Sacramento River Science Partnership A voluntary science enterprise established to inform joint learning on species recovery and water management on the mainstem of the Sacramento River Steelhead at Coleman National Fish Hatchery Near Ord Bend Side Channel Restoration Project Steelhead at Coleman National Fish Hatchery 1/19 Partnership Shares Science to Find Fish and Water Solutions

Please email info@sacriverscience.org to be added to the event notification list. 2026 Events Upcoming Floodplain Science Web inars June 3, 12:00pm-1:00pm PT Sacramento Valley "Floodplain" Science Bjarni Serup, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Register HERE for the virtual meeting link. This webinar will focus on floodplain science that informs management of the Sacramento River and floodplains by different stakeholders. June 11, 1:00pm-2:00pm P T Floodplain habitat usage by juvenile Chinook Salmon Eric Holmes, California Department of Water Resources Register HERE for the virtual meeting link This webinar will cover salmon access mechanisms and differential growth potential in various habitats. National Academy of Science’s (NAS) Recommendations for Shasta Reservoir Operations When: Thursday, April 30 | 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. PT View the National Academy of Science's (NAS) Recommendations for Shasta Reservoir Operations: NAS Webinar - YouTube We have invited a panel of researchers convened by the NAS to share their recommendations from the Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Projec t : Shasta Chapter. The meeting will feature the following speakers: Peter Goodwin, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (emeritus), Chair Erin N. Bray, San Francisco State University Rene Henery, Trout Unlimited Jay R. Lund, University of California, Davis (emeritus) Steven Sadro, Tahoe Environmental Research Center and University of California, Davis Patrick J. Sullivan, Cornell University (emeritus) About the Webinar During the webinar, the speakers will address: NAS recommendations for cold water pool management at Shasta Reservoir  The weight of the evidence supporting the mechanistic relationships between cold water pool management and benefits to the Sacramento River fisheries, and in particular, winter- and fall-run Chinook.  Outstanding areas of scientific uncertainty that could be reduced to improve decision making.   Sacramento River Science Partnership Annual Meeting Condition and Survival of Outmigrating Juvenile Salmonids in the Sacramento River February 6, 2026: In-Person Meeting SRSP Workshop Agenda: View the 2025 Annual Meeting Presentations Recording: SRSP 2025 Annual Meeting - YouTube 2026 Annual Fish Trends Meeting Wednesday, April 1, 2026 2026 Fish Trends Webinar Video

Sacramento River Science Partnership A voluntary science enterprise established to inform joint learning on species recovery and water management on the mainstem of the Sacramento River Steelhead at Coleman Hatchery Salmon Eggs Adult Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Steelhead at Coleman Hatchery 1/19

Winter Instability Flows Presentation Recordings 2/5/2026: Leveraging the Infrastructure of a Highly Modified Ecosystem to Support the Migrations of an Imperiled Species , Cyril Michel, Southwest Fisheries Science Center/UC Santa Cruz 5/14/2026 – Building Ecosystem Resilience with Functional Flows , Sarah Yarnell, PhD, Research Hydrologist, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis 5/21/2026 – A Method to Implement Natural Flow Regimes for Regulated Rivers , Nicholas A. Som, Unit Leader, USGS California Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Seth W. Naman, Fish Biologist, NOAA Fisheries

Structured Decision Making 2022-2023 Egg-to-Fry Structured Decision Making Egg-to Fry Value of Information Interim Report: Influence Diagram and Qualitative Analysis To Advance Structured Decision-Making

2024 Events Sacramento River Science Partnership 2024 Annual Workshop Habitat Restoration for Chinook Salmon Juvenile Rearing in the Upper Sacramento River November 7, 2024: Restoration Site Visit in the Upper Sacramento River Restoration Site Visit Itinerary November 8, 2024: In-Person Workshop SRSP Workshop Agenda View the Workshop Presentations here: https://youtu.be/LFcwUcu04Ao Collaboratory for Equity in Water Allocation (COEQWAL) Webinar - May 22, 2024 Presented by Theodore Grantham, UC Berkeley COEQWAL Final Agenda Sacramento River Fish Trends SRSP Science Webinar - March 29, 2024 2024 Fish Trends Final Agenda Fish Trends presentation files Winter-run Chinook Carcass and Redd Surveys - Methods, Analysis, & Results Red Bluff Trapping Counts, RSTs, and Winter-run Chinook JPE Summary - 2023 Results Interim Winter-run Chinook Genetic Analysis - Sac Trawl, Chipps Trawl, and SWP/CVP Salvage Genetic Analysis Summary of Outmigration Survival through the Sacramento River & Telemetry Studies - Preliminary Analysis Fall-run Chinook Salmon Escapement Adult Upstream Salmon Migration Fish Trends presentation recordings Opening Remarks and Winter-run Chinook Carcass and Redd Surveys Red Bluff Trapping Counts, RSTs, and Winter-run Chinook JPE Summary Interim Winter-run Chinook Genetic Analysis Summary of Outmigration Survival through the Sacramento River & Telemetry Studies Fall-run Chinook Salmon Escapement Adult Upstream Salmon Migration Please email info@sacriverscience.org to be added to the event notification list.

Who We Are Formed in 2018, to establish and maintain a science enterprise for voluntary collaborative research, modeling, monitoring, and synthesis relevant to salmonid and other in-river species recovery and water management on the main stem Sacramento River to facilitate joint learning and fact-finding between and among scientists and managers. Members Bureau of Reclamation California Department of Fish & Wildlife Department of Water Resources Southwest Fisheries Science Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration US Fish & Wildlife Service Sacramento River Settlement Contractors SRSP Documents Sacramento River Science Partnership Project Brief Sacramento River Science Partnership Charter

Parentage Based Tagging (PBT) The SRSP’s Science Subcommittee has been charged with hosting a series of science sharing presentations focused on parentage based tagging (PBT). The goals of these presentations include: Develop a shared understanding of PBT among a variety of audiences including scientists, field technicians, fishermen, water users, agency staff, and NGOs. Develop a shared understanding PBT as a tool that can be used to meet a range of objectives using lessons learned from other regions and applications. Presentation Recordings 9/4/25: Unifying Salmon Monitoring Through Genetic Intelligence , Scott Blankenship, Cramer Fish Sciences 9/4/25: Parentage-Based Tagging (PBT) and Potential Applications to California Chinook Harvest and Escapement Monitoring and Modeling , Will Satterthwaite, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center 9/11/25: Fry as a Lost Life History Strategy , Stephanie Carlson, UC Berkeley 12/5/25: Tracking fish too small to tag: PBT at Coleman National Fish Hatchery - Christian Smith, USFWS 12/11/25: The Origins of PBT and its Applications in the California Central Valley , Carlos Garza, NOAA and Anthony Clemento, UC Santa Cruz 1/8/2026: Applying Parentage Methods to Detect Gravel Augmentation Effects on Juvenile Chinook Salmon Recruitment Rates , Scott Blankenship, Cramer Fish Sciences 1/22/2026: Monitoring Fall-run Chinook Salmon Life Stage Release Diversification Using Parentage Based Tagging Mike Brown, CDFW 3/12/2026: Genetic Monitoring of Salmonids in the Columbia River Basin , Shawn Narum, Jon Hess, and Rebekah Horn, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) Upcoming Presentations

2021 Floodplain Science & Management Symposium The Sacramento River Science Partnership (SRSP) hosted a virtual Floodplain Science and Management Symposium focused on the Sacramento River watershed on October 13-15, 2021 . Decision-makers, managers, scientists, and project proponents from across state and federal resource agencies, academic institutions, NGOs, and landowning and growing communities joined over Zoom in conversation about floodplains’ role in salmonid recovery and management questions related to more intensively managed floodplain projects. Other stakeholders and community members interested in listening and learning watched the presentation via livestream. Scroll down to find links to recordings of the event, presentation slides, and background materials. The OBJECTIVES of the symposium were to: Share floodplain science research – including work on flood bypasses and agricultural fields as well as more natural floodplains – to build a joint understanding of floodplain ecological function and its relationship with salmonid and green sturgeon recovery; Identify existing gaps in knowledge related to the role of floodplains in successful recovery for salmonids and green sturgeon in the Sacramento River watershed; Explore lessons learned from existing floodplain habitat projects and recent permitting efforts in the Sacramento watershed, and the tools and methodologies currently used to evaluate benefits and potential risks of management actions to salmonids and green sturgeon; and Inform a management conversation about what additional information and/or metrics for monitoring and evaluation are needed to assess, scale, and adaptively manage more intensively managed floodplain projects to benefit salmonids and green sturgeon at a population scale. AGENDA: The agenda is linked here . The first portion of the symposium (on October 13 and the morning of October 14) focused on building a joint understanding of the state of floodplain science in the context of the salmonid life cycle. The remaining portion of the symposium (October 14 and the morning of October 15) focused on the management context in which this science is being used, including exploring questions resource agencies and other stakeholders have about assessing the benefits and risks of management actions on floodplains to salmonids and green sturgeon, the tools and methodologies currently used to evaluate those benefits and risks, and what has been learned from completed and ongoing floodplain management activities. MEETING DOCUMENTATION & SUMMARIES: Recordings of all three days of the event are available on YouTube: Day 1: Wednesday, October 13, 9am-3:45pm Day 2: Thursday, October 14, 9am-3:45pm Day 3: Friday, October 15, 9am-12pm The presentation slides are organized according to agenda topic and linked below: Introductions & Keynote Presentation Hydrologic Function The Adult Experience The Juvenile Experience Closing Presentation (Ted Sommer) Synthesis Discussions of Science Presentations Management Context for Floodplain Science Managed Floodplain Projects: Case Studies & Tools for Evaluation of Benefits, Risks, & Feasibility Synthesis Discussions of Management-focused Presentations BACKGROUND MATERIALS: Floodplain Science Summary Summary of Ecological and Physical Conditions Characterizing Sacramento River Floodplain Habitats and Importance for Anadromous Fish This paper summarizes the state of the science regarding the function and role of floodplains in aquatic ecosystems in general, and specifically their role with respect to anadromous salmonids and sturgeon in the Sacramento Valley and portions of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It was drafted by staff at Anchor QEA in collaboration with the Planning Committee. NMFS White Paper NMFS’ White Paper on Central Valley Floodplain Management for Salmon: Considerations for Balancing Food Web Productivity and Fish Viability First distributed in 2019, NMFS lightly revised and condensed this paper for the Floodplain Symposium. The purpose of this document is to advance the dialogue with scientists, restoration practitioners, other agencies, and stakeholders by summarizing current science, outlining areas of agreement and disagreement, and recommending considerations to help make choices about active versus passive floodplain restoration design. Managed Floodplain Design Criteria CDFW and DWR Managed Floodplain Design Criteria and Considerations (September 2020) This document was referenced in multiple of the Thursday and Friday management-focused talks by NMFS and CDFW staff. The document is a collaborative effort between California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) and California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to identify key attributes for optimizing juvenile salmonid rearing habitat in managed agricultural floodplains, while providing for adult passage. List of Floodplain Science Documents This is a collaboratively compiled list of published papers germane to Sacramento Valley floodplains (habitat, ecosystem function, use by salmonids, etc.) and not meant to be inclusive of all relevant science. This list is being provided to the community as a tool to facilitate access to peer-reviewed and gray literature on these topics but without endorsement of the contents. We encourage attendees to add any additional relevant papers to the spreadsheet . ADDITIONAL MATERIALS DISCUSSED DURING SYMPOSIUM: California Department of Fish and Wildlife Document Library This online library contains fish rescue reports for Fremont Weir-Yolo Bypass and Tisdale Weir-Tisdale-Sutter Bypass. NMFS Fish Passage Guidelines and Other Related Resources Information and Resources about Dams on the West Coast Anadromous Salmonid Passage Facility Design California Screening Criteria Please email info@sacriverscience.org to be added to the event notification list.