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1 + Fish Passage from the Tidewater to the Sierras Workshop - Fish Passage at High Dams - Part 3 35 th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference held in Davis, CA from March 29 April 1, 2017.

2 Case Study II: Downstream Fish Passage at Shasta Dam John Hannon US Bureau of Reclamation 82 82

3 Case Study: Downstream Fish Passage at Shasta Dam John Hannon US Bureau of Reclamation Salmonid Restoration Federation Conference 3/30/2017

4 Location

5 Project Driver 2009 NMFS Biological Opinion (ESA) Fish Passage Program at Shasta, Folsom, and New Melones dams Authority: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 and 1940 Authorized the construction and operation of the Central Valley Project 3

6 Stepwise Evaluation Near Term - Pilot Fish Passage Program Habitat Assessment Biological Productivity Technical Feasibility Pilot Juvenile Collectors Head of Reservoir In-river Feasibility Determination Long Term - Fish passage program OR other actions

7 Project Purpose Evaluate feasibility of passage for ESA-listed Chinook around Shasta Dam to make a well informed decision about initiating a long-term fish passage program.

8 Participating Agencies and Project Organization US Bureau of Reclamation CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife US Fish and Wildlife Service CA State Water Board National Marine Fisheries Service CA Dept of Water Resources US Forest Service US Geological Survey Leadership Group Steering Committee Habitat Technology Health Genetics Regulatory/ Policy Planning Outreach Field Work

9 USFWS Photo

10 Shasta Dam, 523 ft. Hydraulic height 10 miles Hatchery Shasta Temperature Control Device Keswick Dam, 118 ft. Hydraulic height Keswick Trap

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12 Shasta Dam

13 Box Canyon Dam McCloud Dam

14 Land Ownership

15 Public and Stakeholder Engagement McCloud River CRMP Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors Public Meeting Stakeholder Questionnaire Caltrout Water Talk Habitat Assessment webinar Local timber managers Winnemem Wintu Sweetbriar Cabin Owners CA Board of Forestry Project Update Webinars Professional society talks Fishing groups

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17 USFWS Red Bluff data Winter-run emigrate in the fall when weather is still warm

18 Shasta Lake Salmon Pictures from Sacriverguide.com

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21 May 2006 Head of Reservoir at Full Reservoir Drawn down

22 Floating Trap Randy Beckwith, CDWR

23 Proposed In-River Collection Site

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25 Head of Reservoir Juvenile Collection

26 Head of Reservoir Trap Randy Beckwith, CDWR

27 Randy Beckwith, CDWR

28 August Temperature Curtain Evaluation Katherine Clancy, UNR October

29 Temperature Curtain at Whiskeytown Lake

30 Winter-run Chinook Lifecycle Model Noble Hendrix (2017) R2 Resource Consultants (2016)

31 Pilot Program Timeline Experimental Population and EIS 2017 Test juvenile collection device(s) 2017? First winter-run Chinook release 2018 Annual reports of findings , 2020, 2021 Feasibility Determination - TBD

32 44 entries to juv. passage prize competition

33 Thank You

34 Salmon trucked to tributary release sites in McCloud and/or Sacramento River Pilot Juvenile Collectors Shasta Fish Passage Captive Broodstock and New Water Treatment Salmon Migration Tests through Reservoir Feasibility Evaluation Trap and Haul fish passage around dam Pilot juvenile collectors at head of Shasta Reservoir Captive broodstock and New Water Treatment at Livingston Stone NFH Experimental Chinook Salmon Population Biological Studies of success Juvenile Release Adult Salmon Trap New Zealand Salmon?

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