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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On January 19, Reclamation issued the initial allocation for the 2023 water year, providing a total 556,542 acre-feet for Restoration Flows under a Wet year type. The Restoration Administrator, an independent body stipulated by the Settlement, has provided the initial Restoration Flow schedule. This schedule is now approved by Reclamation as being consistent with the […]
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 […]
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 SJRRP collects a wide range of physical and biological data on the San Joaquin River. Follow the links below for study plans, reports, raw data, and other scientific information collected by the Program. Study Plans The SJRRP funds many scientific studies and data collection efforts as part of the Monitoring and Analysis Plan (MAP). […]
Starting early morning, Tuesday, September 10, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (Program) will release a scheduled pulse flow on the San Joaquin River. Friant Dam releases will increase from 450 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) to 1500 cfs for several hours, then decrease to 1000 cfs overnight and return to normal Friant Dam releases on Wednesday, September […]
San Joaquin River Restoration Program 2025 Restoration Flow Schedule Update Reclamation has finalized the 2025 Restoration Allocation. Based on a forecasted unimpaired runoff to Millerton Lake of 1,346,000 acre-feet, 269,355 acre-feet of water volume are allocated to Restoration Flows. This is a decrease of 2,827 acre-feet from the previous Restoration Allocation. The Restoration Administrator, an […]