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Lower Yuba River Accord G OLD C O U N T RY F LYFISHERS February 2, 2010 Overview & Update A New Paradigm Th The Lower Yuba River Accord: L Y b Ri A d Established a new operational program Increased instream flows along 24

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Lower Yuba River Accord

Overview & Update

G OLD C O U N T RY F LYFISHERS

February 2, 2010

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A New Paradigm

Th L Y b Ri A d The Lower Yuba River Accord:

  • Established a new operational program
  • Increased instream flows along 24 miles of the lower Yuba River for

Chinook salmon, steelhead & aquatic habitat

  • Preserved YCWA’s ability to meet all of its responsibilities for flood

control, water delivery with transfers, hydropower & recreation

The Lower Yuba River Accord The Lower Yuba River Accord

Lower Yuba River Accord

Overview and Update 2010

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Milestones to Success

Defining Interests & Applying Science: Development

  • f the Accord Concepts & Flow Schedules

2002 - 2003 Crafting the Accord Agreements 2004 From Controversy to Consensus: Signing Ceremony April 2005 Pilot Program Accord Flows, River Management Team & EIR/EIS Process 2005-2007 Accord Approved by SWRCB, Final Execution March 2008 Accord Flows, Monitoring & Evaluation Plan, RMT Studies Program Operations Consulting Ongoing Studies Program, Operations Consulting

Lower Yuba River Accord

Overview and Update 2010

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Lower Yuba Accord - Background

  • Englebright Dam to Feather

River Confluence

  • Developed to meet multiple

interests:

  • Local water supply

Local water supply reliability

  • In-river habitat
  • Conjunctive use to

j enhance supply

  • EWA water supply
  • Funding for Monitoring

& Evaluation Program

  • Funding for flood control

& water supplies

Lower Yuba River Accord

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Accord Cornerstone: Increased Flows

Th Y b Ri A d i The Yuba River Accord increases annual use of available water supply:

  • Accord Flow Schedules & Index

Structure = Higher Flow Structure Higher Flow Requirements

  • Better match of minimum

streamflow to available water

  • Lower End-of-September Storage

Target

  • Implements increased releases

from storage in relatively wet years from storage in relatively wet years

  • Groundwater Supply Available as

Backup

  • Local agricultural irrigators agree

to pump groundwater to make surface water available to Yuba River

Lower Yuba River Accord

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Flow Schedules & Evaluation Work

  • River Management Team (RMT) study & evaluation work

to verify efficacy of Yuba Accord flow schedules

  • 10-year, fully-funded program implemented on the Yuba

River, applicable to other Central Valley Rivers FY 2008 09:

  • FY 2008-09:
  • $1.1M study work underway
  • 10 FTE employees through PSMFC

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  • Monitoring & Evaluation Program developed
  • Results available on web site: www.yubaaccordrmt.com

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Yuba Accord River Management Team

  • Functional & efficient working group
  • An effective forum for discussion and input into Lower

p Yuba River management & operations

  • Implementation of M&E Plan drives studies, budget,

planning planning

  • Input to YCWA on:
  • Seasonal Operations
  • Real-time Flow Management
  • Response to Unforeseen

Circumstances

  • Regulatory Compliance

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Focus of River Management Team Science Science

  • Evaluate whether the implementation of the Yuba Accord

accomplishes its biological objectives accomplishes its biological objectives

  • Maximize occurrence of appropriate holding, spawning,

incubation, rearing, and emigration flows

  • Provide suitable water temperatures
  • Adult salmonid immigration, holding, and spawning
  • Juvenile salmonid rearing and emigration
  • Juvenile salmonid rearing and emigration
  • Promote a dynamic, resilient, and diverse fish assemblage
  • Minimize potential stressors to fish species and life stages

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  • Provide guidance regarding management and restoration

activities

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  • The RMT developed a Rigorous Scientific Program to

Yuba Accord M&E Program

M i t i Fi h i G d C diti

p g g Conduct Studies, Analyses, and Reporting of Results – the Yuba Accord M&E Program

  • Maintain Fish in Good Condition
  • California Fish & Game Code § 5937

P t Vi bl S l id P l ti

  • Promote Viable Salmonid Populations
  • VSP and Recovery Metrics

Fl d W t T t

  • Flow and Water Temperature

Relationships

  • Fish Populations
  • Aquatic Habitat Attributes

McElhany et al. 2000

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Viable Salmonid Populations

ADULT ABUNDANCE ADULT PRODUCTIVITY JUVENILE ABUNDANCE JUVENILE PRODUCTIVITY ADULT ADULT JUVENILE JUVENILE

ADULT

ADULT DIVERSITY ADULT SPATIAL STRUCTURE

JUVENILE

JUVENILE DIVERSITY JUVENILE SPATIAL STRUCTURE

  • Establish Performance Indicators
  • Identify Data Requirements
  • Define Analytics

Define Analytics

  • Examine Relationships Between

Measures of VSP Parameters and Flows and Water Temperatures

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Yuba Accord M&E Program State-of-the-Art

Multi-Agency/Party Consensus-Based 10 Year Program Clear Framework (VSP) Applied Regulatory Concepts Specific Sampling Protocols & Procedures Integrated Data Analyses 10-Year Program Dependable Funding (~$5.5 million) p Specific Goals & Objectives Performance Indicators Quantitative Metrics g y Coordinated with CVP-wide Programs Quantitative Metrics

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High Medium Low = redd Low Very Poor Non-habitat

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M&E Program Framework

  • Obtain data necessary to conduct the analytics associated

with each performance indicator of the M&E Program

  • Survey and sampling specific protocols & procedures

developed for each monitoring & study activity

  • Individual protocols & procedures are coordinated with non-
  • Individual protocols & procedures are coordinated with non-

RMT funded monitoring & study activities

  • CVPIA Comprehensive Assessment Monitoring Program
  • CDFG Angler Survey Program
  • CDFG Heritage and Wild Trout Program
  • UC Davis California Fish Tracking Consortium
  • UC Davis California Fish Tracking Consortium

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Yuba Accord M&E Program

STUDY PLANS – DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS & PROCEDURES

  • Flow & Water Temperature Monitoring
  • Morphological Unit & Mesohabitat Classification
  • Digital Elevation Model
  • Digital Elevation Model
  • 2-D Hydraulic Modeling
  • Substrate & Cover Classification & Mapping
  • Acoustic Tracking
  • Genetic Analyses
  • Vaki Riverwatcher System Monitoring
  • Chinook Salmon Carcass Surveys

Ot lith S l Ti CWT S li

  • Otoliths, Scales, Tissue, CWT Sampling
  • Redd Surveys
  • Superimposition
  • Juvenile Snorkel Surveys
  • Rotary Screw Trapping
  • Riparian Vegetation Mapping

Lower Yuba River Accord

Overview and Update 2010

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Other Accord Benefits

Funding for Flood Control & Water Supply

  • Feather River Setback Levee
  • Wheatland Canal Project

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Awards & Recognition

2009 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for the 2009 Governor s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award for the Lower Yuba River Accord 2009 National Hydropower Association Award for Outstanding Stewards

  • f America’s Waters
  • f America s Waters

2008 ACWA Theodore Roosevelt Environmental Award for Excellence in Conservation and Natural Resources Management

Lower Yuba River Accord

Overview and Update 2010