Scott River and Shasta River

1. Scott River and Shasta River Instream Flow Study Plan Development Orientation Meetings November 13 and 14, 2012

2. Scott River Meeting • November 13, 2012 • Fort Jones Community Center 6-8 pm 11960 East Street - Fort Jones, CA

3. Shasta River Meeting • November 14, 2012 • Holiday Inn Express Yreka 6-8 pm 707 Montague Road - Yreka, CA

4. Agenda • Introduction • Background information • Introduction of the Project Team • Purpose of the meeting • Overview of our process • Milestones • Questions

5. Priority Streams List 2008

6. Background • Shasta River and Scott River identified as high priority watersheds • Ongoing declines in the fishsalmonid population • Recent efforts to initiate a regulatory frame work were unsuccessful • Addressing the problem will require all interests participate

7. Project Objectives • Explain the process • Recruit the participants and interest groups • Identify issues and concerns • Collect information • Define future study needs through collaboration

8. What are we addressing? • What are the economic and environmental effects of alternative land and water uses? • What Best Management Practices can be shared between public and private land managers? • How can water availability be improved for both agriculture and salmonids?

9. Priorities • Coordination with participants to lay the groundwork for identification of flow regimes strategies that will improve watershed conditions for fish • Ensure that participants have multiple opportunities

10. Public Resources Code 10000-10005: Division 10. Streamflow Protection Standards • “The Director of Fish and Game shall prepare proposed streamflow requirements, which shall be specified in terms of cubic feet of water per second, for each stream or watercourse identified pursuant to Section 10001.” • “Upon completion of the proposed streamflow requirements …. the Director shall transmit these … requirements to the State Water Resources Control Board.” • The State Water Board shall consider these requirements when exercising its water rights authority

11. Flow Studies Planned, Underway, and Finishing on DFG Priority Streams in 2012/2013 Studies Planned: Scott River Shasta River Deer Creek (Delta Trib) Middle Feather River (Delta Trib) Lower Bear River (Delta Trib) Studies Underway: Big Sur River Lower Butte Creek (Delta Trib) Merced River (Delta Trib) Stanislaus River (Delta Trib) Tuolumne River (Delta Trib) Studies Finishing 2012/2013: Santa Maria River Shasta River Canyon Reach

12. Adult Coho Salmon

13. Limiting Factors/Issues for Coho Salmon in the Scott River • Water temperature • Groundwater extraction • Lack of flood plain connectivity • Altered flow regime • Lack of riparian habitat on mainstem • Sediment load • Fish passage barriers

14. Limiting Factors/Issues for Coho Salmon in the Shasta River • High water temperature • Low dissolved oxygen • Interception of groundwater/springs • Limited riparian habitat • Fish passage barriers • Nutrient loading • Recruitment of spawning gravels • Siltation of gravels

16. Project Team • CA Department of Fish and Game • Neil Manji, Regional Manager • Curtis Milliron, Fisheries Program Manager • Jennifer Bull, Project Manager • Mark Wheetley, Project Lead

17. Project Team • CA Department of Fish and Game • Technical Support Provided by: • Caitlin Bean • Bob Hughes • Robert Holmes • Bill Chesney • Gary Smith

18. Project Team • Normandeau Associates, Inc. • Curt Thalken, Project Manager • Karen Ciocia, Facilitator • Thomas Payne, IFIM Expert • Kyle Brown, Project Assistant

19. Objectives • Identify stakeholders/interests partnerships • Collect information • …. minimize impacts on water diversions land owners and available water needs to best serve stakeholders partners

20. Overview of Process • Orientation Meetings • Introduce the process and project team • Present the timeline • Opportunity for answering questions • Ask for workshop participants

21. Instream Flow Incremental Methodology • Problem/Issue Identification • Study Planning • Study Implementation • Alternatives Analysis • Problem/Issue Resolution Current Project

22. Legal Institutional Analysis Model • A process for identifying different points of view, resulting in a common framework for future action • A participatory tool that: • Helps parties plan for participation in a negotiation • Predicts behavior based on past history • Examines likely negotiation strategies • Results in appropriate communication and negotiation strategies for a given issue

23. Overview of Process • LIAM Workshops – December 4 and 11 • Legal Institutional Analysis Model (LIAM) • Successfully used in other states • Designed to enhance issue identification, stakeholder participation, and common understanding • Structured Process • All day workshop with 2-4 person teams working together

24. Overview of Process • LIAM Workshop Summary Meetings – December 6 and 13 • Project Team summarizes results from LIAM workshops • Less formal than workshop – drop by format • Opportunity for public comment and additional questions

25. LIAM Meeting Sign-Up Webpage www.normandeau.com/scottshasta/ Scott Watershed • LIAM Workshop Meeting for the Scott River watershed is scheduled for December 4, 2012, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Fort Jones Community Center. • A LIAM Workshop Debrief and Presentation for the Scott River watershed is December 6, 2012, 4 PM to 7 PM, at the Holiday Inn Express Yreka. Shasta Watershed • LIAM Workshop Meeting for the Shasta River watershed is scheduled for December 11, 2012, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Holiday Inn Express Yreka. • A LIAM Workshop Debrief and Presentation for Shasta River is scheduled for December 13 , 2012, 4 PM to 7 PM, at the Holiday Inn Express Yreka Note: Attendees would be expected to attend both the workshop and debrief meetings for either watershed workshops

26. Overview of Process Upcoming Actions • Expert Science TechnicalTeam • Made up of scientists and stakeholder, agricultural representatives and partners • Sifts through all information gathered, as well as existing information on which recommendations are based • Develops study plans

27. Overview of Process • Web pagewww.normandeau.com/scottshasta • Emailscottshasta@normandeau.com

28. Milestones • Orientation Meetings - November 2012 • LIAM workshops- December 4 and 11, 2012 • LIAM summary meetings – December 6 and 13, 2012 • Expert Science Technical Team – January to April 2013 • Study Plan Presentation – Spring 2013

29. Stakeholder Input Needed • Anyone else we should be including? • Workshops – who signs up and how • Stakeholder committee • Expert Science TechnicalTeam • Web site feedback loop • Email comments, questions

30. LIAM Meeting Sign-Up Webpage www.normandeau.com/scottshasta/ Scott Watershed • LIAM Workshop Meeting for the Scott River watershed is scheduled for December 4, 2012, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Fort Jones Community Center. • A LIAM Workshop Debrief and Presentation for the Scott River watershed is December 6, 2012, 4 PM to 7 PM, at the Holiday Inn Express Yreka. Shasta Watershed • LIAM Workshop Meeting for the Shasta River watershed is scheduled for December 11, 2012, 9 AM to 4 PM, at the Holiday Inn Express Yreka. • A LIAM Workshop Debrief and Presentation for Shasta River is scheduled for December 13 , 2012, 4 PM to 7 PM, at the Holiday Inn Express Yreka Note: Attendees would be expected to attend both the workshop and debrief meetings for either watershed workshops

31. Questions? Thank you! www.normandeau.com/scottshasta Email questions and comments to scottshasta@normandeau.com