Annual Meeting About Habitat Projects that Benefit Threatened Fish in the Russian River Watershed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
February 24, 2021
 
CONTACT
Barry Dugan
Principal Programs Specialist
707-547-1930
707-331-2040
barry.dugan@scwa.ca.gov
 
On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 the Public Policy Facilitating Committee (PPFC) will host its annual meeting to receive reports and presentations on various projects designed to help restore endangered and threatened fish to the Russian River watershed, while maintaining the region’s primary water supply.  The meeting will take place via Zoom from 2 to 4 p.m. To register for the meeting and receive log-in directions, visit www.sonomawater.org/ppfc2021.
 
A Biological Opinion was released by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in September 2008. This 15-year plan requires Sonoma Water and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to modify Russian River water supply and flood control operations to prevent harm to endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout.  The PPFC – comprised of elected and appointed officials from public agencies throughout the region – meets annually to review implementation of the Russian River Biological Opinion.
 
The Biological Opinion requirements include reducing minimum summertime flows in the Russian River and Dry Creek; changing the way the sandbar is managed at the mouth of the Russian River between May 15 and October 15; enhancing habitat in Dry Creek; and fish monitoring.
 
Presentations on March 9 will include the Russian River estuary management for salmonids; Flood Patterns and the Dry Creek Project; and the presentation of the graphic video project that explains flows in the Russian River. There will also be an update on the Dry Creek Habitat Enhancement Project. The public will have an opportunity to comment.
 
The meeting agenda is available at www.sonomawater.org/ppfc2021

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