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 […]
News Releases Program News Stories Fitzgerald: A ‘birth announcement’ on the San Joaquin River – 2.1.2018 Salmon reproduce in river for first time in 60 years – 2.1.2018 For first time in 60 years, spring-run Chinook salmon reproduce in San Joaquin River – 1.31.2018 A Rainy 2017 Benefited The San Joaquin River’s Salmon, But Full […]
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 […]
On April 1, Reclamation will start deliveries to the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors from Friant Dam. Normally, Exchange Contractor water supply is met from north-of-Delta water delivered through the Delta-Mendota Canal. However, because this is a “Shasta Critical” water year, Exchange Contractors are scheduled to receive 75% of their normal allocation, a total of […]
Agenda & Videos The Speakers Poster Sessions Day 1 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 | 9 A.M. – 1 P.M. 9:00 A.M. Introductions 9:10 A.M. Opening Remarks Dr. Donald Portz, San Joaquin River Restoration Program 9:20 A.M. Panel: Return of the Chinook MODERATOR: Josh Newcom, San Joaquin River Restoration A Brief History of the San Joaquin […]
The San Joaquin River Restoration Program, through its partnering agency, the California Department of Water Resources, has released the Draft Channel Capacity Report for the 2025 Restoration Year. 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, […]
Registration Agenda The Speakers Abstracts & Science Posters Paul Adelizi California Department of Fish and Wildlife Paul is an Environmental Scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. He has worked in aquaculture and fisheries for over 25 years and began with CDFW and the SJRRP in 2008. He is a former high school […]
For over 60 years, the San Joaquin River saw no adult spring-run Chinook salmon make their annual migration from the ocean to spawn – the fish had been cut-off from their native spawning grounds by Friant Dam and the population died out. But all of that changed in 2019 when the San Joaquin River Restoration […]
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 […]
Program resumes Restoration Flows to protect burgeoning Threatened salmon population The San Joaquin River Restoration Program Restoration Administrator has adjusted the schedule of Restoration Flows on the San Joaquin River. On December 16, Friant Dam will increase releases to meet a target of 415 cfs at Gravelly Ford (increasing from 365 cfs). This flow rate […]