voluntary agreements _ 02 21 2017
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Voluntary Agreements
Feather River * February 21, 2017
Feather Water District Garden Highway Mutual Water Company
Plumas Mutual Water Company Tudor Mutual Water Company
“Settlement Agreements” allowed for the development of the State Water Project
Districts relinquished all development rights on Feather River (Middle Fork)
Almost all diversions come from the Thermalito Afterbay (“Not diverting out of River”)
Agreements have curtailment provisions during drought conditions (up to 50%)
1969 Feather River Diversion Agreements2
2008 Cold Water Settlement Agreement (Amendment to Diversion Agreements)
Growers impacted by cold water deliveries from Lake Oroville
Growers compensated for cold water impacts to rice yield potential
Allowed DWR to maintain colder water for fishery purposes
1969 Feather River Diversion Agreements3
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Recreational Fish Stocking
Warm and Cold Water Fishery Habitat Improvements
Potential Water Temp & Flow Modifications
Increase Flow for: - Temperature Management- Habitat Improvement
Feather River Fish Hatchery:- Temperature Improvements- Adaptive Management- Funding
Fish Habitat Improvements: - Supplementation of Spawning Gravel
and Large Woody Debris- Additional Side-Channel Riffle and Glide
Complexes- Fish Monitoring and Segregation Weirs
Invasive Plant Management:- Upland and Wetland Margins
Potential Water Temp Modifications
Water Quality & Recreation Management
Programs
Warm Water FisheryImprovements
Water Quality Monitoring Program
Fish Monitoring and Segregation Weirs
Oroville Wildlife Area Improvements
Recreational Fish Stocking Program * Flood Control * Increased Wildlife
Protection
Potential flow and Temperature Feasibility Study and Modifications
Cold Water Fishery Improvement Program
Recreation Management Program
Enhanced CDFW Staffing
Green Sturgeon Research
Bacteria Monitoring and Public Education Additional Gaging * Riparian and Floodplain
ImprovementsHatchery Improvements
Fish Consumption Public Education Fishway Construction Spawning Gravel
Additional Side-Channel Riffle & Glide Complexes
Water Temperature Improvements (potential)
Feather River Hatchery Temperature Improvements
Channel ImprovementsSpawning Gravel and Large Woody Debris Supplementation
Increase Flow for Temperature Management
Feather River Hatchery Adaptive Management Structural Habitat
Thermalito AfterbayRiver Outlet Release Modifications *
Increase Base Flow for Habitat Improvement
Feather River Hatchery Funding * Fish Weir
TemperatureModifications for Fall Run Chinook *
Cumulative WaterReleases *
Pulse Flows for Salmon/SteelheadMigration * * Ongoing or completed
Gary N. Brown Butte Creek Siphon
Remove four dams on Butte Creek
Install 2500’ of additional pipelines
Four new pump stations
Seven new check structures
24,000’ of new and improved canals
Restore 25 miles of unimpeded flow
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Butte Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project – 20 years later
$9.1 Million Project Partnership
Western Canal Water District
Department of Interior
CALFED Category III funded by California Urban Water Agencies (MWD of Southern California)
Various Environmental Interests
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Butte Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project – 20 years later
Other Major Butte Creek Fish Passage Projects
Parrot-Phelan Diversion Dam and Fish Ladder (1995)
Durham Mutual Water Company Diversion Dam and Fish Ladder (2000)
Rancho Esquon Diversion Dam and Fish Ladder (1999)
Gorrill Ranch Diversion Dam and Fish Ladder (1999)
Removal of Point-Four Dam (1992)
Butte Sink and RD 1004 Bifurcation Structure (2001)
Weir 1 – Sutter Bypass scheduled/not completed
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1954 – 1997 Butte Creek Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Population Estimates11
2001- 2016 Butte Creek Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Population Estimates12
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Pacific Flyway
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Pacific Flyway
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Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Contact:
Sean [email protected]
530.882.4243
Ted Trimble [email protected]
530.342.5083Westerncanal.com
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