CV Juvenile Programs

Existing Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Programs in the Central Valley - This is a summary table of all the current juvenile salmon and steelhead monitoring programs in the Central Valley, including rotary screw trapping, snorkel surveys, beach seining, trawling, electrofishing, and fyke net surveys. The table includes streams sampled, target species, monitoring methods, variables measured, agency conducting the survey, and contact information. The table was compiled to be a convenient reference for other agencies, stakeholders, or the public interested in obtaining information from these surveys. Please download the Summary Report (640KB pdf) for details.

Updated: September 21, 2005

View monitoring programs by basin:

Upper Sacramento Basin Lower Sacramento Basin Delta Tributaries
San Joaquin River Basin Sacramento San Joaquin Delta

UPPER SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN
Stream	Target Species/Run	Monitoring Method	Variable Measured	Agency	Contact
Mainstem Sacramento River	All Chinook races, steelhead	Rotary Screw Trap @ Red Bluff Diversion Dam	Abundance/Outmigrant Timing	USFWS	Bill Poytress (530)527-3043
	All Chinook races, steelhead	Rotary Screw Trap @ GCID	Abundance/Outmigrant Timing	CDFG	Diane Coulon (530)865-9331
Clear Creek	All Chinook races, Steelhead	Rotary Screw Trap	Abundance/Outmigrant Timing	USFWS	Mat Brown (530)527-3043, ext 238
	Chinook	Snorkel survey	Habitat Use	USFWS	Mat Brown (530)527-3043, ext 238
Battle Creek	All Chinook races, Steelhead	Rotary Screw Trap	Abundance/Outmigrant Timing	USFWS	Mat Brown (530)527-3043, ext 238
Deer/Mill Creeks	Spring-run Chinook	Rotary Screw Trap	Relative Abundance/Outmigrant Timing	CDFG	Colleen Harvey Arrison (530)527-9490
Stony Creek	All Chinook races, Steelhead	Beach seine, fyke net	Presence/Absence of Anadromous Fish	USBR	Richard Corwin (530)528-0512
Butte Creek	Spring-run Chinook, Steelhead	Rotary Screw Trap, CWT	Abundance/Outmigrant Timing	CDFG	Tracy McReynolds (530)895-5111

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LOWER SACRAMENTO RIVER BASIN

Stream Target Species/Run Monitoring Method Variable Measured Agency Contact

Lower Sacramento River All Chinook races, steelhead Rotary Screw Trap @ Knights Landing Abundance / Outmigrant Timing CDFG Rob Titus (916)227-6390

All Chinook runs, Steelhead Kodiak / midwater trawl @ Sacramento Spatial / temporal Distribution, Outmigration Timing USFWS Paul Cadrett (209)946-6400, ext 312; Holly Herod (209)946-6400, ext 343

Feather River Fall and Spring-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap Abundance / Outmigrant Timing DWR Jason Kindopp jkindopp @water.ca.gov

Chinook Beach Seine, snorkel, electrofish Relative abundance of stranded Chinook, number of dewatered redds DWR Ryon Kurth, rkurth @water.ca.gov; Jason Kindopp, jkindopp @water.ca.gov

Steelhead Snorkel, electrofish, enclosures Distribution, relative abundance, habitat use, growth DWR Jason Kindopp, jkindopp @water.ca.gov; Brad Cavallo, bcavallo @water.ca.gov; Ryon Kurth, rkurth @water.ca.gov

Yuba River Fall-run, spring-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap Abundance / Outmigrant Timing CDFG Duane Massa (916)358-2883; John Nelson (916)358-2944

American River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap Abundance / Outmigrant Timing CDFG Rob Titus (916)227-6390

Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Snorkel survey Spatial / temporal Distribution, Densities USFWS / Fishery Foundation Andrew Hamilton (916)414-6540
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DELTA TRIBUTARIES

Stream Target Species/Run Monitoring Method Variable Measured Agency Contact

Mokelumne River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary screw traps / incline plane trap Abundance/Outmigrant Timing EBMUD Michelle Workman (209)365-1486

Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Seine and electrofish Distribution and Abundance EBMUD Joe Merz

Calaveras River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap Abundance/Outmigrant Timing SEWD/S.P. Cramer and Associates Michele Simpson (530)222-2080
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SAN JOAQUIN RIVER BASIN

Stream Target Species/Run Monitoring Method Variable Measured Agency Contact

San Joaquin River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Kodiak trawl at Mossdale Abundance/Outmigration Timing CDFG Tim Heyne (209)853-2533

Stanislaus River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap (Oakdale) Abundance/Outmigrant Timing Tri-Dam, OID, SSJID/S.P. Cramer Doug Demko, S.P. Cramer & Assoc. (530)342-9262

Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap (Caswell) Abundance/Outmigrant Timing USFWS/S.P. Cramer Doug Demko, S.P. Cramer & Assoc. (530)342-9262

Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Snorkel survey Spatial/temporal Distribution, Densities USBR/Fishery Foundation John Hannon (916)978-5524

Tuolumne River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap, Beach Seine, Snorkel Abundance/Outmigrant Timing, Distribution, Recovery of marked smolts Turlock Irrigation District Tim Ford (209)883-8275

Merced River Fall-run Chinook, Steelhead Rotary Screw Trap Abundance/Outmigrant Timing Natural Resource Scientists/Merced ID Dave Vogel, NRS (530)527-9587
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SAN JOAQUIN DELTA

Stream Target Species/Run Monitoring Method Variable Measured Agency Contact

Lower Sacramento River, Lower San Joaquin River, North Delta, Central Delta, South Delta (throughout), SF/San Pablo Bays All Chinook Runs Beach Seine Abundance/Outmigrant Timing, Recovery of marked smolts USFWS Paul Cadrett (209)946-6400, ext 312

Suisun Bay All Chinook runs Mid Water Trawl at Chipps Island Abundance/Outmigrant Timing, Recovery of marked smolts USFWS Paul Cadrett (209)946-6400, ext 312
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