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 […]
Fire created unknowns, many are hopeful new data will benefit San Joaquin River management After a record-setting season of catastrophic wildfires in California, no single fire in 2020 burned more than the Creek Fire in the Upper San Joaquin River watershed east of Fresno. The Creek Fire, the largest single-source fire in California history, ravaged […]
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. […]
Registration Agenda The Speakers Abstracts & Posters Presentations Arroyo Canal And Sack Dam Project Update Logan Howard Bureau of Reclamation The Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project is specifically identified in the settlement under paragraph 11(a)(1)(6) and 11(a)(1)(7) respectively. The Arroyo Canal Fish Screen will prevent entrainment of fish into the Arroyo Canal […]
San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement The San Joaquin River Restoration Program is the direct result of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement reached in September 2006 by the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Friant Water Users Authority (FWUA). The Settlement, which followed an 18-year lawsuit, […]
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 […]
In September, a group of fish biologists, engineers, and farmers met at Reclamation’s Denver Technical Service to help ensure that the San Joaquin River Restoration Program’s largest engineering feat to date – developing a new stretch of river with passage for salmonids and other native fish – will pass environmental and engineering muster. And they […]
Groundwater data help the SJRRP determine allowable flow rate releases. Here you will find real-time well data, weekly groundwater reports, monitoring well atlas, well construction updates, and documents related to the Seepage Management Plan (SMP). Groundwater Monitoring Real-Time | Measurements | Well Construction | SMP Please see the Seepage and Conveyance Technical Feedback meeting page for […]
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 […]