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CLEAR CREEK RESTORATION 3406 (b)(12) Matt Brown, FWS Jim De Staso, Reclamation 530-527-3043 530-276-2046 Whiskeytown Keswick Lake Reservoir Sacramento River Spring-run and steelhead Clear Creek Redding (ESA threatened) Fall-run and

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CLEAR CREEK RESTORATION

3406 (b)(12)

Matt Brown, FWS 530-527-3043 Jim De Staso, Reclamation 530-276-2046

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Keswick Reservoir

Whiskeytown Lake

Redding

Clear Creek

Sacramento River

18 miles

Spring-run and steelhead (ESA threatened) Fall-run and late-fall-run

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Clear Creek Funding Sources

CVPIA Local Other Federal CALFED 9.7 0.2 1.7 9.4 8 46 45 1 Program Expenditures (mil) Percent

Total expenditures $21.0 million since 1995

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Program Goals

Flows Gravel Channel restoration Erosion Passage Adaptive management / monitoring

Clear Creek Fish Restoration mandates habitat restoration projects

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Passage at Saeltzer Dam

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Completed in October 2000

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Erosion Control Completed

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Channel Restoration Project

2 mile reach Rebuild floodplains / realign channel

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Channel Restoration Project

3A

Completed Phases 1-3A

2A 2B 1 2B

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Complete Phase 3A Summer 2002 Channel Restoration Project

Old alignment

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Sept 2002 May 2004 Phase 3A

Channel Restoration Project

342 % increase in use of spawning habitat Highest densities of juvenile rearing

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Spawning Gravel Additions 82,700 tons - $1.2 million

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Monitoring

Fish: adult counts

juvenile counts, stranding

Spawning gravel
Geomorphic characteristics
Riparian revegetation
Birds

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Program Goals (1996 to present)

Flows – IFIM started in FY 2004 Gravel – in perpetuity Channel – 4 phases completed

ne or two phases to complete

Erosion - Completed Passage - Completed

Monitoring – Ongoing

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Fiscal Year 2005 Budget

Reclamation WRR: $0 Restoration Fund: $800,000

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Channel Restoration Project

Phase 3B Phase 3C

Fiscal Year 2005

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Fiscal Year 2005

Channel Restoration Phase 3B

Currently being designed ($97,000 CVPIA) CALFED considers 3B a Directed Action

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Oct 1995 Oct 2000

Fiscal Year 2005

Channel Restoration Phase 3B Severe headcutting is occurring

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Fiscal Year 2005

Inject at Whiskeytown Dam, Dog Gulch, and NEED Camp ($140,000) Continue Gravel Management Plan ($24,000) Fund ESSA for gravel transport model ($42,000) Monitoring continues

Spawning gravel management / addition: CVPIA $206,000

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Fiscal Year 2005

October - June: 200 cfs July - September: ~ 75 cfs

(temperature control at Igo)

Interim Base Flows:

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IFIM

Red Bluff field support of $69,000

Fiscal Year 2005

Conducted by the FWS Sacramento

Determine long-term flow requirements

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CALFED Environmental Water Program Clear Creek Geomorphic Flow Project

Reactivate geomorphic processes to re-create and maintain the diverse habitats in Clear Creek

Fiscal Year 2005

Large scale adaptive management flow experiment 4,000-6,000 cfs, for 2 to 3 days, 3 times over ten years

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Preparation of a full proposal, expected to take 18 months

Fiscal Year 2005

CALFED Environmental Water Program Clear Creek Geomorphic Flow Project

Reclamation & ESSA analyzing dam safety and flood risks. Conceptual proposal reviewed by 3 panels: ERP, related water management program staff, and independent scientists. Re-operate Whiskeytown Dam to produce a glory hole spill

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Fiscal Year 2005

Geomorphic, fish, vegetation and bird monitoring funded by CALFED

Monitoring

Fish and geomorphic monitoring $339,000 funded by CVPIA

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FWS CVPIA Monitoring

Adult Spring Chinook and steelhead
Habitat use by juvenile fish
Spawning area mapping
Fish stranding on floodplains
Procure and operate barrier weir
Chinook genetics
Sediment evaluation
Stream channel morphology

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3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 18,000

1 9 6 7 1 9 7 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 9 1 9 8 2 1 9 8 5 1 9 8 8 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 7 2 2 3

Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Escapement

1967-1991: 1,689 1992-2004: 8,551 Number of Fish

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Spring-Run Chinook Counted in August

Fish Counted

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50 100 150 200 250 300 2001 2002 2003 2004

Steelhead Redds Counted

Redds

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Flows - in perpetuity, IFIM through 2009, EWP Gravel - in perpetuity, ~$500k until 2015, then ~$200k Channel restoration - Implement 3B in summer 2006 Assess need for 3C Monitoring - $1.0 mil until 2010, then $500 k