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<a href="https://www.trrp.net/newsletter-february/" id="LPlnk" title="https://www.trrp.net/newsletter-february/">River Riffle Newsletter - February</a></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>Contents</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Current Conditions</b></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Implementation Branch</b>: Proposed Restoration Activities</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Featured Article</b>:
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/featured-article-sediment-the-building-blocks-of-the-trinity-river/" target="_blank" id="OWA9fca9b96-ac7f-d140-1f68-bb69cc698174" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Sediment,
the Building Blocks of the Trinity River</a></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Trinity River Watershed Animal Spotlight:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/trinity-river-animal-spotlight-february/" target="_blank" id="OWA5c31ad95-a796-c807-f115-626b47a70d12" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Freshwater
Mussels in the Trinity River</a></span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;">
<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Upcoming Meetings and Events</b></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>What we’re reading/watching</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://californiawaterblog.com/2024/02/04/green-sturgeon-arent-salmon-updated-life-cycle-models-for-management/" id="OWAffb886eb-59a3-6f39-a1dc-d205a50c6db0" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Green
Sturgeon aren’t Salmon: Updated life cycle models for management</a></span></h2>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Over 65 million years ago, as
<i>Tyrannosaurus rex</i> roamed the great plains, green sturgeon (<i>Acipenser medirostris</i>) were already roaming the world’s waters. While these ancient fish survived the fall of dinosaurs, they are now in danger of extinction largely due to humans. (California
Water Blog)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-gov-newsom-pledges-to-remove-dams-to-restore-salmon-runs/vi-BB1hvcyH?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=75ebc4a75ae54bd19cb909de0dc69e14&ei=12#details" target="_blank" id="OWA6ca9fe52-69e5-84c6-4b52-54c80f6d51c3" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">California
Gov. Newsom pledges to remove dams to restore salmon runs</a></span></h2>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday released a plan to restore
wild salmon habitat by removing or bypassing dams that block the migration of a keystone species for ecosystems and tribal communities. (Jan. 30) (AP Video: Terry Chea)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__TJa_lKJRg" id="OWA6488f3bf-526f-9c44-0206-b16b8555a2ac" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">A Beautiful Mess
– Improving Brook Trout Habitat in the Southeast – Trout Unlimited</a></span></h2>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Check out this video from Trout Unlimited who are helping streams
recover from long ago logging practices in the Southern Appalachians by felling trees into streams. The woody structures are helping streams recover by providing needed cover for fish, as well as aiding the streams’ ability to be resilient to flooding and
droughts.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Szren2LpA" id="OWAf446e077-0947-2200-0ce9-0f44d8aadf18" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Stage 0 Floodplain
Restoration on the Lower South Fork McKenzie River – McKenzie Watershed Council</a></span></h2>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Stage 0” refers to an approach to floodplain restoration that seeks
to maximize the floodplain at all flow conditions by removing artificially placed sediments (i.e. berms, historic roadbeds, etc.). The Stage 0 design approach was also used by our partners the Yurok Tribe in constructing the first Stage 0 design in California
at Indian Creek in 2021. The presentation given by Jared Weybright, McKenzie Watershed Council Executive Director, describes the South Fork Mckenzie river project’s which was an inspiration for the Yurok Design team.</span></p>
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Current Conditions</h2>
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Scour</h2>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Scour is an important ecological function of rivers that occurs
when winter rains and snowmelt grace the landscape. Scour is a term that refers to the pushing sediments in building a rivers landscape both ecologically and physically. Scour moves rocks, resets algae and macroinvertebrate populations and clears holding pools,
all with the power of water.</span></p>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For fish the timing of scour events is critically important. As
flow calms, algae and eventually macroinvertebrates begin to colonize. As flows begin to rise, scour occurs dislodging algal and bug colonies into the drift providing food for hungry migrating juvenile salmon on their way to the ocean. If scour events do not
occur (like near Lewiston Dam in the winter) bugs and algae are allowed to grow eventually becoming too large for the freshly emerged salmon to eat. Listen in as Dr. Eric Peterson, Vegetation Ecologist for the Trinity River Restoration Program explain this
process.</span></p>
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<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio" style="display:block;margin:0px 0px 1em;overflow-wrap:break-word"><figcaption style="display:block;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:1em"><a href="https://youtu.be/PjjmJjcS0tE" id="LPlnk213875" title="https://youtu.be/PjjmJjcS0tE">Eric
Peterson talks about the relationship with winter scour, bug and algae populations on January 22, 2024.</a></figcaption></figure>
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<span style="font-size: 24px;"><b>2024 Water Year, thus far</b></span></h2>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full" style="display:block;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/ensembleProduct.php?id=CEGC1&prodID=9&year=2024" target="_blank" id="OWA4c5a76a8-d6fd-6695-63b4-442450496386" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="CNRFC Water Year 2024 Trend Plot noopener" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; border-radius: inherit;"><img width="1010" style="width: 1010.02px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;" src="https://www.trrp.net/wordterrain/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/feb-14-2024-WY-trend-plot.jpg"></a></span><figcaption style="display:block;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:1em">A
screenshot from Feb. 14, 2024 of the CNRFC Water Year (2024) Trend Plot for Trinity Reservoir</figcaption></figure>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NOAA’s California Nevada River Forecast Center has a Water Year
trend plot that tracks Trinity Lakes accumulation in real time and also predicts reservoir levels based on the current year’s trend which starts in October.</span></p>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.875px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173); background-color: rgb(24, 117, 171);"><a href="https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/ensembleProduct.php?id=CEGC1&prodID=9&year=2024" target="_blank" id="OWA76c524ac-dcce-51fa-a735-4c6d4ac52688" class="wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: calc(0.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px); background-color: rgb(24, 117, 171); border-radius: 7px; text-align: center;">Check
out Trinity Lakes WY 2024 Trend Plot (CNRFC)</a></span></div>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The California Department of Water Resources B-120 is an additional
tool that utilizes human and station collected snow pack data from targeted areas within the Trinity Reservoir drainage. The B-120 reports are published around the 10th of the month in February, March, April and May. The April B-120 designation defines the
water year type for the Trinity watershed and has </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/restoration/flows/summary/" id="OWAa0abe3a5-d79a-9154-b540-cdd2fab0e43a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">only
overpredicted the water year type once, in 2008.</a></span></p>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16.875px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173); background-color: rgb(24, 117, 171);"><a href="https://cdec.water.ca.gov/water_supply.html" target="_blank" id="OWA2baca4b0-db98-30c0-e97b-2e33202a685c" class="wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: calc(0.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px); background-color: rgb(24, 117, 171); border-radius: 7px; text-align: center;">Check
out the February B-120</a></span></div>
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Implementation Branch</h2>
<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-large" style="display:block;margin:0px 0px 1em"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(14, 14, 173);"><a href="https://www.trrp.net/wordterrain/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UCC-Sawmill.png" id="OWA2c6af14e-6706-2082-f5ef-cca8f8aba32e" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(14, 14, 173); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px; border-radius: inherit;"><img width="1010" style="width: 1010.02px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; border-radius: inherit; vertical-align: bottom;" src="https://www.trrp.net/wordterrain/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UCC-Sawmill-1024x683.png"></a></span><figcaption style="display:block;margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:1em">Photos
of the proposed Channel Rehabilitation Sites currently under Environmental Assessment, Upper Conner Creek (left) and Sawmill Gravel Processing Rehabilitation (right).</figcaption></figure>
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>A draft environmental assessment (EA) will be released in the
coming weeks</b> for two proposed channel rehabilitation projects on the Trinity River, the Upper Conner Creek Rehabilitation Project in Junction City and the Sawmill Gravel Processing Site Project in Lewiston. The Implementation Branch and those involved
in the projects will host an open house to discuss the proposed designs and restoration activities. See below in the Events Section for the details. We hope to see you there!</span></p>
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to read more about each proposal …</a></span>
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Featured Article</h2>
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Sediment, the Building Blocks of the Trinity River</h3>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">When you go down to the river, it’s hard to ignore the assortment of sediment on the bed and banks – from sand and silt, to gravel,
to larger cobbles, to the largest of boulders. Seeing rocks that contrast so strongly with the rough, jagged ones in the surrounding hills might beg the question – how did these get here, where did they come from, and how long ago did they arrive?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Photo:
</b>Riparian area along the Trinity River above Trinity Reservoir showing an assortment of sediment, vegetation and large wood. [TRRP]</span></p>
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Trinity River Watershed: Animal Spotlight</h2>
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Freshwater Mussels in the Trinity River</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Freshwater mussels are considered to be one of the most sensitive and threatened aquatic species within Northwestern watersheds.
In North America, there are 297 known freshwater mussel species. Nearly three-quarters of these are considered imperiled, and more than 35 species have gone extinct in the last century and only eight species are known to exist west of the Continental Divide.
Mussels have a fascinating life history strategy, which involves parasitizing on fish during their larval stage, and can live to be over 100 years old. They are considered an indicator species, like the good ole canary in a coal mine, as they require pristine
water quality to thrive.</span></p>
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<b>February 28, 6pm – Science on Tap</b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Trinity County Brewing Company</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join us and Aaron Martin, fisheries biologist from the Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program, who will present, “Oregon Gulch – Freeing
the River and Embracing Change.” Aaron’s presentation aims to shed light on the complexities of river restoration and the necessity of adaptive approaches to river ecosystem conservation.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As the technical field manager and habitat specialist for the Yurok Tribe, Aaron Martin has made a notable impact on habitat restoration.
His role includes innovative design planning and project implementation, which seek to address challenges, enhance aquatic habitats, and increase biodiversity.</span></p>
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<b>March 19, 5-8pm –</b> Save the Date!</h2>
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<b>Open House </b>i<b>nformation meeting for two proposed channel restoration sites</b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Trinity River Restoration Program will host an Open House on Tuesday, March 19 from 5:00-8:00pm at the Junction City Elementary
School. The event will feature presentations regarding two proposed rehabilitation sites, Upper Conner Creek located in Junction City and Sawmill Gravel Processing Site near Lewiston. Restorationists, designers, ecologists and the construction crew will be
present to talk about restoration activities and answer questions regarding the two proposed projects.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Additionally, in honor of Junction City Elementary School, students will be showcasing an ecological art show for attendees featuring
Trinity River salmonids. The art show is made possible by the amazing teaching and administrative staff of Junction City Elementary School, as well as the Trinity County Resource Conservation District.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">An invasive plant pull volunteer event will be held at the Junction City Campground River Access and Restoration Site on Saturday,
April 6 (time TBD)! Join the Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD), Trinity River Restoration Program, and Bureau of Land Management to help eradicate invasive Scotch and Spanish broom, making space for native plants and preventing the spread
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