WSP12624 ‎(2)‎

• File Number: 8220.101.10
• Description: Colorado River Water Projects - Glen Canyon Dam-Lake Powell - Adaptive Management
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 3/1/1997
• Author: CA Dept of Water Resources
• Title: California Water Plan - Volume 1-Number 4 - March 1997 - 03-01-97
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Program Name: Delta
Pumping Plant Fish
Protection Agreement
(Four-Pumps
Agreement)
Responsible Agencies:
-' DWR and DFG

Program Name: Tracy
Fish Agreement
Responsible Agencies:
USBR and DFG

Program Name:
Commercial Salmon
Stamp Account
Responsible Agency:
DFG

Program Name:
California Wildlife.
Coastal and Park land
Conservation Initiative
(Proposition 70)
Responsible Agency:
DFG

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ProjectslProgram Funded: Fish screens, breeding striped bass, gravel
estoratibn projects, hatchery and othe,,"ctions to benefit aquatic resources.
particularty salmon and striped bass. Geographic scope includes the,
Central Valley and th~ Della.

Selection Criteria: Actions that benefit aquatic resources-particularly
chinook salmon. steelhead and striped bass generally. Prl2rity will be.given
to measures on the San Joaquin River system. DWR and DFG staff review
project proposals and submit them to the 4-Pumps Fish Advisory
Committee composed of representatives from the State Water Contractors.
and th~ environmental and, fishing communities. Recommendations from
slaff and the advisory committee are pres.ented to the directors of DWR and
DFG for approval.

ProjectslProgramFunded: This agreement between DFG and USBR
implements measures to reduce. offset, or replace direct losses of chinook
salmon and striped bass in the Delta as a result of Tracy Pumping Plant
diversions. -',

Selection Criteria: A Committee composed of representatives from USBR,
DFG. and USFWS screens project proposals. Projects are funded upon
recommendation by DFG Director to USBR:

projectslprogram Funded: Projects to restore salmon populations
through habitat restoration and breedjng, and projects which provide publiC
education on the importance and biology of salmon. Examples of eligible
restoration projects include spawning gravel restoration. bank stabilization
to prevent siltation in streams, riparian revegetation, barrier modification to
improve fish passage, installation of fish ladders and screens. and
short-term salmon breeding.

'Selection Criteria: Projects are evaluated based on benefits to fishery
resources, need for work in a particular watershed for target species. and
project costs. Project proposals are evaluated and prioritized tirst by DFG
staff. Projects for salmon habitat restoration and breeding considered for
fUnPing are senLto tlie Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee.
There are two subaccounts in the program. (1) Commercial Salmon Stamp
Dedicated Account, and (2) Augmented Salmon Stamp Dedicated Account.
, The Commercial Salmon Stamp Dedicated Account is statutorily directed to
salmon breeding. Expenditures from the Augmented Salmon Stamp
Dedicated Account must meet the recommendations of the Commercial
Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee. Projects for salmon habitat
restoration may also be funded under Proposition 70. Final funding
decision is by the Director of DFG.

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Agreement
Between the
Department of
Water Resources
and Department of
Fish and Game to
Offset Direct Fish
Losses in Relation
to the HalVey O.
Banks Delti
Pumping Plant.
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Tracy Fish
Agreement
between U. S.
Bureau of
Reclamation and
California
Department of Fish
and Game, dated
June 1992

Fish and Game
Code Sections
7860 - 7863 that
impose a stamp fee
on commercial
salmon fishers, as
- well as commercial
passenger salmon
fishing vessel
operators

.Stale Water Project
lunds administered
by DWR

Congressional
appropriations for
operations and
maintenance of
CVP, administered
by U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation

Annual stamp fee
which ranges trom
$85 to $260
depending on
salmon landing

$15 million for fish
population recovery
program, and
additional pnnual
funding 10
compensate for
annual fish losses
caused by the
Banks Pumping
Plant' '

Approximately $1
million a year.
USBR has provided
funding totaling
$6.51 million during
1992-1997

Total annual
revenue varies from
$340.000 to just
over $1 million. Up
to $500.000 may be
available in state
FY 1996-97

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ProjectslProgram Funded: Projects to restore and enhance salmon
streams, and wild trout and native steelhead habitat.
Selection Criteria: The evaluation process considers thabenefits to fishery
resources, the need for work in a particular watershed for the target
species, and project costs. Project proposals are'initially reviewed by DFG
and then sent to the- Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee and
to the Proposition 70 Subcommittee (a six-member gtoup representing the
Commercial Salman Trollers Advisory Committee and the California '
Advisory Committee {)n Salmon, and Steelhead Trout) for funding
consideration. Final approval for funding is by the Director of DFG.

1 State of California: $60 million (t:ontinuous appropriation) from Proposition 204; local agencies: $30 million pledge by MWDSC for 3 years (MWDSC has already given $20 million and
plans to give the remaining $10 million); one time contributions from include following, (1) Santa Clara Valley Water District $500,000, (2) East Bay Municipal Utility District $500,000, (3)
Alameda County Water District $100,000, (4) San Francisco Public Utilities Commission $500,000, and Confra Costa ~ter District $100,000; and federal government: matching funds
d(:pending on congressional appropriations. . The last round of funding (November 1996) for Category III had $10 million available for distribution.' .
2 This money is not available ~ntil a programmatic E!R1EIS is completed and a state-federal cost sharing agreement is implemented. The programmatic EIRlEIS is scheduled to be
completed in late 1998. ,
3 GenerallY, the $15 million funds projects with long-term benefits to fish, while the annual account funds projects to replace fish lost annually at the pumping plant. By 1996, DWR had
allocated all of the $15 million and had spent about $6 million in annual mitigation projects. - . '\ _
4 State FY 1997-98 is the last year of funding under Proposition 70. DFG received $10 million to restore and enhance salmon streams, and $6 million to restore and enhance wild trout and
native steelhead habitat and related projects.

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Proposition 70 of
1988

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General Obligation
Bonds' .

Up to $1.3 million '
will be available
from Prop. 70
during FY 1996-97