Transcript Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage

Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat
Restoration & Fish Passage
Environmental Impact Statement
Environmental Impact Report
Information Presentation to YBFEPT
July 19, 2013
State of California
Department of Water Resources
Presentation Overview
• Planning and Environmental Compliance
Process Update
• Technical Team Updates
• Next Steps
EIS/EIR Schedule
Alternatives Development Process
Public Scoping
NOI & NOP
• Public Scoping
Meetings
• Public Comments
Received
• YBFEPT Past
Meeting Material
Incorporated
• YBFEPT Review
Meeting
Develop Initial
Alternatives
• Select Analytical
Tools Used for
Screening
• Initial Assumption
Development
Evaluate
Alternatives
Select
Alternatives
for EIS/EIR
Technical Team Updates
Technical Teams Established to:
• Review and recommend analytical tools
• Provide input on initial assumption development
– Hydraulic Modeling Technical Team
– Fisheries and Engineering Technical Team
– Land Use and Economics Technical Team
– Terrestrial Technical Team
• Improve coordination between related efforts
Hydraulic Modeling Technical Team
• Participating Agencies:
– U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
– Central Valley Flood Protection Board
– Department of Water Resources
– U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
– Reclamation
– Yolo County
– Consultants
Hydraulic Modeling Teams
• Core Hydraulic Modeling Technical Team
– Perform or manage modeling efforts
• Hydraulic Modeling Advisory Team
– Subject matter experts from multiple agencies with an interest in
this in effort
– Provide feedback on key decisions and review material as
appropriate
Hydraulic Modeling Milestones
• Select hydraulic model
• Define model inputs
Spring 2013
July 2013
– Westside tributaries
– Land use type
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Create Yolo Bypass base model
Begin modeling alternatives
Share initial modeling results
Coordinate flood impacts analysis with DFM
August 2013
August 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fisheries/Engineering Technical Team
• Fish Biologists and Fish Passage Engineers:
– U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
– U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
– National Marine Fisheries Service
– Reclamation
– Department of Water Resources
– Department of Fish and Wildlife
– Yolo County
– Consultant Team (CFS, HDR)
Fisheries/Engineering Technical Team
Tasks
Evaluate fisheries impacts for floodplain restoration and passage actions.
Provide input on screening criteria for alternatives.
Develop conceptual ideas to be incorporated into engineering plans and
provide guidance in refining designs.
Document and describe assumptions of analytical tools and potential
influence on results.
Develop and document adaptive management strategy (including
monitoring plan) for floodplain restoration and passage.
Review relevant documents concerning fisheries restoration and passage.
Fisheries/Engineering Technical Team
Analytical Tools – Life Cycle Model
Modeled Demographics
Plan Effects
Seasonal
Inundation Actions
Seasonal
Inundation Actions
Fish Passage
Actions
Model
Entry
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Emigration Timing
Fish Size
Seeded Abundance
Yolo
Entrainment
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% Entrainment
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Survival
Migration Rate
Growth
Capacity
Ocean
Residence
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Survival
Immigration
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% Successful Passage
Yolo Passage
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% Successful Passage
Rearing
Yolo Bypass
Rearing
Sac River
Fisheries/Engineering Technical Team
Analytical Tools – Behavioral Model
ELAM Model
• Behavior of individual
fish are observed in
response to various
stimuli
• Behavior response of
population is
forecasted for changes
in restoration actions
• Currently used by
USACE to evaluate
levee repair sites in
Sacramento River
Fisheries/Engineering Technical Team
Next Steps:
• Continue refining data sources for
modeling
Summer 2013
• Discussion on biological screening
criteria for alternatives
Summer & Fall 2013
• Consider impacts from alternative
concepts received during public scoping
Fall 2013
Land Use/Economics Technical Team
• Participating Agencies:
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Department of Water Resources
Reclamation
Yolo County
Consultants
• Purpose:
– Analyze economics of alternatives for EIS/EIR analysis
• Progress to Date:
– Meeting with Yolo County & BDCP staff
– Meeting to refine modeling tool
February 2013
August 2013
Terrestrial/Survey Technical Team
• Participating Agencies:
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Department of Water Resources
Reclamation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Yolo County
Consultants
• Purpose:
– Review analytical tools/provide input on terrestrial analysis
– Organize survey work and permitting, as needed
• Progress to Date:
– Kick-off Meeting to review survey work
August 2013
Next Steps
• Scoping Report available on project website
July 2013
• Reclamation and DWR to screen initial alternatives
and discuss preliminary findings with YBFEPT
Fall 2013
• Reclamation and DWR technical updates to YBFEPT
Ongoing
Resources
• Project Websites:
– www.water.ca.gov/environmentalservices/yolo_bypass
_salmonid.cfm
– www.usbr.gov/mp/BayDeltaOffice/Documents/yolo.html
• Project Managers:
– Marianne Kirkland, DWR
[email protected]
– Traci Michel, Reclamation
[email protected]