Our new Biological Assessment is out - Klamath Basin Crisis

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Klamath Project Operations Biological Assessment Coho Salmon: Environmental Baseline Figure 3-12. Hourly water temperature at river mile 150 of the Klamath River. Klamath River is currently considered a relatively warm water system. The EPA Quality Criteria for Water considers acute thermal conditions (defined as occurring suddenly or over a short period of time) for coho salmon as 71.6 ºF (22 ºC) and chronic exposures (defined as persisting over a long period of time) to occur at 60.8 ºF (16 ºC). 30 25 Temperature (C) 20 15 10 5 0 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 Day Source: Figure 4, p. 11, Cramer Fish Sciences 2007 Technical Memorandum 7. RM 150 Habitat Restoration There are several broad conservation efforts currently occurring to restore coho salmon habitat throughout the Klamath River Basin. The following are the larger programs. Discussions on smaller, more spatially focused efforts may be found in Section VI, pages 11 through 17, NMFS 2007. Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program The U.S. Congress authorized 1 million dollars annually from 1986 through 2006 to implement the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program. In 1991, the Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force (Task Force) adopted a Long Range Plan to assist in directing restoration programs and projects throughout the Klamath River. The Task Force also encouraged local watershed groups to develop restoration plans for five sub-basins: Shasta River sub-basin; Scott River sub-basin; Salmon River sub-basin, mid-Klamath River sub-basin, and the lower-Klamath River sub-basin. Since 1991, over 1.3 million dollars have been distributed to these watershed groups to develop sub-basin restoration planning and restoration activities (p. 12, NMFS 2007). While the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Restoration Program ended in 2006, funds were authorized for the 2007 fiscal year. The USFWS administered the funds consistent with the goals of the original program. A description of the restoration planning and restoration activities by sub-basin is available on pages 12 and 13 of NMFS 2007. 191
Klamath Project Operations Biological Assessment Coho Salmon: Environmental Baseline Trinity River Restoration Program The Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984 authorized the Secretary of Interior to develop and implement a program to restore fish and wildlife populations in the Trinity River. Historically, the upper Trinity River functioned as dynamic system that effectively created and maintained quality spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon. However, since the completion of Lewiston Dam in 1964, flows have been insufficient to maintain the dynamic nature of the river. Consequently, the river became confined within a narrow channel bordered by a dense riparian corridor. The Trinity River Restoration Program began a program to mechanically remove the entrenched riparian corridors and gently slope the stream banks. To maximize the effectiveness, the Trinity River Restoration Program incorporates a scientific evaluation and modeling program to investigate fish population responses to altered flow regime and physical habitat manipulations. In coordination with the habitat restoration effort, since 2001higher spring flows from Lewiston Dam have occurred on an annual basis. California State Recovery Strategy for Coho Salmon In August 2004, the California State Fish and Game Commission listed coho salmon north of San Francisco Bay under the CESA. The CESA (Fish and Game Code Sections 2050 to 2097) is administered by the CDFG and prohibits the take of plant and animal species designated by the Fish and Game Commission as either threatened or endangered in the State of California. “Take” in the context of the CESA means to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture a listed species, as well as any other actions that may result in adverse impacts when attempting to take individuals of a listed species. Similar to the ESA, the CESA allows exceptions to the take prohibition. Sections 2091 and 2081 of the CESA allow the CDFG to authorize exceptions to the State’s prohibition against take of a listed species. Section 2091 allows State lead agencies that have formally consulted with the CDFG to take a listed species, if the take is incidental to carrying out an otherwise lawful project that has been approved under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Section 2081 allows the Department to authorize take of a listed species for educational, scientific, or management purposes. Private developers whose projects do not involve a State lead agency under CEQA may not take a listed species without formally consulting with the CDFG and agreeing to strict measures and standards for managing the listed species. 192
Page 1 and 2:
Biological Assessment The Effects o
Page 3:
Biological Assessment The Effects o
Page 7 and 8:
Klamath Project Operations Biologic
Page 9 and 10:
Page 11 and 12:
Page 13 and 14:
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
Page 20 and 21:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This biological a
Page 22 and 23:
Part 1 INTRODUCTION, ACTION AREA, A
Page 24:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
Page 37 and 38:
Page 39 and 40:
Page 41 and 42:
Page 43 and 44:
Page 45 and 46:
Page 47 and 48:
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
Page 56 and 57:
Part 2 ENDANGERED SUCKERS Sucker De
Page 58 and 59:
Page 60 and 61:
Page 62 and 63:
Page 64 and 65:
Page 66 and 67:
Page 68 and 69:
Page 70 and 71:
Page 72 and 73:
Page 74 and 75:
Page 76 and 77:
Page 78 and 79:
Page 80 and 81:
Page 82 and 83:
Page 84 and 85:
Page 86 and 87:
Page 88 and 89:
Page 90 and 91:
Page 92 and 93:
Page 94 and 95:
Page 96 and 97:
Page 98 and 99:
Page 100 and 101:
Page 102 and 103:
Page 104 and 105:
Page 106 and 107:
Table 2-7. Upper Klamath Basin Nutr
Page 108 and 109:
Page 110 and 111:
Page 112 and 113:
Page 114 and 115:
Page 116 and 117:
Page 118 and 119:
Page 120 and 121:
Page 122 and 123:
Page 124 and 125:
Page 126 and 127:
Page 128 and 129:
Page 130 and 131:
Page 132 and 133:
Page 134 and 135:
Page 136 and 137:
Page 138 and 139:
Page 140 and 141:
Page 142 and 143:
Page 144 and 145:
Page 146 and 147:
Page 148 and 149:
Page 150 and 151:
Page 152 and 153:
Page 154 and 155:
Page 156 and 157:
Page 158 and 159:
Page 160 and 161:
Page 162 and 163:
Page 164 and 165:
Part 3 COHO SALMON Information abou
Page 166 and 167: Klamath Project Operations Biologic
Page 200 and 201: Environmental Baseline Klamath Proj
Page 224 and 225: T&C 5 T&C 6 T&C 7 T&C 8 Fund instre
Page 266 and 267:
Page 268 and 269:
Page 270 and 271:
Page 272 and 273:
Page 274 and 275:
Page 276 and 277:
Page 278 and 279:
Page 280 and 281:
Page 282 and 283:
Page 284 and 285:
Page 286 and 287:
Page 288 and 289:
Page 290 and 291:
Page 292 and 293:
Page 294 and 295:
Page 296 and 297:
Page 298 and 299:
Page 300 and 301:
Page 302 and 303:
Page 304 and 305:
Page 306:
Page 309 and 310:
Page 312 and 313:
Description Part 5 BALD EAGLES A la
Page 314 and 315:
Figure 5-1. Bald Eagle range in Nor
Page 316:
Page 319 and 320:
Page 322 and 323:
Part 7 CONSULTATION HISTORY Section
Page 324 and 325:
Page 326:
Page 330 and 331:
Part 9 LITERATURE CITED Agrawal, A.
Page 332 and 333:
Page 334 and 335:
Page 336 and 337:
Page 338 and 339:
Page 340 and 341:
Page 342 and 343:
Page 344 and 345:
Page 346 and 347:
Page 348 and 349:
Page 350 and 351:
Page 352 and 353:
Page 354 and 355:
Page 356 and 357:
Accomplishment Report, Winter 2007.
show all

Our new Biological Assessment is out - Klamath Basin Crisis

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?