[env-trinity] Public Meeting for 2017 Trinity River Flow and Gravel Recommendations

[Gutermuth, F.]

*Mid-Pacific Region*

*Sacramento, Calif.*



MP-17-059



Media Contact: Russell Grimes, 916-978-5100, rwgrimes at usbr.gov



For Immediate Release: March 31, 2017



*Reclamation Schedules Public Meeting for 2017 Trinity River Flow and
Gravel Recommendations*



WEAVERVILLE, Calif. – The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP), a
multi-agency program with eight Partners established by the Department of
the Interior, will host a public informational meeting to present the
recommended 2017 spring restoration flow releases from Lewiston Dam and
gravel augmentation plans. TRRP staff will be available to answer questions
on the presentations. The public meeting will be held:



*Weaverville, Calif.: *Tuesday, April 11, 6 to 7:30 p.m., TRRP Office, 1313
S. Main Street (in the Tops Shopping Center)



The TRRP was established to restore the ecological function and anadromous
fisheries of the Trinity River severely degraded by dams and historic
mining and logging. A 2000 Record of Decision includes five water year
types with a minimum volume of water to be released into the Trinity River
for each type. Gravel augmentation is combined with the flow releases to
replace gravel trapped by the upstream dams that is necessary for salmon
habitats. The gravel is locally supplied from the Trinity River Basin.



Under the five water year types that the Program operates under, ranging
from “critically dry” to “extremely wet”, a “wet” and “extremely wet” water
year are likely for 2017. In a “wet” water year, 701,000 acre-feet of water
are allocated for restoration flows, compared to an “extremely wet” water
year when 815,000 acre-feet is allocated.



The water year type is used to establish the flow release schedule. The
California Department of Water Resources estimates the inflow volume to
determine the water year type which will be identified on April 10, 2017.
Therefore, two potential schedules have been developed until the water year
type is ascertained. The actual flow schedule will be known and presented
at the public meeting. Under the two schedules, flows are expected to
increase beginning on April 22 and reach their highest peaks either April
26 or May 10. The river could remain elevated as late as   May 16.



For additional information, please contact Kevin Held at 530-623-1809 (TTY
800-877-8339) or kheld at usbr.gov or visit www.trrp.net.



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*U.S. Department of the Interior*

*Bureau of Reclamation*
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