Stanislaus River Fish Group

Agenda: June 20, 2002

  1. Review Mission Statement (handout)
  1. Progress of Annotated Bibliography

References handed out to the group included:

Aceituno, M.E. 1993. The relationship between instream flow and physical habitat availability for Chinook salmon in the Stanislaus River, California. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Report.

Brown, L.R. and P.B. Moyle 1981. The impact of squawfish on salmonid populations: A review. N. AM. J. Fish. Mgmt. 1:104-111.

Williamson, K.S., et al. Date Sex Reversal of male Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) in the Central Valley. REF.

Kondolf, G.M. 2001. Reconnaissance-Level assessment of channel change

and spawning habitat on the Stanislaus River below Goodwin dam.

**General call for all participants to bring information such as references,

data, ideas to the group to use in the development of a Adaptive Management/Restoration Plan for the Stanislaus River.

**USFWS-AFRP staff received laser prints of photos taken by Steve Walser

of California Rivers Restoration Fund showing several adult Oncorhynchus mykiss, as well as, what appears to be juveniles taken from an adult Sacramento Pikeminnow stomach.

  1. Review Draft Plan of Action (handout)

The group developed an initial timeline for completion of Plan of Action elements they include:

ActionDate

#5 Develop a Conceptual Model9/30/02

Comment on Conceptual Model11/30/02

#2 Compile Draft Annotated Bibliography9/30/02

  • Make available on ftp site
  • Post on Web-site

Stakeholder Outreachsummer 2003

Draft Adaptive Management/Restoration Planlate fall 2003

  1. Status of monitoring and restoration efforts

Diane Windom – NMFS (Santa Rosa): is developing a technical strategic document for the management of spring and winter run Chinook salmon and steelhead throughout the Central Valley.

John Brooks (USFWS, Sacramento) is doing the Biological Opinion (BO) for the Mohler Restoration Project

Lovers Leap Project, funded by 4-pumps is on hold due to the State freeze on the disbursement of contract funding.

BO for the CALTRANS Oakdale by-pass will be released by NMFS in October.

3406 (b) 13 funds will be used to add 500 tons of gravel at Goodwin Canyon

A total of 75,000 (50,000 upstream and 25,000 downstream) CWT chinook salmon smolts were released during the VAMP pulse flow period. Tags are being read and a report should come out sometime in October 2002.

CDFG trawling complete, but USFWS trawling is still underway.

CDFG points of contact are Tim Heyne and Jason Guinard.

S.P. Cramer and Assoc. has removed both screw traps rough numbers indicate that 122,000 juvenile chinook salmon passed through Oakdale and 4,000 passed through Caswell.

  1. Miscellaneous

Madelyn Martinez – NMFS (Sacramento): potential funding for postdoctoral research through the Seagrant program.

Angie Wulfou replaced Phil Holcomb as the COE Stanislaus River Parks Manager.

Next Meeting set for August 22nd from 9:30 – noon.

Stanislaus River Fish Group Draft Plan of Action6/20/02