The Upper Tuolumne River Ecosystem Program: Spring stakeholder meeting

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Spring stakeholder meeting

The next meeting of the Upper Tuolumne River Stakeholder Group is set for April 13, 2012 from 11am - 2:30pm at the Moccasin Administration Building (map). View or download the agenda here. If you plan to attend the Stakeholder Group meeting, please email Bill Sears at wsears@sfwater.org.

About the Program

The Tuolumne River is located on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada in central California. With headwaters in Yosemite National Park, the Tuolumne flows westward 150 miles to its confluence with the San Joaquin River in California's Central Valley.

The Upper Tuolumne River Ecosystem Program (UTREP) is a collaborative, long-term, science-based river management program led by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC).

The UTREP monitors river ecosystem conditions and develops recommendations for river management downstream of Hetch Hetchy Project facilities to support broad river ecosystem values, while maintaining water supply reliability for 2.6 million San Francisco Bay Area customers and providing clean hydropower for San Francisco municipal facilities.

Scientific collaborators include Yosemite National Park, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Stanislaus National Forest, consultants, researchers, and academics.

STATUS: UTREP efforts are currently focused on technical review and revision of the O'Shaughnessy Dam Instream Flow Management Plan and routine annual monitoring.