Don Portz to lead San Joaquin River Restoration Program for Reclamation SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region announced Thursday the selection of Don Portz as the San Joaquin River Restoration Program manager. Portz has been involved with the SJRRP since 2010 and has served as its lead fish biologist since 2015. “Dr. […]
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Dates for 2018 SJRRP Science Meeting Announced!
Program Releases Framework to Guide Program Into Next Decade
The following are the Funding Constrained Framework documents: Funding Constrained Framework for Implementation Appendix A: Foundation for the Funding Constrained Framework for Implementation (summary) Appendix B: Analysis of Physical Flow Characteristics Supportive of Chinook Salmon to Inform Channel Capacity Selection in the Funding Constrained Framework Appendix C: Federal Obligations and Expenditures Through […]
2015-2016 SJRRP Annual Report Released
Hot off the press! Read about all of the Program’s accomplishments for 2015 and 2016 in the 2015-2016 Annual Report! This full-color, 38-page report provides an overview of all major Program happenings for the 2015 and 2016 calendar years including a comprehensive look at the Revised Framework for Implementation, progress and activities, public involvement and […]
Eastside Bypass Improvements IS/EA Released for Comment
Comment period extended for San Joaquin River fish passage and flow improvement environmental document SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources have prepared a joint Initial Study and Environmental Assessment for the Eastside Bypass Improvements Project. The proposed project, part of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, has […]
First time in over 60 years: spring-run Chinook salmon spawn in the San Joaquin
December 1, 2017 Seasonal Monitoring Reveals a Program Milestone: Successful Spawning A multi-agency effort to bring salmon runs back to the San Joaquin River has proven it is possible for spring-run Chinook salmon to successfully spawn in the river – a major first milestone for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program. […]
Draft Channel Capacity Report Released
September 20, 2017 – Program Releases Draft Channel Capacity Report for 2018 Restoration Year for Review The primary objective of this report is to provide the Channel Capacity Advisory Group (CCAG) and the public a summary of the prior Restoration Year’s data, methods, and estimated channel capacities, as well as, recommendations for monitoring and management […]
LTRRRF EIS/R Final Project Description Tech Memo Released
September 18, 2017 – Did you know the Program reuses water from Restoration Flows and provides it to Friant farmers? Read the recently released Final Project Description Technical Memorandum for the Long-Term Recapture and Recirculation of Restoration Flows EIS/R for more information about this exciting project. Read here! For more information about the Long-term Recapture and […]
Pulse Flow for Salmon
September 6, 2017 – A pulse flow intended to mimic the natural hyrdrograph of the river was recently made from Friant Dam in order to assist 120 adult spring-run Chinook salmon with access to available habitat for spawning. Approximately 1,250 acre-feet of the 2017 Restoration Flow allocation was used for the pulse flow which began […]