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ORIGINAL FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

MATERIAL TO BE FILED WITH DOCKETS

DATE: August 16, 2007 .".-:.,.~ ' i,:.- , . : ¢

FROM: John K. Novak 10~7 dU,3 Ib D Zj: 314 Fisheries Biologist Office of Energy Projects, DHAC

TO: Commission files for Don Pedro Hydroeleclric Project, FERC No. 2299- CA

SUBJECT: Presentations from the Don Pedro Project Public Meeting

The attached material was presented by the Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts, the National Marine Fisheries, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the fisheries study plan at the Don Pedro Project public meeting held on August 8, 2007, in Sacramento, California. This material needs to be filed under P-2299, Don Pedro Project.

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Fisheries Study Plan for the

Don Pedro Project

Modesto Irrigation District Turlock Irrigation District

FERC Docket No. 2299-060 Sacramento, Califomia

August 8, 2007

Background 2005 Apr- Ten Year Summary Report (1996 FERC Order)

May-Jun - Procedural requests and motions (various)

Jun - FERC request for comments (Due 7/25/05) Nov- FERC request for comments (Due 12/22/05)

2006 Jun - Notice of Public Hearing (7/26/06) Jul- FERC request for comments (Due 9/25/06) Aug - Study Plan workshop in Stockton

Sep- TRTAC Meeting in Turlock (TRTAC Study Plan Mtg. Agency request)

Nov- TRTAC Study Plan Mtg. in Turlock

Dec - FERC Request for Draft Study Plan (Due 3/20/06)

cancelled at

2007 Feb-Mar- Draft Study Plan to Agencies and FERC May-Jun -Comment and responses to Study Plan Jun - FERC Preliminary Staff Assessment

Jui- Notice of Public Hearing (8/8/07)

(various)

Issues Identified in FERC Study Plan Req uest of Decem ber 2006

Instream Flow

!! Habitat Restoration

III Fry Survival

IV Steelhead Presence/Protection

V Predator Control

VI Water Temperature

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Expanded CWT analysis to improve survival versus flow relationships Winter pulse experiment to look at flow effects

Spring pulse experiment to look at flow effects

RST study to look at river-wide flow and production relationships

Acoustic study to look at reach and behavior

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Increase spawning area and quality Evaluate spawning habitat use Evaluate gravel augmentation effectiveness through egg survival study Evaluate gravel augmentation effectiveness through emergence study Synthesis of data on effectiveness of current projects

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