Last updated on 09/23/2025

The San Joaquin River Restoration Program

The SJRRP is a comprehensive, long-term effort to restore flows to the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the confluence with the Merced River and a self-sustaining Chinook salmon population while reducing or avoiding adverse water supply impacts.
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Infrastructure

The Program has multiple projects to reconnect the river while maintaining and improving water supply reliability. Learn about those here!
Infrastructure

Fish reintroduction

A key component of meeting the terms of the Settlement is reintroducing spring-run Chinook salmon. Learn about the Program's extensive and cutting-edge reintroduciton effort.
Fish Reintroduction

Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project

Featured Project

Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project

The Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project is the Program's first major fish passage project and is integral to restoring spring-run Chinook salmon to the San Joaquin River while improving agricultural water deliveries.
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Featured Stories

Zak Sutphin, lead field biologist for the program, releases a 2025 returned spring-run Chinook salmon. Sutphin was recognized for his contributions to Reclamation.
By Josh Newcom · June 2, 2025

Record-Breaker! Salmon return in droves for 2025

a pipe releasing fish into a river
By Josh Newcom · May 9, 2025

Program releases 200,000 spring-run Chinook salmon to river

a river with plots of land
By Josh Newcom · May 9, 2025

Draft Channel Capacity Report For The 2025 Restoration Year Available For Review