FREMONT WEIR ADULT FISH PASSAGE MODIFICATION PROJECT Yolo Bypass, CA
FISH PASSAGE IMPROVEMENTS
The Yolo Bypass, a prominent feature of California’s State Plan of Flood Control, is a known adult fish anadromous migration RESTORATION GOAL / TARGET corridor. Currently, structures within the Yolo Bypass are a Improve adult fish passage at the Fremont Weir and documented source of migratory delay to, and loss of, special along the Tule Canal status species, including adult Chinook salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon. Specifically, potential barriers exist for LOCATION AND LANDOWNER the migratory fish in the form of earthen agricultural road The site is located in the Upper Yolo Bypass. The Fremont crossings through the Tule Canal in the northern and mid-Yolo Weir is owned by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage Bypass. The current fish ladder at the Fremont Weir provides District. The agricultural crossings are owned by Knaggs Ranch. insufficient passage for adult salmon and does not provide passage for adult sturgeon. Improved fish passage at Yolo FUNDING Bypass barriers (e.g. Fremont Weir) is necessary to enable open DWR and Reclamation water contractor funding with channel upstream migration to the Sacramento River, allowing support from Non-Governmental Organizations migrating fish to ultimately reach their spawning areas. TIMELINE The proposed Fremont Weir Adult Fish Passage Modification Project would widen and deepen the existing fish ladder at Planning and Design - beginning 2016 the Fremont Weir. The maximum target flow through the fish passage structure would be limited to approximately 1,100 Permitting - completed in 2017 cubic feet per second. The upstream and downstream adjoining channels would be reconfigured to accommodate migratory fish Construction - 2018 passage. An existing earthen agricultural road crossings would be replaced by a permanent crossings, either railcar bridges PERMITTING or large fish-friendly box culverts, to allow for clear passage of migratory fish. One agricultural crossing would be eliminated. All permits will be acquired before construction begins, including: The 2009 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) recognized the importance of floodplain Endangered Species Act rearing habitat in, and fish passage throughout the Yolo Bypass. The 2009 BiOp requires the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation California Endangered Species Act, Section 2081 (Reclamation) to complete several projects, including habitat restoration and fish passage improvements in the Yolo Bypass. Clean Water Act, Section 404 DWR and Reclamation, the lead agencies for CEQA/NEPA, are working closely with landowners to ensure the projects’ goals Clean Water Act, Section 401, Water Quality Certification are met and current land uses will continue.
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | RESOURCES.CA.GOV/ECORESTORE California Fish and Game Code Section 1602 (Streambed Alteration Agreement)
Rivers and Harbors Act, Section 408
National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106
Central Valley Flood Protection Board Encroachment Permit
CEQA/NEPA
AB 52, Consultation with Native American Tribes
PROJECT PROPONENT Karen Enstrom CALIFORNIA ECO RESTORE PROJECTS California Department of Water Resources [email protected] 2016 / 2017 Ben Nelson SUTTER (Target Construction Start Dates) N COUNTY U.S. Bureau of Reclamation FREMONT WEIR Decker Island [email protected] 5 FISH9 9PASSAGE Dutch Slough ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Fremont Weir Adult Fish Passage DWR’s Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and 80 Fish Passage Project Website: Hill Slough https://www.water.ca.gov/Programs/Environmental- Services/Restoration-Mitigation-Compliance/Yolo- McCormack Williamson Tract YOLO Bypass-Projects Tule Red 505 COUNTY Wallace Weir Fish Rescue Facility 50 2018+ SACRAMENTO (Target Construction Start Dates) LEGEND 16 COUNTY Fish Passage Improvements Bradmoor Island Floodplain Restora on 99 80 Setback Levee Goat Island SubsidenceSOLANO Reversa l Grizzly Slough andCOUNTY Carbon Storage Tidal Restora n Lisbon Weir Yolo Bypass Boundary Lower Putah Creek Realignment Legal Delta and Suisun Marsh 5 Boundaries Lower Yolo Ranch Water Bodies Prospect Island
Sherman Island: Whale’s Belly
Southport Levee
Twitchell Island: Levee
12 Twitchell Island: West End
Yolo Bypass Floodplain Restoration
Winter Island
COMPLETED CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | RESOURCES.CA.GOV/ECORESTORE (Construction Completed)
Knights Landing Outfall Gate 680 Lindsey Slough
Sherman Island: Mayberry Farms
LEGEND 4 Sherman Island: Whale’s Mouth Fish Passage Improvements Sherman Island: Mayberry Slough Floodplain Restoration Setback Levee CONTRA COSTA Twitchell Island: East End COUNTY Subsidence Reversal and Carbon Storage Tidal Restoration Yolo Bypass Boundary SAN JOAQUIN 0 5 10 20 Legal Delta and Suisun Marsh COUNTY Boundaries ALAMEDA MILES COUNTY Water Bodies
CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY | RESOURCES.CA.GOV/ECORESTORE