Central Valley
Watershed Information
| PRODUCTION | |||||
| Species | 1967-1991 Baseline | Target | 1992-2009 Average | Increase | Percent Change |
| fall-run Chinook salmon | 374,064 | 750,000 | 373,033 | -1,031 | -0.3 |
| late fall-run Chinook salmon | 34,192 | 68,000 | 17,822 | -16370 | -47.9 |
| winter-run Chinook salmon | 54,439 | 110,000 | 6,595 | -47844 | -87.9 |
| spring-run Chinook salmon | 34,374 | 68,000 | 14,124 | -20250 | -58.9 |
| WATERSHED STATISTICS | ANADROMOUS HABITAT | COORDINATORS | |||
| Watershed area:
35,000 square miles Watershed Priority: not designated Total storage: 26,243,000 acre-feet |
Historic:
>2,000 miles Current: <1,000 miles ( 0 %) |
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| RESTORATION | |||||
| Projected number of restoration projects: 311 Projected total cost of restoration: $900,000,000.00 | |||||
| Total invested to date: AFRP $14,560,000.00 other $193,000,000.00 | |||||
Projects
Documents
Revised Draft Restoration Plan for the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program. May 30, 1997, 0.227 mb (.227 MB)
Effects of Middle Creek Marsh Restoration on Clear Lake Water Quality, 0.064 mb (.064 MB)
AFRP FY00 Draft Annual Work Plan. October 1, 1999, 69 kb (, 69 KB)
AFRP Project and Funding Summary 1995-2000. 2000, 47 kb (, 47 KB)
Working at a Watershed Level: Final Programmatic Report. September 23, 1999, 5 kb (9, 5 KB)
Title 34 - Central Valley Project Improvement Act. October 30, 1992, 90 kb (, 90 KB)
Bibliography of FWS Instream Flow Reports and Restoration Project Monitoring Reports, 6 kb (S, 6 KB)
AFRP 2005 Annual Work Plan. August 1, 2004, 0.694 mb (.694 MB)
Biological Assessment of Green Sturgeon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Watershed. June 2004, 43.16 mb (3.16 MB)
Genetic Population Structure of Chinook Salmon in the California Central Valley, 2004, 412 kb ( 412 KB)
Sex-reversal of Fall-Run Chinook salmon - second quarter report. March 30, 2006, 30 kb (, 30 KB)
Sex-reversal of Fall-Run Chinook salmon. September 2007, 127 kb ( 127 KB)
CVPIA Record of Decision. December 7, 2000, 0.232 mb (.232 MB)
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Actions and Evaluations
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Not Addressed | E9. Evaluate the ability of streams for which target production levels exist for chinook salmon but not for steelhead to support natural production of steelhead. |
| Not Addressed | E8. Evaluate the direct and indirect effects of contaminants on production of anadromous fish. |
| Ongoing | E7. Evaluate a program to tag and fin-clip all or a significant portion of hatchery-produced fish as a means of collecting better information regarding harvest rates on hatchery and naturally produced fish and effects of hatchery-produced fish on naturally produced fish. |
| Ongoing | E6. Evaluate effects of trace elements and organic contaminants, especially selenium and PCBs, on the health of adult white sturgeon and green sturgeon, the viability of their gametes, and development of their offspring. |
| Ongoing | E5. Evaluate the transfer of disease between hatchery and natural stocks. |
| Ongoing | E4. Evaluate and implement specific hatchery spawning protocols and genetic evaluation programs to maintain genetic diversity in hatchery and natural stocks. |
| Ongoing | E3. Evaluate and avoid potential competitive displacement of naturally produced juvenile salmonids with hatchery-produced juveniles by implementing release strategies for hatchery-produced fish designed to minimize detrimental interactions. |
| Ongoing | E2. Evaluate the potential to modify hatchery procedures to benefit native stocks of salmonids. |
| Ongoing | E11. Encourage the restoration of small tributaries by evaluating the feasibility of screening or relocating diversions, switching to alternative sources of water for upstream diversions, restoring and maintaining a protected riparian strip, limit excessive erosion, enforcing dumping ordinances, removing toxic materials or controlling their source, replacing bridge and ford combinations with bridges or larger culverts and installing siphons to prevent truncation of small streams at irrigation canals. |
| Not Addressed | E10. Evaluate the effects of exotic species on production of anadromous fish. |
| Not Addressed | E1. Evaluate the need to revise harvest regulations to increase spawning escapement of naturally produced chinook salmon. |
| Not Addressed | A4. Provide additional funding for increased law enforcement to reduce illegal take of anadromous fish, stream alteration, and water pollution and to ensure adequate protection for juvenile fish at pumps and diversions. |
| Not Addressed | A3. Reduce toxic chemical and trace element contamination. |
| Ongoing | A2. Develop programs to educate the public about anadromous fish issues, such as the effects of poaching and environmental contaminants, especially contaminants in urban runoff. |
| Ongoing | A1. Support programs to provide educational outreach and local involvement in restoration, including programs like Salmonids in the Classroom, Aquatic Wild, and Adopt a Watershed and school district environmental camps. |
Photos
Watersheds
- American River
- Antelope Creek
- Battle Creek
- Bear Creek
- Bear River
- Big Chico Creek
- Butte Creek
- Calaveras River
- Central Valley
- Clear Creek
- Cosumnes River
- Cottonwood Creek
- Cow Creek
- Deer Creek
- Elder Creek
- Feather River
- Lower Sacramento River
- Merced River
- Mill Creek
- Misc. Upper Sacramento Tributaries
- Mokelumne River
- Paynes Creek
- Sacramento River Basin
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
- San Joaquin River
- Stanislaus River
- Stony Creek
- Thomes Creek
- Tuolumne River
- Upper Mainstem Sacramento River
- Yuba River
