1999 AFRP PROJECTS

American River
Assist locally led efforts to develop a watershed management strategy for Dry Creek. Updated 6/4/2010


Battle Creek
Continue to survey and monitor adult winter- and spring-run Chinook salmon on Battle Creek. Updated 6/15/2010


Big Chico Creek
Provide analyses to improve fish passage through Iron Canyon on Big Chico Creek. Updated 6/16/2010
Provide "Adopt-A-Watershed" training for teachers in the Chico Unified School District. Updated 6/16/2010


Butte Creek
Provide analyses to improve fish passage at Sutter Bypass Weir 5 (Farmers Weir) on Butte Creek. Updated 6/18/2010
Provide analyses to improve fish passage at Sutter Bypass East-West Diversion Weir on Butte Creek. Updated 6/18/2010
Provide analyses to improve fish passage at Sutter Bypass Weir 3 on Butte Creek. Updated 6/22/2010
Replace and upgrade existing adult exclusion weir and riser at Drumheller Slough on Butte Creek. Updated 6/22/2010
Assist locally led efforts to facilitate coordination of the Butte Sink/Sutter Bypass stakeholders. Updated 6/22/2010


Calaveras River
Survey spawning habitat for Chinook salmon in the Calaveras River. Updated 6/23/2010


Central Valley
Continue to conduct a pilot study of the use of otoliths to evaluate the role of Delta rearing in the life history of Central Valley Chinook salmon and steelhead. Updated 7/26/2010
Analyze the genetics of steelhead throughout the Central Valley. Updated 6/24/2010
Continue to provide funding for watershed group leaders to attend the "Working at a Watershed Level" course. Updated 6/24/2010
Support programs to provide educational outreach and local involvement in restoration for teachers and students in the Lodi, Modesto and Merced unified school districts. Updated 6/24/2010


Cosumnes River
Assess Chinook salmon and steelhead distribution, habitat use, and food habits within the Cosumnes River Preserve floodplain. Updated 7/6/2010


Cow Creek
Evaluate intermittent east and west-side tributaries to the upper mainstem Sacramento River as rearing habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon. Updated 7/7/2010


Merced River
Restore in-channel habitat at the Ratzlaff Reach on the Merced River. Updated 7/14/2010
Enhance salmon habitat at the Western Stone segment of the Robinson/Ratzlaff Reach on the Merced River. Updated 7/14/2010
Update and Validate the Spawning Riffle Atlas for the San Joaquin Tributaries. Updated 7/14/2010
Support programs to provide educational outreach and local involvement in restoration for teachers and students in the Lodi, Modesto and Merced unified school districts. Updated 6/24/2010


Mill Creek
Continue to restore degraded riparian habitat on sections of lower Mill Creek. Updated 7/19/2010


Mokelumne River
Evaluate spawning gravel in the Mokelumne River. Updated 7/23/2010
Support programs to provide educational outreach and local involvement in restoration for teachers and students in the Lodi, Modesto and Merced unified school districts. Updated 6/24/2010


San Joaquin River
Update and Validate the Spawning Riffle Atlas for the San Joaquin Tributaries. Updated 7/14/2010


Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Continue to conduct a pilot study of the use of otoliths to evaluate the role of Delta rearing in the life history of Central Valley Chinook salmon and steelhead. Updated 7/26/2010


Stanislaus River
Update and Validate the Spawning Riffle Atlas for the San Joaquin Tributaries. Updated 7/14/2010
Evaluate the use of radio-tagged juvenile Chinook salmon to identify cause and location of their mortality in the Stanislaus River. Updated 7/27/2010


Tuolumne River
Restore the Ruddy Mining Reach on the Tuolumne River. Updated 7/28/2010
Update and Validate the Spawning Riffle Atlas for the San Joaquin Tributaries. Updated 7/14/2010
Support programs to provide educational outreach and local involvement in restoration for teachers and students in the Lodi, Modesto and Merced unified school districts. Updated 6/24/2010
Assist the Tuolumne River Technical Advisory Committee with Peer Review and Technical Outreach. Updated 7/28/2010


Upper Mainstem Sacramento River
Expand the winter-run Chinook salmon carcass survey on the upper mainstem Sacramento River. Updated 8/17/2010
Study effects of public ownership of meander-belt properties on property tax income. Updated


Yuba River
Develop fish screen and diversion bypass feasibility alternatives at the Hallwood-Cordua Irrigation District Diversion on the Yuba River. Updated 8/17/2010
Evaluate the life history and status of steelhead in the Yuba River. Updated 8/17/2010
Extend outmigrant survey and salvage at the Hallwood-Cordua Diversion in the Yuba River through the summer of 1999. Updated 8/18/2010