Support $25,000 $25,000

FY16 Temperature and Fisheries Model Technical 

Support $25,000 $25,000

FY16 CalLite Technical Support $25,000 $25,000

Total $606,529 $972,911 $1,579,439

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

The San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (Title X, Subtitle A, Part I of Public Law 111-

11), authorizes and directs implementation of the Settlement in NRDC, et al., v. Rodgers, et al. 

Section 10007 of the Settlement Act finds and declares that the Settlement satisfies and 

discharges all of the obligations of the Secretary contained in Section 3406(c)(1) of the CVPIA. 

Section 10009(b)(2) authorizes use of the CVP Restoration Fund in an amount not to exceed 

$2,000,000 (October 2006 price levels) in any fiscal year. CVPIA funded activities for the 

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Table 9 – SJRRP Charter

Charter CVPRF Total*

SJRRP - Mendota Pool Bypass and Reach 2B Project $2,000,000 $2,000,000

*The SJRRP uses multiple funding disclosed within SJRRP specific materials, not this Work Plan.

Trinity River Restoration Program

The Trinity River Restoration Program was founded in 2000 based on three comprehensive 

foundational documents: the Trinity River Flow Evaluation Final Report; the Trinity River 

Environmental Impact Statement; and the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Record of 

Decision. These documents established a comprehensive science-based adaptive management 

program to restore the Trinity River’s fishery resources. The Program’s overarching goal is to 

restore anadromous fish populations to pre-dam levels. FY2015 activities that contribute to that 

end include mechanical channel rehabilitation, sediment management, and instream flow 

releases, and watershed restoration. Table 10 shows the TRRP Charter.

Table 10 – TRRP Charters

Charter CVPRF FWSA* WRR Total

Trinity River Restoration Program CVPIA 

Section 3406(b)(1)/(b)(23) $1,855,214 $11,862,455 $13,717,669

TRRP 2016 Project 1 Charter $1,500,000 $270,000 $1,770,000

Total $1,500,000 $1,855,214 $12,132,455 $15,487,669

*FWSA = Fish and Wildlife Service Appropriations

Synthesis

Table 11 shows a summary of Restoration Fund planned budgets for Fiscal Year 2016 broken 

down by legislative provision and agency overseeing the funding.

Table 11 – Summary of Fiscal Year Restoration Fund Budgets by Legislative Provision and Agency

Provision BOR FWS Grand Total

(b)(1) AFRP $21,671 $6,045,529 $6,067,200

(b)(2) Dedicated Yield $119,858 $601,600 $721,458

(b)(3) Instream Flows $538,806 $559,021 $1,097,827

(b)(12) Clear Creek Flows $149,133 $556,922 $706,055

(b)(12) Clear Creek Restoration $850,000 $68,941 $918,941

(b)(13) Gravel $4,994,500 $421,750 $5,416,250

(b)(16) CAMP $0 $3,377,325 $3,377,325

(b)(21) AFSP $460,603 $1,013,197 $1,473,800

(d)(1) Refuge Conveyance L2 $13,081,271 $1,063,672 $14,144,943

(d)(2) Refuge Acquisition IL4 $1,810,452 $100,691 $1,911,143

(d)(2) Refuge Conveyance IL4 $152,760 $33,065 $185,825

(d)(5)-(1) Refuge Facility L2 $586,170 $4,599 $590,769
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Provision BOR FWS Grand Total

(d)(5)-(2) Refuge Facility IL4 $3,808,516 $36,549 $3,845,065

HRP (b)(1) $750,001 $725,948 $1,475,948

Modeling (g) $495,575 $86,953 $582,529

SJRRP (PL111-11) $2,000,000 $0 $2,000,000

TRRP (b)(1) $0 $0 $0

TRRP (b)(23) $1,500,000 $0 $1,500,000

Administration $1,370,770 $830,480 $2,201,250

Grand Total $32,690,085 $15,526,241 $48,216,326

Total programmed expenditures fall short of the total President’s Budget by approximately $1.3 

million. Rapid escalation in construction costs, increases in refuge water conveyance costs, and 

uncertainty in collections due to drought warrant maintaining a small contingency.

References

Final Restoration Plan for the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service.

The 11 Priority Watersheds identified in the Fish Focus Group process.

The Ecosystem Restoration Program’s Conservation Strategy For Restoration of the 

Sacramento- San Joaquin River Delta, Sacramento Valley, and San Joaquin Valley Regions.

The National Marine Fisheries Service’s Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units 

of Sacramento River Winter-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley Spring-run Chinook salmon 

and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead.

A list of Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives identified in the National Marine Fisheries 

Service’s Biological Opinion on the Operations, Criteria, and Plan (OCAP) for the Central 

Valley Project and the State Water Project.

Elements contained in draft CVPIA Decision Support Model (Peterson 2014).

The California Water Action Plan. That plan describes high priority management activities the 

state of California is proposing to undertake as it manages resources within its boundary.

1989 Dependable Water Supply Refuge Report.

1989 San Joaquin Basin Action Plan.
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Appendix A – Description of Charter Information

Classification: classification of the Charter type according to an overall category and a project 

type.

Location: reference to a site name (where available) and a watershed.

Funding Years: fiscal years covered by the Charter.

Benefits Start Year: when the impacts of the Charter will be realized. Typically a project would 

become operational following construction, acquisition, or reporting (in the case of a study) 

phases of an effort. 

Priority: Ranking of the Charter within a specific to provide an understanding of the relative 

importance of different efforts.

Partners: Listing of agencies and entities assisting in the planning and implementation of the 

Charter through the contribution of resources. Resources may include cost-share, in-lieu 

services, use of facilities, or other technical support during the development of a project.

Related Programs: list of related programs and activities supported by the Charter such as BDCP, 

RPA, Recovery Plans, CVJV, etc to provide an understanding of the relationship between the 

proposed Charter and other efforts by Federal, State, and local entities.

Authority: Provision under the CVPIA supported by the Charter that will allow the government 

to undertake the action and determine the relevant reimbursement and cost-share requirements.

 Authority: one or more legislative provisions for the action and the relative contribution 

to the different provisions within the legislation.

 Percentage: Fraction of the total Charter costs attributable to the Authority.

 Description: Justification for why the Charter is allowable under the Authority and for the 

specific fraction, if applicable.

Metric(s): Anticipated accomplishments from successful completion

Deliverables: anticipated documentation and timeline for key activities under the Charter, 

typically public documents and reports that would be referenced by title.

 Date: The estimated year and month when the deliverable will be available.

 Title: The anticipated name or citation of the deliverable.

Narrative: a one or two paragraph description of the Charter background, benefits, deliverables, 

additional information (e.g. cost basis), and changes since prior Charters, if any.

Data Management: Information on where reports and data for this Charter will be permanently 

housed and the relevant protocols for understanding the information.

Risks: Narrative or bulleted list of uncertainties and potential project management related issues 

that might change the scope, schedule, or budget.

Cost Estimate: summary of costs by fiscal year and fund. This table is automatically populated 

by the information in Resources Data.
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Activities and Resources: cost estimates to undertake the activity.

 Type: category of resource, e.g. labor, equipment, agreement, etc.

 Total: dollar value of the resource.

 Agency: agency expending the resource.

 Fund: source of the resource.

 Description: text narrative of the activities and basis for the estimate.