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<br />Bulletin 160-98 Public Review Draft <br /> <br />003389 <br /> <br />Chapter 7. Coastal Regions <br /> <br />River sucker and shortnose sucker. Increased releases downstream of the Link River Dam were <br /> <br /> <br />intended to protect salmon and steelhead populations in the Klamath River. The higher river <br /> <br /> <br />releases and lake levels, coupled with less water in storage, impact late season irrigation <br /> <br />deliveries to irrigators in the Klamath Project service area. <br /> <br /> <br />I&Photo: sucker <br /> <br />Trinity River Fish & Wildlife Management Program <br /> <br /> <br />Following completion of the Trinity River Division of the CVP in 1963, fish and wildlife <br /> <br /> <br />populations in the Trinity River Basin declined dramatically. To reverse the fishery decline, the <br /> <br /> <br />California Resources Agency established a statewide task force in 1967 to identify the causative <br /> <br /> <br />factors and prescribe a corrective program. State and federal funds were budgeted to define <br /> <br />problems, develop solutions, and begin restoring the river. <br /> <br />One of the most significant problems identified was the inflow of decomposed granitic <br /> <br />sand from Grass Valley Creek. In September 1980, Congress passed Public Law 96-335, which <br /> <br /> <br />authorized construction of Buckhorn Mountain Debris Dam on Grass Valley Creek and sediment <br /> <br />dredging in the Trinity River below Grass Valley Creek. In September 1982, a 5-year sediment <br /> <br /> <br />dredging agreement was signed by DFG, DWR, and USBR. This agreement provided that the <br /> <br />Department would be responsible for all work related to sediment dredging until October 1988 <br /> <br />and after that, the Department would continue to perform this work under contract to USBR. <br /> <br />In 1983, the Secretary of the Interior increased downstream releases from Lewiston Dam <br /> <br /> <br />to improve fishery habitat and allow the USFWS to conduct a 12-year instream flow study, <br /> <br /> <br />which was originally scheduled to end in 1996. <br /> <br />In October 1984, Congress passed PL 98-541 which authorized the Trinity River Fish and <br /> <br /> <br />Wildlife Management Program. This Act provided $57 million (excluding the Buckhorn <br /> <br /> <br />Mountain Debris Dam on Grass Valley Creek and sediment dredging costs) to implement actions <br /> <br />needed to restore fish and wildlife populations in the Trinity River Basin to pre-project levels. In <br /> <br /> <br />1993, an additional $15 million was authorized for the purchase of 17,000 acres of the Grass <br /> <br /> <br />Valley Creek watershed and its restoration. <br /> <br />Congress passed PL 104-143 in 1996, which extended the program three years from its <br /> <br /> <br />original termination date to September 30, 1998, to allow expenditure of funds previously <br /> <br />7-8 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />~ <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />t <br />I <br />