Monday, September 23, 2013, Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steel Head (SARSAS) General Meeting, Open to the Public

SARSAS General Meeting Agenda

(OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

MONDAY, September 23, 2013

175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603 

Contact: SARSAS President Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281

jlsanchez39@gmail.com

Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m.

I.      Self- introductions and sign-ins.       

II.    SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and  steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine

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III. Featured Speaker September 23, 2013 is Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Salmonid Restoration with Focus on Beavers in Auburn Ravine"

IV. Jack Sanchez, “For the Good of the Order”

October 28, 2013, SARSAS Fish Passage Specialist Ron Ott, “Fish Passage on the Auburn Ravine”

November 25, 2013, Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, “Placer County Water and the Auburn Ravine”

December 23, 2013, Richard Rivas, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Wildlife Biologist, “Declining Species Wildlife Habitat EQIP Initiative”

January 27, 2014, Placer Supervisor Robert Weygandt, “Update on the Placer County Conservation Plan”

February 24, 2014, Remleh Scherzinger, NID General Manager, “NID and the Auburn Ravine”

March 24, 2014, Einar Maisch, "Update on PCWA issues" 

April 28, 2014, Tony Frayji, Frayji Design Group, Inc., “Update on Village 1 Development near Hemphill Dam”

May 19, 2014, Jeff Parks, State Water Board, TBA

June 23, 2014, Anna Ewing, CADFW, TBA

SARSAS's James Haufler Doing Water/Temperature Readings on Auburn Ravine at the Fish Ladder at Lincoln Gauging Station

The Global Salmon Initiative

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Calling Back the Salmon Celebration at McBean Park in Lincoln, CA, Sat. and Sun., October 5 and 6

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Bay Delta Conservation Plan - the Truth

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General Meeting Agenda, Monday, August 26, 2013, 10 am at 175 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, Ca Room CEO-1

SARSAS General Meeting Agenda

(OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

MONDAY, August 26, 2013

175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603 

Contact: SARSAS President Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281

Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m.

I.      Self- introductions and sign-ins.       

II.    SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and  steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine

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III. Featured Speaker August 26, 2013, SARSAS Member Robert Hane, “Common Sense Stream Bank Restoration”

IV. Jack Sanchez, “For the Good of the Order”

                                                      

September 23, 2013 Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Salmonid Restoration with Focus on Beavers in Auburn Ravine"

October 28, 2013, SARSAS Fish Passage Specialist Ron Ott, “Fish Passage on the Auburn Ravine”

November 25, 2013, Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, “Placer County Water and the Auburn Ravine”

December 23, 2013, Richard Rivas, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Wildlife Biologist, “Declining Species Wildlife Habitat EQIP Initiative”

January 27, 2014, Placer Supervisor Robert Weygandt, “Update on the Placer County Conservation Plan”

February 24, 2014, Remleh Scherzinger, NID General Manager, “NID and the Auburn Ravine”

March 24, 2014, Einar Maisch, "Update on PCWA issues" 

April 28, 2014, Tony Frayji, Frayji Design Group, Inc., “Update on Village 1 Development near Hemphill Dam”

May 26 2014, Jeff Parks, State Water Board, TBA

June 23, 2014, Anna Ewing, CADFW, TBA

Auburn Ravine Project

The Auburn Ravine Project

by Dan Edwards, VP of Conservation for Granite Bay Flycasters

On May 27, 2008, the Club had a surplus and we donated $10,000 to help remove barriers to fish passage on Auburn Ravine. Henry Sandigo, past VP for Conservation told me that our donation had helped build a fish ladder on the gauging station just above Lincoln. Did this do any good?

In Fall 2012, for the first time in 24 years (since 1988) spawning Salmon were able to get past the gauging station for several miles before stopping at the next barrier, Hemphill Dam. Department of Fish and Wildlife surveyed the newly opened creek and counted 273 spawning Salmon on over 50 Redds for the first time in 24 years. The steelhead more likely than not followed the chinook salmon upstream. Population estimates are difficult but in a stable population at least 2 adult Salmon are produced for each spawning salmon who will return to the creek to spawn again. Hatcheries report a 1% to 5% return rate for smolts they release. Chinook salmon lay between 1,500 and 10,000 eggs so more than 2 could survive in an expanding population.

The major funding for this effort was provided by Nevada Irrigation District (NID), California Department of Water Resources, Placer County, Dry Creek Conservancy, and Granite Bay Fly casters. We helped create approximately 546 new adult salmon (2 times 273) for each year the Auburn Ravine is open. There are two more barriers on Auburn Ravine to open the creek all the way to the City of Auburn. I do not know how many Steelhead that our donation may have helped produce but a survey of the Auburn Ravine estimated between 7000 and 8000 Fish per mile.

A major player in this effort was

Save the Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead, founded by Jack Sanchez, president. He had the dream of bringing the salmon and steelhead back to downtown Auburn and now has the help of numerous children, adults and organizations.

Go to www.SARSAS.org and click on the 4th orange line where it says "Click here to view a video about SARSAS." This is an 18 minute, incredible video. 

Click on the top of the Website page on "Videos" to go to a second page where it says, "Click here to see a video." This is a 55 minute video called "Journey of Lifetime" documenting the Salmon and Steelhead returning to the Auburn Ravine above the Gauging Station.

I think our donation forwarded our goals of increasing access for fish and increasing their productivity in the wild. There is public access to Auburn Ravine at 2 parks in Lincoln (McBean and Auburn Ravine), and at every bridge over the Auburn Ravine. Jack Sanchez says that they are working at mitigating the 2 dams, Hemphill and Gold Hill, that remain preventing access to the City of Auburn. They are also working with private owners to develop public access points in the upper Auburn Ravine above Hemphill Dam.

I think our donation was very successful although the total cost of the Gauging Station fish ladder was reported at $900,000. I hope you will be as inspired as I was by these videos and the documented results of restoring fish to the Auburn Ravine Project.

Pescatore Winery Fundraising Dinners for SARSAS, Friday and Saturday, August 16 and 17, 2013

No one cooks Wild Salmon better than Pescatore Winery Owner and Chief Chef Dave Wegner ... No one.

Wild Salmon or Tri-Tip Dinner Wine Dinners

Benefit dinners for SARSAS

 hosted by Pescatore Winery www.pescatorewines.com

·       Two Evenings – Choose Wild Salmon or Tri-tips Dinners

·       Friday August 16 and Saturday August 17, 2013 at 6:00pm

·       Pescatore Winery, 7065 Ridge Rd. Newcastle 95658

·       $45 per person

·       Dancing to the music of Jukebox both nights, the great sounds we all danced to last April and the two previous years

·       Dinner, raffle, auction & wine sales all benefiting SARSAS

·       Make checks payable to SARSAS (Tax ID 80-0291680) as a donation and it will be tax deductible for you

Call Dave or Patty Wegner at 916 663 1422 for reservations.  

Difficulties in Getting Salmon above Hemphill Dam on Auburn Ravine This Coming Fall, 2013

Because we are having troubles negotiating fish passage over Hemphill Dam for salmon this fall, we are trying to get the agencies to approve a Net and Lift Project like the one below to get fish over HH to prime spawning gravel to spawn. So far we have been unsuccessful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqR-jFiD_RE

Bowmanville Creek...Helping to transfer salmon over the Goodyear Dam

Some more footage of the efforts involved to help transfer salmon over the Goodyear dam on Bowmanville Creek. Thanks to Lucky Strike for donating some amazin...

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