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I was asked to evaluate and comment on the technical information, models, analyses, results and assumptions in the proposed State Water Project (SWP) Operations, Criteria and Plan (OCAP) that forms the basis for the assessment in the Biological Opinion (BO). The fundamental question is whether the o...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.397.9250 http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocap/CIE_2009-01-21_Marston_Central_Valley_biological_opinion_review_report-final.pdf |
| Summary: | I was asked to evaluate and comment on the technical information, models, analyses, results and assumptions in the proposed State Water Project (SWP) Operations, Criteria and Plan (OCAP) that forms the basis for the assessment in the Biological Opinion (BO). The fundamental question is whether the operation plans devised by the Bureau of Reclamation will jeopardize the continued existence of the following species: • Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, hereafter • referred to as winter-run) • Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha, hereafter referred to as • spring-run) • Central Valley (CV) steelhead (O. mykiss) • Central California Coast (CCC) steelhead (O. mykiss) • Southern Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of North American green sturgeon • (Acipenser medirostris, hereafter referred to as Southern DPS of green sturgeon) • Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca, hereafter referred to as Southern Residents) I have considered the following documents that were provided by download from a CIE ftp site |
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