Table 1

SUMMARY OF COMPONENTS OF MPWMD MITIGATION PROGRAM

July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006

WATER MANAGEMENT

• Monitor Water Resources
• Manage Water Production
• Manage Water Demand
• Monitor Water Usage
• Augment Water Supply
• Allocation of New Supply
• Determine Drought Reserve

STEELHEAD FISHERY

• Capture/Transport Emigrating Smolts in Spring

-- Smolt rescues

-- Build acclimation facility/tagging study

• Prevent Stranding of Fall/Winter Juvenile Migrants

-- Juvenile rescues

-- Build mid-Valley holding facility

• Rescue Juveniles Downstream of Robles del Rio in Summer
• Build Sleepy Hollow holding/rearing facility
• Modify Spillway/Transport Smolts Around Los Padres Dam
• Monitoring Activities for Mitigation Plan

-- Adult counts at San Clemente Dam

-- Juvenile population surveys

• Other Activities Not required by Mitigation Plan

-- Spawning habitat restoration

-- Fish planting (steelhead broodstock program)

-- Coastal Salmon Recovery Program grant (began mid-2001)

-- Modify critical riffles

RIPARIAN VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

• Conservation and Water Distribution Management
• Prepare/Oversee Riparian Corridor Management Plan
• Implement Riparian Corridor Management Program

-- CAW well irrigation (4 wells)

-- Channel clearing

-- Vegetation monitoring

-- Track and pursue violations

-- River Care Guide booklet

-- CRMP Erosion Protection Program

LAGOON VEGETATION AND WILDLIFE

• Assist with Lagoon Enhancement Plan Investigations (See Note 1)
• Expand Long-Term Lagoon Monitoring Program

-- Water quality/quantity

-- Vegetation/soils

• Identify Alternatives to Maintain Lagoon Volume

AESTHETICS

• Restore Riparian Vegetation (see above)

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Note 1: Mitigation measures are dependent on implementation of the Lagoon Enhancement Plan by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, the land owner and CEQA lead agency. Portions of the Enhancement Plan are being implemented by CalTrans as part of a “mitigation banking” project.