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Information on meetings, agenda and other points of interest
last updated February 28th 2008
Our email address is now crwcsteelhead@pacbell.net
CLICK on the Young of the Year...................>
Steelhead Rescues A trophy year and what is
most rewarding an ever greater number of wonderful people turn out to rescue the
Steelheads.. Visit the Carmel
River Steelhead Association
and read the rescue reports and view the photographs. Can anyone scan 35mm
slides and convert them to jpg files.
Tally for 2005 23,227 Fished Potrero, Hitchcock, Robinson Canyon, Garzas, Cachagua, and Mainstem above & below Highway One bridge.
2005 Carmel River Flows are
available
The Carmel River Watershed Council was dissolved on April 6th 1005. It having been decided that its primary purpose had been achieved by completing the Carmel River Watershed Assessment and Action plan. The restoration and conservation work will be carried out by the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy which continues as a 501 C3 non-profit corporation.
Documents of Watershed Assessment may be found at
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icon to find webpage
The Final Watershed Assessment and Action Plan was submitted to the California State Water Resources Control Board in March 2005.
Funding for this project has been provided in full or in part to the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy through a contract with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) (agreement number 02-041-235-2) pursuant to the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 (Proposition 13) and any amendments thereto for the implementation of California’s Non-point Sources Pollution Program. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the SWRCB, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
We are now in Water Year 2005 and we will shortly have a new Carmel River Flows 2005 page in addition to the Carmel River Flows 2004 & 2003 pages.
Continued flows throughout the year is our aim. Getting that alternative water supply will help to return the Carmel River to a more natural state, where in normal water years the river will run to the lagoon all year and as long as water diversions in the tributaries are limited to pass through at minimum flows the creeks will run stronger and longer.
January through May 2005 
January through November 2004
January through December 2003
Click Logo for link to Index page
August 13th
for Carmel High School Students and anyone else interested in volunteering!
May 22nd 2004
The 2003-2004 Steelhead run appears to be over. Flows are way down and Steelhead rescues of YOY & Yearlings has commenced. MPWMD in the mainstem. CRSA is working in the creeks. Creeks are very low and some already dried up. CRSA is helping MPWMD in the lower river too.
Visit
the MPWMD fish counter webpage at
to see day by day counts.
A total of 388 steelhead were counted over the San Clemente fishladder this season. This is a personal opinion but apart from low rainfall I fear that the DWR requirement to lower the dam level by 10 feet created difficult conditions for the Steelhead to access the ladder. Right now Cal-Am has a team from Entrix that is rescuing YOY & yearlings from the sedimentation plain of the San Clemente dam. Dawn Reis CEO & other local experts with Ecological Studies of Carmel Valley are busily rescuing RLF adults & tadpoles. We will have some photos of the critters from Dawn on this webpage in dues course.
As of April 5th Don Lingefelter the Dam Master at San Clemente & Los Padres Dam had assisted 111 Steelhead to make it from the Cal-Am and CRSA's fishladder traps at Los Padres Dam into the reservoir. This looks like the total for the year.
Records indicate that there were Males 61 & Females 50. Old trap 86 & new trap 25. The largest fish in the trap measured 33". 75% of the fish 83 in all were 26" and longer,
Bob Zampetti & Roy Thomas of CRSA & Don Lingenfelter, Cal-Am dam keeper have made recommendations for changes to the ladder where it enters the water to ensure more flow to attract the Steelhead to the new ladder. Changes authorized by CDFG last year increased the depth of the dam plunge pool by placing large boulders across the stream the effect of which is to make the old ladder more attractive to the fish. Eventually it is proposed to shut down & remove the old ladder.
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy Minutes of meeting held on March 3rd. Still waiting for the minutes of the May 5th meeting. No meeting was held in April.
Looking for information on the Steinbeck Century
graphics by Marian O'Neal
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At the Rising Leaf Watershed Festival in May, many people were interested in the map posters showing the geological, hydrological and vegetation information which is part of our Watershed assessment. People expressed an interest in obtaining copies of the prints. Nearer to the submission of assessment to the State we hope to have the opportunity to offer these poster maps for the cost of production. (See below for a link to the CCoWS website)
Weather News will not be updated
until the fall .
Click here
to review Breaching the Carmel river Lagoon
Looking for information on the Monterey County Carmel Valley
Coordinated Emergency Response Plan (CVCERP)? Click here--
Prop 13
Contract Summary and request documents
A link to the Monterey Audubon society
New
addition to our WebPage The Steelhead coalition
NEW Watershed Maps:
Review Carmel River Watershed Assessment maps recently developed by the
Watershed Institute/Central Coast Watershed Studies (CCOWS) partners in
conjunction with our
CRWC 2003-2004
watershed assessment project.
Also of interest is the breaching photos of the Carmel & Salinas lagoons and some of the study work that CSUMB did on the lagoon last year.
Carmel River Steelhead
Association Catch and Release News & Photos
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