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Last site update: December 9, 2010.
Please check back often as we will be updating this site to give you the most up-to-date Georgiana Slough Non-Physical Barrier Pilot Study information.
Project Description
Under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued the 2009 Biological and Conference Opinion (BO) for the Long-Term Operations of the SWP and CVP, for Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and other listed anadromous fish (NMFS 2009). Reasonable and Prudent Alternative Action IV.1.3 of this BO requires that California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) consider engineering solutions to reduce the diversion of juvenile salmonids from the Sacramento River into the interior and southern Delta. DWR is implementing the 2011 Georgiana Slough Non-Physical Barrier (GSNPB) Study in order to test the effectiveness of utilizing a non-physical barrier to prevent out-migrating juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from entering Georgiana Slough. The 2011 experimental tests will provide data to support compliance with NMFS BO Action IV.1.3, and may benefit Sacramento River Salmonid populations.
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Contact Us
Requests for information and questions concerning Georgiana Slough Non-Physical Barrier Pilot Study may be directed to:
Jacob McQuirk
Chief, Temporary Barriers and Lower San Joaquin
Bay-Delta Office
California Department of Water Resources
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
e-mail: jacobmc@water.ca.gov
Telephone: (916) 653-9883
FAX: (916) 653-6077 |
