The BDCP may include up to 10,000 acres of floodplain restoration, separate from habitat restoration in the Yolo Bypass. It is believed that juvenile salmon survival can be improved by providing rearing habitat in the lower San Joaquin River and the South Delta. Providing this habitat may also improve flood safety in the South Delta and along the San Joaquin River. This working group will consider proposals to achieve compatible habitat and flood projects in this area.
Updates
November 1, 2011 - In response to stakeholder requests to provide access to scientific literature regarding floodplain restoration and aquatic species development, a number of articles have been posted in the document library at the bottom of the page.
August 8, 2011 -View the invitation sent to Working Group participants from Jerry Meral regarding the initial meeting on August 25.
Upcoming Meetings
No meetings currently scheduled. Please check back for future meeting announcements.
Meeting Materials
Below are links to agendas, handouts, and presentations, organized by date (click on the arrow to the left of the date to view materials).
| | Download | South Delta HWG Meeting Notes 5 | | 0.17 MB |
| | Download | Handout for South Delta Habitat Working Group mtg 2-17-12 | | 1.91 MB |
| | Download | Agenda for South Delta Habitat Workgroup Meeting 5 | | 0.08 MB |
| | Download | SDHWG Mtg4 Agenda | | 0.04 MB |
| | Download | SDHWG Meeting 4-Presentation | | 2.06 MB |
| | Download | A Floodplain Literature Review INDEX | | 0.02 MB |
| | Download | Need For Ecosystem Management of Large Rivers and Their Floodplains | | 1.81 MB |
| | Download | Juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) growth in off-channel and main-channel habitats on the Sacramento River, CA using otolith increment widths | | 0.26 MB |
| | Download | Spawning and Rearing of Splittail in a Model Floodplain Wetland | | 0.09 MB |
| | Download | Sustainable Floodplains Through Large-Scale Reconnection to Rivers | | 0.28 MB |
| | Download | Hydrologic variability, water chemistry, and phytoplankton biomass in a large floodplain of the Sacramento River, CA, USA | | 0.80 MB |
| | Download | Priming the Productivity Pump - Flood pulse driven trends in suspended algal biomass distribution across a restored floodplain | | 0.78 MB |
| | Download | Ecologically Functional Floodplains - Connectivity, Flow Regime, and Scale | | 0.74 MB |
| | Download | Ecological Patterns of Early Life Stages of Fishes in a Large River-Floodplain of the San Francisco Estuary | | 0.67 MB |
| | Download | Spatial-Temporal Distribution and Habitat Associations of Age-0 Splittail in the Lower San Francisco Estuary Watershed | | 0.17 MB |
| | Download | Californias Yolo Bypass - Evidence that flood control can be compatible with fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, and agriculture | | 0.83 MB |
| | Download | Patterns of Adult Fish Use on Californias Yolo Bypass Floodplain | | 0.28 MB |
| | Download | Just Add Water - Sources of chironomid drift in a large river floodplain | | 0.30 MB |
| | Download | Floodplain as Habitat for Native Fish - Lessons from Californias Yolo Bypass | | 0.19 MB |
| | Download | Importance of Flood Dynamics versus Intrinsic Physical Habitat in Structuring Fish Communities - Evidence from Two Adjacent Engineered Floodplains on the Sacramento River, California | | 0.15 MB |
| | Download | Fish assemblages of perennial floodplain ponds of the Sacramento River, California, with implications for the conservation of native fishes | | 0.23 MB |
| | Download | Habitat Use and Stranding Risk of Juvenile Chinook Salmon on | | 0.11 MB |
| | Download | Floodplain Rearing of Juvenile Chinook Salmon - Evidence of enhanced growth and survival | | 0.87 MB |
| | Download | SDHWG 10-7-11 Meeting Notes | | 0.18 MB |
| | Download | SDHWG Meeting 3-presentation | | 4.28 MB |
| | Download | Agenda - South Delta Habitat Working Group Meeting 3 | | 0.04 MB |
| | Download | 9-15-11 SDHWG Notes Revised | | 0.23 MB |
| | Download | Agenda - South Delta Habitat Working Group Meeting 2 | | 0.08 MB |
| | Download | Problem Statement and Objectives 09.13.11 | | 0.13 MB |
| | Download | DRAFT South Delta Opps Considerations | | 0.12 MB |
| | Download | South Delta Conservation Measure Development Process | | 0.07 MB |
| | Download | Previous and Ongoing Efforts in S Delta | | 0.17 MB |
| | Download | SDHWG Public Meeting1 Presentation | | 3.37 MB |
| | Download | South Delta Habitat Handout 8-25-11 | | 0.08 MB |
| | Download | South Delta Habitat WG Agenda #1 | | 0.04 MB |
| | Download | South Delta Habitat Working Group Charter HO 8.25.11 | | 0.04 MB |
| | Download | S. Delta Habitat WG HO Chart 8.25.11 | | 0.08 MB |
| | Download | SDHWG 8-25-11 Meeting Notes | | 0.10 MB |
| | Download | South Delta Habitat Working Group Email Invitation | | 0.06 MB |