Inactive

This award is to provide oversight and monitoring of spawning gravel placement and to survey, monitor, record and map salmon/steelhead nests (Redds) in the EDR resulting from the placement of the spaw... This award is to provide oversight and monitoring of spawning gravel placement and to survey, monitor, record and map salmon/steelhead nests (Redds) in the EDR resulting from the placement of the spawning gravels. The purpose is to guide placement of the gravels to increase the likelihood of use; evaluate and record the successful use of the gravels by anadromous fish; and monitor the gravel as it moves downstream during high flow periods. The gravel placement program places suitable-sized spawning gravel for rehabilitating associated geomorphic processes and aquatic habitat in the Englebright Dam reach of the Lower Yuba River. It is expected that implementation of a long-term augmentation program will serve to improve the overall ecological functionality of the channel by providing gravel and cobble suitable for anadromous salmonid adult spawning, embryo development to key areas on the lower Yuba River that have been designated as critical habitat for the Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon and the Central Valley steelhead.