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OCAP BO Actions

Operation Criteria & Plan for the continued operation of the Federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project

Action Steps

Under the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's OCAP biological opinion, the Service makes the final decision on actions to protect the species. The steps are:

The scientists in the Smelt Working Group evaluate current information and make a recommendation. See SWG Notes below
Senior agency managers of the Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, CA Dept. of Water Resources and CA Dept. of Fish & Game review the SWG recommendation, acting as the Water Operations Management Team. See WOMT Notes
The Service makes its decision. See Service Decisions below

More Information

Smelt Working Group

Delta Smelt Recovery page

Delta Smelt Species Account (PDF 66KB).

Delta Update The latest news about the Delta, plus lots of resources.

Smelt Working Group Notes, Briefing Statements & Recommendations
(These are PDF files. They range from 10 to 900 KB.)

2004-05	2006	2007	2008	2009
Oct. 21, 2004	Jan. 9, 2006	Jan. 11, 2007	Feb. 19, 2008	Jan. 26, 2009
Jan. 13, 2005	Jan. 23, 2006	Jan. 29, 2007	Feb. 21, 2008 Briefing Statement	Feb. 2, 2009
Jan. 28, 2005	Jan. 31, 2006	Feb. 9, 2007	March 3, 2008	Feb. 09, 2009
Feb. 3, 2005	Feb. 6, 2006	Feb. 26, 2007	March 10, 2008	Feb. 23, 2009
March 10, 2005	Feb. 21, 2006	March 12, 2007	March 17, 2008	Feb. 27, 2009
March 28, 2005	Feb. 27, 2006	March 26, 2007	March 24, 2008	March 2, 2009
April 13, 2005	March 6, 2006	April 2, 2007	March 31, 2008	March 9, 2009
Aug. 16, 2005	March 13, 2006	April 9, 2007	April 7, 2008	March 16, 2009
Aug. 31, 2005	March 27, 2006	May 14, 2007	April 14, 2008	March 23, 2009
Oct. 25, 2005 Briefing Statement	April 17, 2006	May 15, 2007 Briefing Statement	May 19, 2008	March 30, 2009
Nov. 17, 2005	April 24, 2006	June 4, 2007 Corrected		April 6, 2009
Nov. 22, 2005	July 10, 2006	June 11, 2007	June 2, 2008	April 13, 2009
Nov. 28, 2005	Aug. 21, 2006	July 18, 2007 Addendum	June 9, 2008	May 11, 2009
Dec. 9, 2005	Aug. 30, 2006	June 25, 2007	June 16, 2008	May 18, 2009
Dec. 16, 2005	Sept. 26, 2006	July 2, 2007	July 7, 2008	May 26, 2009
Dec. 23 Briefing Statement	Oct. 10, 2006	July 6, 2007	Dec. 22, 2008	June 01, 2009
	Oct. 30, 2006	July 9, 2007		June 8, 2009
	Dec. 11, 2006	Dec. 13, 2007		June 15, 2009 June 22, 2009

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Decisions Under the OCAP BO
(These are very small PDF files.)

2009
February 27
March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31
April 7
April 14
May 12
May 21
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 24

Last updated: June 24, 2009

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