The Upper Tuolumne River Ecosystem Program: March 2015

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Spring upper Tuolumne River stakeholder meeting

The spring upper Tuolumne River stakeholder group meeting is scheduled for April 3rd 11am – 3pm in the Moccasin Admin building. Lunch will be provided by Hetch Hetchy Water and Power. A draft agenda will be circulated shortly. If you haven’t done so already, please RSVP to wsears@sfwater.org at your earliest convenience if you are planning to attend.

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.