In preparation for the reintroduction of salmon, monitoring of physical habitat conditions for fisheries provides information on potential needs and limitations. Current studies include:

 Fish Studies

• Juvenile Salmonid Survival and Migration Preliminary Report - July 2011

  Meso-Habitat Holding Areas

• Fall 09 ATR Appendix G

  Habitat

• Floodplain Inundation Mapping
  • Five flights of aerial photos were taken during Spring 2010.
  • Three flights of aerial photos were taken during Spring 2011 (4/27/2011 at 5000 cfs, 6/2/2011 at 2900 cfs, 7/2011)
  • Inundation Mapping results from the HEC-RAS model are presented in the Spring 2011 ATR, and atlases are below:
  • Key Atlas
  • 400 cfs
  • 800 cfs
  • 1000 cfs
  • 1500 cfs
  • 2000 cfs
  • 2500 cfs
  • 3000 cfs
  • 4500 cfs
  • Chowchilla - 350 cfs, 700 cfs
• Vegetation
  • California Natural Diversity Database CNDDB
  • California Department of Fish and Game BIOS

  Spawning Gravel Quality Hyporheic Pots

• Observations on the Hyporheic Environment below Friant Dam - September 2011

Contact the San Joaquin River Restoration Program
February 8, 2012