California Trout

PURPOSE: FISH PASSAGE CONSTRUCTION AT I-5 AND METROLINK BRIDGES IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RECIPIENT: CALIFORNIA TROUT, INC. RECOMMENDED FEDERAL FUNDING*: $14.6 MILLION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT(S): CA-049 (PROJECT); CA-011 (APPLICANT) SUMMARY: CALIFORNIA TROUT WILL CONSTRUCT TWO NATURE-LIKE FISHWAYS AT THE METROLINK RAILWAY AND INTERSTATE 5 CROSSINGS, RESTORING ACCESS TO 15 MILES OF HABITAT IN THE TRABUCO CREEK TRIBUTARY OF SAN JUAN CREEK. IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER ONGOING DAM REMOVAL EFFORTS IN THE WATERSHED, THIS EFFORT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE RECOVERY OF ENDANGERED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY BY STABILIZING AN AGING FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL.

PURPOSE: THE STRING OF PEARLS: RESTORING LANDSCAPE RESILIENCE FOR SACRAMENTO RIVER SALMON RECIPIENT: CALIFORNIA TROUT RECOMMENDED FEDERAL FUNDING*: YEAR 1: $3,771,642 YEAR 2: $6,227,188 TOTAL: $9,998,830 SUMMARY: CALIFORNIA TROUT WILL WORK WITH PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT LANDSCAPE-SCALE FLOODPLAIN HABITAT PROJECTS IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER WATERSHED. THESE PROJECTS WILL BENEFIT ENDANGERED SACRAMENTO RIVER WINTER-RUN CHINOOK SALMON, WHICH HOLD CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR LOCAL TRIBES INCLUDING THE MECHOOPDA, YOCHA DEHE, CACHIL DEHE, PASKENTA AND YUROK TRIBES. BY CREATING FLOODPLAIN HABITAT AND INCREASING THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION, THESE PROJECTS WILL ALSO HELP ADDRESS LAND SUBSIDENCE CAUSED BY SEVERE DROUGHT IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY..

CALIFORNIA TROUT WILL BE AWARDED UP TO $9,949,441 OVER THREE YEARS FOR THE DESIGN, PERMITTING, PLANNING, AND REMOVAL OF A ROCKFALL BARRIER AND OBSOLETE FISHWAY IN BIG CHICO CREEK, CALIFORNIA. THE ROCKFALL BLOCKS CENTRAL VALLEY SPRING RUN CHINOOK AND CENTRAL VALLEY STEELHEAD FROM MORE THAN 8 MILES OF HIGH-QUALITY UPSTREAM HABITAT. RECONNECTING ACCESS TO THIS CRITICAL HABITAT WOULD PROVIDE HOLDING, SPAWNING, AND REARING HABITAT AND COLD WATER REFUGE THAT IMPROVES CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THE WATERSHED AND ALIGNS WITH NOAA RECOVERY PLANS FOR BOTH SPECIES. THROUGH ALL STAGES OF THE PROJECT, FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION, THE MECHOOPDA TRIBE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE INVOLVED. THE PROJECT ALSO HAS A MAJOR FOCUS ON OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, WITH PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND PARTICIPATION BY CHICO STATE UNIVERSITY. PROJECT PARTNERS: BIG CHICO CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, CITY OF CHICO, MECHOOPDA TRIBE, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, CHICO STATE DEPART

PURPOSE: ELK RIVER ESTUARY RESTORATION: FINAL DESIGN, PERMITTING, AND CONSTRUCTION THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) IS PROVIDING $6,000,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO CALIFORNIA TROUT THROUGH THE FY2023 BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT HABITAT RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION COMPETITION. THIS FUNDING WILL INCREASE CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH HABITAT RESTORATION PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN PROJECTS, HABITAT RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS, AND LAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS. SPECIFICALLY, CALIFORNIA TROUT WILL USE THESE FUNDS FOR THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION STEP OF A DECADES-LONG, COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM TO RESOLVE LEGACY SEDIMENT AND WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT ISSUES FROM EXCESSIVE TIMBER HARVEST, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING REGIONAL RESILIENCE TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND LARGE EPISODIC STORM EVENTS. THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE HYDROLOGIC AND SEDIMENT PROCESSES, WATER QUALITY CONDITIONS, AND AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN HABITAT FUNCTIONS IN ELK RIVER, ULTIMATELY REDUCING NUISANCE FLOODING IN RURAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THIS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.

FW8 NFBC BARRIER MODIFICATION AND FISH PASSAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

CALIFORNIA TROUT WILL ADDRESS THE LAST MAJOR FISH PASSAGE BARRIER IN ALAMEDA CREEK, OPENING NEARLY 22 MILES OF HABITAT FOR THREATENED CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST STEELHEAD AND OTHER MIGRATORY FISH. CURRENTLY, A CONCRETE EROSION CONTROL STRUCTURE BLOCKS FISH PASSAGE ON THE CREEK. THIS PROJECT WILL REMOVE THE BARRIER, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ALREADY PLANNED EFFORT TO MOVE A UTILITY PIPELINE.

CALIFORNIA TROUT WILL BE AWARDED $3,257,851 TO REMOVE A TOTAL BARRIER ON THE MAINSTEM OF THE SANTA MARGARITA RIVER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND REPLACE IT WITH A 575-FOOT BRIDGE. THE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE SIZED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, AS IT WILL ACCOMMODATE A 500-YEAR FLOOD EVENT. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW ENDANGERED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STEELHEAD ACCESS TO 12 MILES OF UPSTREAM HABITAT, DECREASE ROADWAY FLOODING, AND RESTORE NATURAL CHANNEL PROCESSES SUCH AS WOOD AND GRAVEL MOVEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL ENGAGE THE PUBLIC INCLUDING THE PECHANGA TRIBE AND CALIFORNIA-RATED SEVERELY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN CONSTRUCTION AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND JOB DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, INCLUDING NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS. PROJECT PARTNERS: SOUTH COAST STEELHEAD COALITION, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD, CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY, STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, SOUTHERN

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO INTEGRATE DATA AND INFORMATION PRODUCED BY THESE ACTIONS AND OTHER MONITORING PROGRAMS INTO A FOOD WEB AND FISH GROWTH RATE SUB-MODULE OF THE SCIENCE INTEGRATION TEAM'S FALL RUN CHINOOK SALMON DECISION SUPPORT MODEL.

IN THE 1950 S, A FISHWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED AT IRON CANYON, PROVIDING ACCESS TO 8.5 MILES OF HOLDING, SPAWNING, AND REARING HABITATS FOR FEDERALLY LISTED CENTRAL VALLEY STEELHEAD AND CENTRAL VALLEY SPRING-RUN CHINOOK SALMON. THE FISHWAY WAS UNMAINTAINED, BECAME DAMAGED, AND IS NOW A COMPLETE BARRIER TO UPSTREAM MIGRATION. THIS FOUR-YEAR PROJECT WILL RESTORE ACCESS FOR SPRING RUN CHINOOK TO THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION IN BIG CHICO CREEK BY RECONFIGURING INSTREAM BOULDERS TO CREATE A NATURE-LIKE FISHWAY THAT MEETS FISH PASSAGE CRITERIA. IN ADDITION, NON-SALMONID NATIVE FISH WHICH WERE REMOVED VIA POISON FROM THE WATERSHED IN THE 1980S WILL BE RELOCATED UPSTREAM OF IRON CANYON TO HELP THEM REPOPULATE UPSTREAM HABITATS AND RESTORE ECOSYSTEM ELEMENTS AND PROCESSES.

1. AWARD PURPOSE: THE REMOVAL OF THE KLAMATH DAMS, OPENING OVER 400 MILES OF HABITAT THAT HAS BEEN BLOCKED FOR OVER A CENTURY, IS A HUGELY SIGNIFICANT EVENT AND VITAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM EFFORTS TO RECOVER SALMON POPULATIONS. THIS IS THE LARGEST RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT IN THE WORLD AND A SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR THE 6 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THAT HAVE RELIED ON THE RIVER TO SURVIVE FOR MILLENNIA. DAM REMOVAL WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT A SUITE OF ANADROMOUS FISH SPECIES INCLUDING STATE AND FEDERALLY ESA LISTED COHO SALMON, FALL-RUN CHINOOK SALMON AND STEELHEAD RAINBOW TROUT. STATE ESA LISTED SPRING-RUN CHINOOK SALMON EXTIRPATED BY LOSS OF ACCESS -MAY RE-OCCUPY THE UPPER KLAMATH RIVER. THE FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DAM REMOVAL, HOW FISH REPOPULATE NEWLY OPENED HABITATS, POPULATION RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE LEVEL RESTORATION PROJECTS, AND WHERE TO FOCUS FUTURE RESTORATION EFFORTS. 2. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES OF SALMON AND STEELHEAD ENTERING THE REACH PREVIOUSLY BLOCKED BY DAMS AND FOLLOW THEIR MIGRATIONS TO SPAWNING GROUNDS. THESE METRICS WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR ASSESSMENT OF STOCK STATUS AND TRENDS WHILE GUIDING FUTURE RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THE NEWLY ACCESSIBLE HABITATS. THE STUDY COMBINES A SONAR FISH COUNTING STATION, SPECIES COMPOSITION SAMPLING AND RADIO TELEMETRY WITH STUDY DESIGNS ADAPTED FROM THE ELWHA RIVER AND OTHER LARGE-SCALE DAM REMOVALS, AND WILL BE GUIDED BY THE EXPERTISE OF INDIVIDUALS, TRIBES AND AGENCIES. IT IS OUR HOPE THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A TOOLSET TO SUPPORT PRIORITIZATION OF FUTURE RESTORATION AND MONITORING IN THE KLAMATH RIVER AS WELL AS OTHER DAM REMOVALS AROUND THE WORLD. 3. PROJECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: SONAR: 1. SALMON AND STEELHEAD ABUNDANCE WILL INCREASE WITH DAM REMOVAL. 2. SALMON AND STEELHEAD LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES AND RUN TIMING WILL INCREASE WITH DAM REMOVAL. 3. IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE TO EXISTING METHODS FOR SPECIES APPORTIONMENT. TELEMETRY: 4. DAM REMOVAL AND ASSOCIATED RESTORATION EFFORTS WILL PROVIDE UNIMPEDED ACCESS TO HABITATS PREVIOUSLY BLOCKED BY DAMS. 5. FISH WILL PREFERENTIALLY RE-POPULATE SPECIFIC REGIONS RELATED TO SPECIES AND LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES. 6. RESTORATION EFFORTS WILL BE NEEDED IN NEWLY ACCESSIBLE HABITATS, AND THESE LOCATIONS WILL NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. 4. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:1. EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DAM REMOVAL.2. FOCUS FUTURE RESTORATION EFFORTS.3. EVALUATE STATUS OF SPECIES FOR KLAMATH CONSULTATIONS, AND 5-YR VIABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND PETITIONS OR CHANGES IN STATUS OF PACIFIC SALMONIDS.4. MANAGE THE TRIBAL, COMMERCIAL, AND SPORT IN-RIVER AND OCEAN FISHERIES.5. ADVANCE THE PRACTICE OF NON-INVASIVE FISH HANDLING, USING THE CONCENTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA TO PRORTION OUT THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FISH IN THE WATER AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 6. INTEGRATE TRACKING ACROSS AGENCIES THROUGH DOUBLE TAGGING.7. BUILDING TRIBAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND WORKFORCE.8. WHERE TO INVEST FUTURE MONITORING EFFORTS.5. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N A

TO EXAMINE THE DIRECT EFFECTS OF THE PILOT ACTION FOR LANDSCAPE-SCALE RECONNECTION OF FLOODPLAIN FOOD WEBS TO THE SACRAMENTO RIVER ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH THE REOPERATION OF EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS STUDY WILL INUNDATE 5,000 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL FLOODPLAIN THAT WILL DRAIN DIRECTLY TO THE SACRAMENTO RIVER THROUGH THE ROUGH AND READY PUMPING PLANT. THE HYPOTHESIS IS THAT FOOD WILL GROW ON THE INUNDATED FIELD, AND WHEN THE WATER IS PUMPED INTO THE RIVER IT MAKES THOSE FOOD WEB ITEMS AVAILABLE TO JUVENILE SALMON THAT ARE MIGRATING OR REARING. BASELINE RIVER ZOOPLANKTON DENSITY WILL BE DETERMINED BY SAMPLING IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER UPSTREAM OF THE FLOODPLAIN DRAINAGE POINT SOURCE. DRAINAGE WATER WILL BE SAMPLED DIRECTLY BEFORE IT ENTERS THE RIVER. RIVER SAMPLES WILL BE TAKEN AT THE POINT OF DISCHARGE AND AT TWO SITES DOWNSTREAM OF THE INITIAL SAMPLE. ALL RIVER SAMPLES WILL BE PAIRED WITH AN ADDITIONAL LOCATION ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER. THE FINAL CYCLE WILL ALSO INCLUDE CAGED JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON AT EACH SAMPLE LOCATION, TO DIRECTLY MEASURE HABITAT SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES AND MEASURE THE EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL FLOODPLAIN WATER EXPORT ON FISH GROWTH.

CALIFORNIA TROUT CORP WILL BE AWARDED UP TO $1,973,149 OVER 4 YEARS TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FISH PASSAGE AND HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION ACTIONS IN THE KLAMATH RIVER. THE WORK WILL INFORM FUTURE HABITAT RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, INCREASING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. THIS WORK IS BEING FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY-BASED RESTORATION PROGRAM.

SHASTA RIVER COHO SALMON ENHANCEMENT AND COLLABORATION PILOT PROJECT

LITTLE SHASTA RIVER TEMPERATURE/FLOW BARRIER REMOVAL: ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS

PARKS CREEK ON RANCH FISH PASSAGE PROJECT

SCOTT BAR, MILL CREEK BARRIER REMOVAL2020 NATIONAL FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM

A CONTINUATION OF THE SHASTA RIVER COHO SALMON RESTORATION AND COLLABORATION PILOT PROJECT, WITH THE ADDITION OF PROVIDING REAL-TIME MONITORING TO DE

HARVEY DIVERSION FISH PASSAGE RESTORATION PROJECT

REMOVAL OF FISH PASSAGE BARRIER AT THE MUSGRAVE AND LINTON DIVERSION.

SHASTA AND SCOTT RIVERS SAFE HARBOR AGREEMENT PROJECT IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SHASTA RIVER COHO SALMON RESTORATION PILOT PROJECT, ADDING OUTREACH AND DATA GATHERING IN SCOTT RIVER WATERSHED.

CALIFORNIA TROUT CORPORATION

CA-VFWO-SANTA CLARA RIVER RESTORATION

NOYES VALLEY CREEK IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TRIBUTARIES TO THE EAST FORK SCOTT RIVER, WHICH SUPPORTS BOTH SPAWNING AND REARING COHO SALMON. NOYES VALLEY CREEK WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS A CREEK WITH HIGH INTRINSIC POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT REARING JUVENILE COHO SALMON. HOWEVER, DUE PRIMARILY TO CATTLE GRAZING, DEVELOPMENT, AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION, LOWER NOYES VALLEY CREEK CURRENTLY CONTAINS A CONFINED AND INCISED CHANNEL WITH AREAS OF UNSTABLE AND ERODING BANKS, AND LIMITED RIPARIAN HABITAT. DEGRADED WATER QUALITY IN NOYES VALLEY CREEK LIMITS THE POTENTIAL USE OF THE REACH BY SPAWNING AND REARING COHO SALMON AND MAY CONTINUE TO DEGRADE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE EAST FORKS SCOTT RIVER DOWNSTREAM. PRIMARY PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO INCREASE THE HEALTH OF THE RIPARIAN CORRIDOR, ENCOURAGE NATIVE PLANT RECRUITMENT, AND ENHANCE CHANNEL SHADING BY UTILIZING 3,000 FEET OF RIPARIAN FENCING, 5 RANCH GATES, 1 CONCRETE STOCK-WATER TROUGH SYSTEM AND SOME POTENTIAL FENCE REMOVAL EXISTING FENCE RELOCATION ALONG THE EAST FORK RIPARIAN CORRIDOR. THIS PROJECT WILL GREATLY ENHANCE HABITAT ON APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES OF LOWER NOYES VALLEY CREEK BY EXCLUDING CATTLE FROM THE CREEK, IMPROVING BOTH INSTREAM AND RIPARIAN HABITATS. OVER TIME, AS RIPARIAN HABITAT DEVELOPS AND SHADES THE CREEK, THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE WATER QUALITY IN THE EAST FORK SCOTT RIVER BY PROVIDING A SOURCE OF COLD WATER INPUT.

THE REMOVAL OF FOUR DAMS ON THE KLAMATH RIVER WILL RESTORE HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY TO THE UPPER KLAMATH RIVER BASIN. FOR ANADROMOUS FISH HABITAT AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES NOT AVAILABLE FOR OVER 100 YEARS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS PROVIDE US SOME GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANADROMOUS FISH ALTHOUGH GREATER UNDERSTANDING IS REQUIRED TO INFORM FUTURE RESTORATION AND FISH MANAGEMENT ACTIONS. FOR THIS REASON MONITORING PLANS FOCUSED ON EVALUATING THE REESTABLISHMENT OF SALMON POPULATIONS AS THEY RETURN TO THEIR HISTORICAL RANGE IN THE KLAMATH BASIN IS CRITICAL. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS HOW MANY SALMON AND STEELHEAD DISPERSE INTO THE RECONNECTED WATERSHED AND THE TIMING OF THAT DISPERSAL. THE QUESTIONS OF INTEREST INCLUDE WHAT THE SPECIES AND LIFE HISTORY SPECIFIC TIMING OF FISH MOVEMENT INTO THE RESTORATION REACH ARE I.E. LOCATION OF IRON GATE DAM AND UPSTREAM THROUGHOUT THE UPPER KLAMATH BASIN AND HABITAT USED BY FISH AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE RESTORATION SITE. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES OF SALMON AND STEELHEAD ENTERING THE REACH PREVIOUSLY BLOCKED BY THE DAMS AND FOLLOW THEIR MIGRATIONS TO SPAWNING GROUNDS. UNDERSTANDING THE TIME OF MOVEMENT AND HABITAT USE OF ADULT FISH MOVING UPSTREAM TO HISTORICAL HABITAT WILL INFORM CURRENT AND FUTURE RESTORATION ACTIONS TO EFFECTIVELY USE AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THE MOST IMPACTFUL MANNER GUIDING FUTURE RESTORATION EFFORTS IN THE NEWLY ACCESSIBLE HABITATS. IN ADDITION THESE DATA WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR ASSESSING KEY ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT VIABILITY CRITERIA SUCH AS DIVERSITY SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND ABUNDANCE. OUR STUDY COMBINES A SONAR FISH COUNTING STATION SPECIES COMPOSITION SAMPLING AND RADIO TELEMETRY WITH STUDY DESIGNS ADAPTED FROM THE ELWHA RIVER AND OTHER LARGESCALE DAM REMOVALS. THIS EFFORT WILL BE GUIDED BY THE EXPERTISE OF TRIBAL MEMBERS NGO STAFF AND FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCY STAFFS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED MONITORING ON THE ELWHA RIVER OR OTHER COASTAL RIVERS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A TOOLSET TO SUPPORT INFORMATION TO INFORM THE SEQUENCING AND PRIORITIZATION OF FUTURE RESTORATION AND MONITORING IN THE KLAMATH RIVER AS WELL AS OTHER DAM REMOVALS AROUND THE WORLD. WE WILL ADDRESS THESE OBJECTIVES WITH A COMBINATION OF MULTIBEAM IMAGING SONAR AND RADIO TELEMETRY. SONAR IMAGERY WILL PROVIDE IMAGERY OF PASSING FISH ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS WHILE WEEKLY INSTREAM TANGLE NET SAMPLING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SONAR SITE WILL PROVIDE FIELD BASED DATA TO TRANSFORM IMAGERY INTO SPECIES SPECIFIC PASSAGE ESTIMATES. THE TANGLE NET SAMPLING WILL ALSO PROVIDE FISH FOR RADIO TELEMETRY TAGGING. MONITORING OF RADIO TAGGED FISH WITH FIXED SITES AND MOBILE TRACKING WILL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON MOVEMENT AND HABITAT USE AS ADULT SALMON AND STEELHEAD MIGRATE AND SPAWN IN THE NEWLY ACCESSIBLE HABITAT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES THAT AFFECT THEIR MIGRATION.

F18AC00199

F17AC00504

THIS PROJECT IMPLEMENTS NATIVE LAHONTAN CUTTHROAT TROUT (LCT) HABITAT RESTORATION, POPULATION SURVEYS, WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH AS A MULTI-PRONG APPROACH TO RESTORE AND PROTECT LCT POPULATIONS WITHIN THEIR NATIVE RANGE. IT FURTHER WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY FOR AGENCY BIOLOGISTS AND PLANNERS TO LEARN FIELD TECHNIQUES, APPLY THE APPROACH MORE BROADLY IN THE SIERRA STREAMS, AND INTEGRATE THIS NON-NATIVE TROUT MANAGEMENT APPROACH INTO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

2013-FISHPASS-02

STEELHEAD TROUT RECOVERY IN SANTA MARGARITA RIVER

A CONTINUATION OF THE SHASTA RIVER COHO SALMON RESTORATION AND COLLABORATION PILOT PROJECT, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REAL-TIME MONITORING TO SUPPORT SAF

BIDWELL CREEK IS A 12 MILE LONG PERENNIAL CREEK ON THE NORTH END OF SURPRISE VALLEY IN MODOC COUNTY, CA THE CREEK SUPPLIES WATER TO THE UPPER ALKALI LAKE AND IS A VITAL CREEK TO SUPPORT THE FISHERIES IN SURPRISE VALLEY BIDWELL CREEK S FISHES INCLUDE REDBAND TROUT, RAINBOW TROUT, AND MODOC SUCKER THIS PROPERTY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR UPLAND RESTORATION IN 2011 FROM THE PARTNERS PROGRAM AND NRCS THAT PROJECT COMPLETED A LARGE JUNIPER REMOVAL THROUGHOUT THE SAGE STEPPE HABITAT AND FENCE UPDATES TO MAKE WILDLIFE SAFE THIS PROJECT WILL CONTINUE THE OVERALL HABITAT RESTORATION NEEDS OF THE LANDSCAPE THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS INCISION AND FLOODPLAIN DISCONNECTION DOWNSTREAM OF A DIVERSION STRUCTURE IN BIDWELL CREEK INSTALLATION OF A DIVERSION STRUCTURE AND STRAITENING OF THE CREEK BELOW THE DIVERSION CAUSED THE SUBSEQUENT DEGRADATION OF THE STREAM ADDITIONALLY, AN OLD OXBOW HAS BEEN DEEPENED AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE HYDROLOGIC INFLUENCE OF FLOOD FLOWS THIS OXBOW NOW FUNCTIONS AS A SEASONAL FROG POND THE USE OF PROCESS BASED RESTORATION BY ADDING WOODY DEBRIS AND ROCK STRUCTURES IN THE STREAM WILL HELP MANAGE SEDIMENT LOADS AND INCREASE BASE FLOWS DOWNSTREAM OF THE DIVERSION HABITAT ENHANCEMENTS ON THE FROG POND WILL INCLUDE HYDRAULIC RECONNECTION WITH THE STREAM AND REMOVAL OF A DYSFUNCTIONAL WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE MORE SEASONAL FLOWS THROUGH THE WETLAND POND WILL HELP MAINTAIN VEGETATION AND MINIMIZE STAGNANT WATER IN ADDITION TO THE FISHERIES BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT, THERE WILL BE A BENEFIT TO A VARIETY OF REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, MIGRATORY WATERFOWL, AND SANDHILL CRANES, A STATE LISTED SPECIES OF CONCERN THE DIVERSION STRUCTURE POSES A FISH PASSAGE ISSUE WITHIN BIDWELL CREEK AND REQUIRES MAINTENANCE ADDITIONALLY, THE DITCH WHICH IRRIGATES FIELDS TO THE EAST OF THE CREEK POSES A DANGER TO FISH AS THEY ENTER DURING HIGH FLOWS AND BECOME STRANDED IN THE FIELDS AT THE END OF THE IRRIGATION SEASON THROUGH THE PARTNERS PROGRAM, WITH FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM FUNDS, THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE WILL BEGIN THE PLANNING PHASE TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITH THE DIVERSION THESE TWO PROJECTS WILL BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL THIS PROJECT FURTHER BENEFITS ADJACENT TROUT PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIDWELL TRIBLE COMMUNITY

CA-MODOC-CA TROUT CORP

SELDOM SEEN AND HVR DIVERSIONS

HAT CREEK RIPARIAN & STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT

PRAIRIE CREEK FLOODPLAIN INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL

THE FULL 5 YEAR PROJECT WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES, THIS ROUND BEING PHASE 2 GOAL IS TO INCREASE FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY, OFF CHANNEL HABITAT, AND RIPARIAN FOREST FOR THE BENEFIT OF FEDERALLY LISTED COHO SALMON, CHINOOK SALMON, AND STEELHEAD THE FULL PROJECT IS IN ITS SECOND OF FIVE CONSTRUCTION SEASONS WHEN FULLY BUILT, IT WILL IMPROVE 0 8 MILES OF INSTREAM HABITAT, RESTORE CONNECTIVITY TO APPROXIMATELY 23 ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN AND BACKWATER EMERGENT HABITAT, AND RESTORE AND ENHANCE 4 ACRES OF EMERGENT WETLAND, 19 ACRES OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION, AND 9 4 ACRES OF REDWOOD FOREST ANTICIPATED BENEFITS INCLUDE INCREASED HABITAT DIVERSITY, FLOODPLAIN CONNECTIVITY, COTTONWOOD RIPARIAN ESTABLISHMENT, AND RESILIENCY OF AQUATIC HABITATS TO DROUGHT AND OR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS I E INCREASED SURFACE WATER EXPRESSION FOR AQUATIC DEPENDENT SPECIES, AND INCREASED GROUND WATER RECHARGE AND STORAGE IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION IN THE LOWER RIVER WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SALMONID SURVIVAL AND PRODUCTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LACK OF ESTUARY HABITAT IS CONSIDERED, AND A MEANINGFUL INCREASE IN RIPARIAN HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY SONGBIRDS PARTNERS PROGRAM FUNDS WILL BE USED TO FILL A CRITICAL GAP IN FULL PROJECT FUNDING, WITH A FOCUS ON INVASIVE PLANT TREATMENTS TO AUGMENT THE ACTIONS BY HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND DURING FULL PROJECT CONSTRUCTION REMOVAL OF THESE INVASIVE PLANTS, INCLUDING KLAMATH KNOTWEED, PAMPAS GRASS, COTONEASTER AND ENGLISH IVY, ARE CRITICAL TO FULL PROJECT SUCCESS THIS WILL BUILD UPON INVASIVE PLANT ERADICATION EFFORTS FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 BY THE COASTAL PROGRAM

CA-ARCATA FWO MAD RIVER FLOODPLAIN ENHANCEMENT

CA-YREKA FWO-PARKS CRK DIVERSION

COMPREHENSIVE FISH PASSAGE ASSESSMENT OF FRENCH CREEK DIVERSION 48 (FR48)

THIS PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CALIFORNIA TROUT, INC. AND THE SERVICES COASTAL PROGRAM ON STRAWBERRY CREEK IN ORICK, CA, TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE EXISTING WETLAND AND RIPARIAN HABITAT. PROJECT WORK WILL INCLUDE COMPREHENSIVE SITE ASSESSMENT, IDENTIFICATION OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES ON SITE, HAND REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, AND NATIVE REVEGETATION OF THE SITE. THIS PROJECT WILL FURTHER PROTECT AND ENHANCE EXISTING RIPARIAN HABITAT THAT IS PROVIDING CRITICAL SHADING OF HIGHLY INVASIVE REED CANARY GRASS IN THE CHANNEL OF STRAWBERRY CREEK, WHICH SUPPORTS MULTIPLE ANADROMOUS AND RESIDENT FISH SPECIES.

LOWER MAD RIVER FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION

HAT CREEK RESTORATION & REVEGETATION

CALTROUT WILL BE AWARDED $490,167 TO RESTORE OFF-CHANNEL HABITAT ON THE MAD RIVER, WHICH DRAINS 497 SQUARE MILES OVER A LENGTH OF ROUGHLY 100 MILES TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 6 MILES NORTH OF HUMBOLDT BAY. THE RIVER OFFERS CLOSE TO 50 MILES OF SPAWNING AND REARING HABITAT BUT IS SEVERELY LIMITED IN ESTUARINE AND OFF-CHANNEL HABITAT TO SUPPORT REARING WINTER JUVENILE SALMONIDS. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN TIDAL INFLUENCE, AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MAD RIVER. THE PROJECT AREA CURRENTLY CONTAINS LEVEED PERCOLATION PONDS IN THE FLOODPLAIN THAT WERE USED AS PART OF A DEFUNCT WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY. THE PERCOLATION PONDS WERE CONSTRUCTED ON THE ACTIVE FLOODPLAIN IN 1983 AND ARE NOW BEING DECOMMISSIONED, OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPURPOSE THE LAND FOR IMPROVED ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION - BUILDING OFF-CHANNEL PONDS THAT PROVIDE WINTER JUVENILE SALMONID HABITAT, AND EXPANDED RIPARIAN FOREST. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESTORATION PROJECT IS TO REMOVE ALL WASTEWATER INFR

I PROJECT SUMMARY THIS PROJECT, LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF SURPRISE VALLEY IN NORTH EAST CALIFORNIA, WILL PROVIDE FISH PASSAGE, STREAM FUNCTION, AND FISH SCREEN AN IRRIGATION DIVERSION FOR A LARGE STRUCTURE FOUND ON BIDWELL CREEK THE MULTI STEP DIVERSION STRUCTURE IS A FISH PASSAGE BARRIER AND IS IN DANGER OF FAILING PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT WILL DESIGN A FISH PASSAGE OPTION THAT RETAINS THE UPSTREAM DIVERSION AND ALLOWS SEDIMENT TRANSPORT TO DOWNSTREAM PROCESS BASED RESTORATION ACTIVITIES II PROJECT NEED BIDWELL CREEK IS A 12 MILE LONG PERENNIAL CREEK ON THE NORTH END OF SURPRISE VALLEY IN MODOC COUNTY, CA THE CREEK SUPPLIES WATER TO THE UPPER ALKALI LAKE AND IS A VITAL CREEK TO SUPPORT THE FISHERIES IN SURPRISE VALLEY BIDWELL CREEK S FISHES INCLUDE REDBAND TROUT, RAINBOW TROUT, AND MODOC SUCKER COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WILL OPEN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES OF BIDWELL CREEK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BEFORE IT ENTERS THE MODOC FOREST SERVICE LANDS THE EXISTING MULTI STEP DIVERSION WEAR POSES A SIGNIFICANT FISH BARRIER AND IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF FAILING UNCONTROLLED LOSS OF THIS STRUCTURE WOULD RESULT IN STREAM INCISION OF FOUR OR MORE FEET, THE LOSS OF UPSTREAM SEDIMENT BEDS, AND THE DRYING OF SURROUNDING FIELDS AND RIPARIAN HABITAT III PROJECT OBJECTIVES 1 WORK WITH A STREAM RESTORATION CONSULTING FIRM TO DESIGN A A FISH SCREEN FOR THE UPSTREAM AGRICULTURAL DIVERSION B PREVENT FURTHER DEGRADATION OF THE INSTREAM STRUCTURE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FLOWS TO THE DIVERSION STRUCTURE C ESTABLISH FISH PASSAGE BOTH UP AND DOWNSTREAM AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PAST THE STRUCTURE 2 PROCESS PERMITS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, INCLUDING NEPA, SECTION 7, ARMY CORP , AND STATE 401 PERMITS