Agenda & Videos The Speakers Poster Sessions Welcome to the SJRRP 2020 VSM Poster Session. Posters can be viewed by clicking the image to the left of the title. On Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. poster authors will be hosting live chatrooms to discuss their work and answer questions. To visit […]
Reclamation seeks public input on proposed repairs to fix capacity of the Friant-Kern Canal SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority seek public input on alternatives to repair a 33-mile stretch of the Friant-Kern Canal in California’s eastern San Joaquin Valley. This stretch of canal has lost over half of its […]
Agenda & Videos The Speakers Poster Sessions Dr. Steve Blumenshine California State University, Fresno Steve Blumenshine is a professor in the CSU-Fresno Biology Department. He maintains an active lab group and research program focused on juvenile Chinook Salmon & their habitats with funding from a variety of sources, including the SJRRP. Much of our research […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The San Joaquin River Restoration Program, a multi-agency effort to restore the upper 152-miles of the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the confluence with the Merced River, recently received the Department of the Interior’s highest honor for environmental restoration. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tanya […]
The following page provides raw data for download. Time Series, Geographic, and other data All data below is preliminary and subject to revision with the exception of the flow final daily averages. Accounting to create final daily average flow values provides a review of the stage record and estimated flow rates to incorporate manual measurements […]
Part III of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement (SJRRS) Act authorizes and directs the Secretary to conduct additional Water Management Goal actions, including a program to provide financial assistance to local agencies within the Central Valley Project for the purposes of designing and constructing ground water recharge or banking facilities that offset water supply […]
The final Restoration Allocation and Default Flow Schedule was made on May 13. This allocation was based on a forecasted unimpaired inflow into Millerton Lake (Friant Dam) of 1,072,000 acre-feet. This is a “Normal-Dry” water year type for the period October 2021 to September 2022. The Restoration Allocation totals 232,470 acre-feet. Due to dry hydrologic […]
As with any river, flows are paramount to the health of that river. The San Joaquin River Restoration Program closely monitors all aspects of flows within the river between the releases at Friant Dam, down to the confluence of the Merced River by using in-stream monitoring gauges and close coordination with dam operators, water diverters […]
A network of stream gages record and telemeter river stage information. Flow measurements by field crews help calibrate and confirm calculations. Data from stream gage telemetry requires careful consideration as field conditions and equipment malfunctions can provide erroneous readings. A more accurate assessment of actual flow rates requires a review of the flow record and […]
Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon evolved to take advantage of the Sierra’s cold, snow-fed, mountain water. Making the journey from the Pacific Ocean upriver much earlier than their fall-run counterparts, spring-run Chinook adults return to their natal streams when flows are high and water temperatures are low. Then, instead of spawning and completing their lifecycle […]