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MEDIA ADVISORY: Media Briefing Scheduled on Interim Flows for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: October 01, 2009
The Bureau of Reclamation will begin making additional water releases, called Interim Flows, from Friant Dam into the San Joaquin River on Thursday, October 1, 2009, in support of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP). (See Reclamation/California Department of Water Resources Press Release MP-09-133, October 1, 2009.)
These experimental flows will provide valuable information regarding flows, temperatures, fish needs, seepage losses, shallow groundwater conditions, recirculation, recapture and reuse conditions, channel capacity (high and low flows), and levee stability. This information will be used in designing the major improvements needed in the river and informing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, and the National Marine Fisheries Service as they craft a salmon reintroduction plan.
WHO: Mr. Pete Lucero, Public Affairs Officer, Mid-Pacific Region, Reclamation
Mr. Michael Jackson, Area Manager, South-Central California Area Office, Reclamation
Mr. Jason Phillips, Program Manager, SJRRP, Reclamation
WHAT: Film/photograph increased water releases from Friant Dam for the Interim Flows in support of the SJRRP.
WHEN: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 5 p.m.
WHERE: Friant Dam Vista Area, 18015 N. Friant Road, Friant, CA 93626. Non-interactive MAP
MEDIA: All media are welcome. Credentials are required.
The SJRRP is a comprehensive long-term effort to restore flows to the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the confluence of the Merced River and restore a self-sustaining Chinook salmon fishery in the river while reducing or avoiding adverse water supply impacts from restoration flows.
For additional information, please contact the Public Affairs Office at 916-978-5100 or mpPublicAffairs@usbr.gov.
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