Resources
Reports, plans, science, law and news about Auburn Ravine and its salmon and steelhead.
Many linked files are older documents hosted elsewhere. If a link no longer works, please let us know.
Whitepapers & plans
Reports from SARSAS
- The SARSAS Plan for Saving Salmon in California and in the Pacific Marine Fishery (a model for groups forming on other tributaries)
- Update on the Progress in Returning Salmon and Steelhead to Auburn Ravine, Jack Sanchez, June 2014
- Summary of Minimum Water Flow Studies on Auburn Ravine
- Inventory of Obstacles to Fish Passage on Auburn Ravine, Ron Ott
- California Fish and Wildlife documents on NID's Hemphill Dam application (Public Records Act request)
- Water Quality Report for Auburn Ravine, 2015-2016
- SARSAS Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), draft 1
- Auburn Ravine Sampling Procedures
- Auburn Ravine Fishing Regulations
Ecosystem science & reports
- CDFW 2013 Auburn Ravine Rotary Screw Trap Monitoring Report (Healey)
- UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences
- Salmonid Spawning Habitat Surveys for Placer County Streams
- Streams of Western Placer County: Aquatic Habitat and Biological Resources
- Historical and Present Distribution of Chinook Salmon in the Central Valley Drainage of California
- Stream Fish Populations, Wise Powerhouse Overflow Reach, 2008-9
- Use of Wire Fyke Traps to Estimate Runs of Adult Salmon and Steelhead in the Sacramento River
- NID Gauging Station, Lincoln: water levels, flow rates and temperatures, 2013
- NID Gauging Station readings, 2014
- NID Gauging Station readings, 2015
- 2013 Auburn Ravine Rotary Screw Trap Monitoring Report
- Maintaining Wood in Streams: A Vital Action for Fish Conservation (UC ANR)
- What Do Fish Communities Tell Us About the Biotic Conditions of Streams in Placer County?
- Salmon, Steelhead, and Trout in California: Status of an Emblematic Fauna (CalTrout, 2008)
- Fish Passage Improvement Report 2005, Bulletin 250
- Variation in Growth Parameters for Steelhead Trout in Central California (NOAA)
- Relative-Risk Evaluation for Pesticides Used in the Central Valley
- Rebirth of California Fish and Game Code Section 5937
Law & water rights
- Water Rights for Property Owners in California
- Bulletin 250, Appendix B: Applicable Laws and Examples of Fish Passage Programs
- SB 665: Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements, Endangered Species
- FERC Hydropower Compliance Handbook, March 2004
- Foothill Water Network protest of NID water rights license reapplication
- Summary of dealpoints between NID and DFW
- State Water Resources Control Board, October 2009
- Foothill Water Network response to NID and DFW dealpoints
Activism & editorials
- Friends of the River
- Trout Unlimited Wild Steelhead Initiative
- Wild Steelhead Initiative FAQ
- The Global Salmon Initiative
- Central Valley Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Plan (comments)
- Sacramento Bee op-ed: 40-year-old Endangered Species Act sets a high standard
- SFGate: Delta tunnel plan called a fish death sentence
- Lincoln News Messenger op-ed on Auburn Ravine steelhead and rainbow trout, Ronald Otto
- Auburn Ravine Preservation Committee and Ophir Property Owners Association, Ronald Otto, May 2014
- 1989 Auburn Ravine letters regarding impact of water diversions
News coverage
- Auburn Journal: Volunteer groups clear the way for salmon
- Auburn Journal: Conditions excellent for salmon returning to Auburn Ravine, Jack Sanchez
- Auburn Journal: Auburn drainage creek draws concern over water flow
- Lincoln News Messenger: Regional Water Board orders Lincoln to clean up old landfill
- News10: Spawning salmon climb the new Lincoln fish ladder (11/13/12)
- New York Times: Reversing course on beavers (10/24/14)