Environmental & Conservation Balance Sheet for The California Rice Industry

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Sacramento River Action Summary
Based on California Department of Fish & Game^a
and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service^b Plans

Action	Category	Status	Source
Install and operate structural temperature control devices at Shasta and Whiskeytown Dams to control water temperatures in the Upper Sacramento River.	Habitat Restoration	Whiskeytown is complete	CDFG 1993^a, USFWS 1995^b
Develop and implement permanent measures to minimize fish passage problems for adult and juvenile anadromous fish at the RBDD.	Habitat Restoration	Alternative methods to deliver water to the TC Canal being examined.	CDFG 1993^a
Resolve entrainment problems at the GCID's Hamilton City Pumping Plant.	Habitat Restoration	Alternatives under evaluation, interim flat plate screen in place.	CDFG 1993^a
Control effluent from Iron Mountain Mine Superfund site until Basin Plan objectives are met.	Habitat Restoration	In litigation and being implemented.	CDFG 1993^a
Establish and maintain a Sacramento River meander belt and limit future bank protection to protect instream and riparian habitat.	Habitat Restoration	Addressed by Upper Sacramento River Riparian Habitat Commitee.	CDFG 1993^a
Construct an effective escape channel in the west corner of the Keswick Dam stilling basin to protect salmon and steelhead.	Habitat Restoration	Completed	CDFG 1993^a
Remove Sacramento River bank riprap and restore riparian wetland and anadromous fish habitat.	Habitat Restoration	Addressed by Upper Sacramento River Riparian Habitat Commitee.	CDFG 1993^a
Continue acquisition of land and conservation easements to protect the riparian corridor.	Habitat Restoration	Addressed by Upper Sacramento River Riparian Habitat Commitee.	CDFG 1993^a
Continue planting riparian vegetation.	Habitat Restoration	Addressed by Upper Sacramento River Riparian Habitat Commitee.	CDFG 1993^a
Correct fish passage and flow fluctuation problems at Anderson - Cottonwood Irrigation District's diversion dam.	Habitat Restoration	Operational agreements being developed, new lightweight flashboards developed and tested, and catwalk to be constructed.	CDFG 1993^a
Screen the larger diversions on the Sacramento River.	Habitat Restoration	Reclamation District 108-Planning phase Reclamation District 1004-Under evaluation Wilson-Newhall Ranch-Under evaluation Maxwell Irrigation District-Completed 1994 Canell 1,000 Acre Ranch-Completed 1995 Provident Irrigation District-Action deferred Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrig Dist.-Action deferred Sutter-Mutual Irrigation Dist.-Action deferred Pelgar-Mutual Water Dist.-Completed 1994 Remaining diversions-Under evaluation	CDFG 1993^a
Manage agricultural return flows from Colusa Drain to control water temperatures in the Sacramento River, and install barriers to upstream migration.	Habitat Restoration	No action	CDFG 1993^a
Meet flow standards and objectives, as well as diversion limits set forth in all laws and judicial decisions that apply to CVP facilities.	Administrative	Progress being made through CVPIA.	CDFG 1993^a
Implement Basin Plan objectives for all water quality parameters.	Administrative	No action	CDFG 1993^a
Develop and implement a mechanism for coordinating real-time water project operations between CVP and SWP.	Administrative	IEP real-time minitoring In place, CAL-FED Ops. Group coordinates operations when necessary.	CDFG 1993^a
Reevaluate carryover storage and operational criteria and implement a river flow regulation plan that balances carryover storage conditions.	Administrative	Environmental review underway, flow objectives used in interim operations planning.	USFWS 1995^b
Seek general plan amendments to establish protection zones for riparian vegetation.	Administrative	Addressed by Upper Sacramento River Riparian Habitat Committee.	CDFG 1993^a
Develop, implement, and evaluate a continuing program for the purpose of restoring and replenishing, as needed, spawning gravel lost due to actions along the Sacramento River.	Habitat Restoration, Administrative, Evaluation	Keswick spawning gravel project complete 1995. Long-term replenishment program needs to be developed. USFWS conducting limited evaluations of replenishment projects.	CDFG 1993^a
Evaluate the performance of structural remedies implemented to protect and restore anadromous fish.	Evaluation	Ongoing evaluations done on a site-by-site basis as projects are implemented.	CDFG 1993^a
Complete the Sacramento River instream flow study.	Evaluation	Fish habitat/flow relationship work continues by CDFG and USFWS under CVPIA.	CDFG 1993^a
Monitor metal, dioxin, and nutrient contaminants.	Evaluation	In progress	CDFG 1993^a
Evaluate the effect of spring pulse flows on the survival of juvenile anadromous fish.	Evaluation	No action	CDFG 1993^a
Develop predictive models for hydrology, temperature, fish populations, fish harvest, water development, and wetlands.	Evaluation	Temperature model under development, SALMOD salmon model under review by National	CDFG 1993^a
Evaluate the contribution of small Sacramento River tributaries as rearing areas for juvenile salmon and steelhead.	Evaluation	Monitoring underway by California State University, Chico.	CDFG 1993^a

^a Restoring Central Valley Streams: A Plan For Action ( California Department of Fish & Game, 1993).

^b Draft Anadromous Fish Restoration Plan: A Plan to Increase Natural Production of Anadromous Fish in The Central Valley of California ( U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1995).

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