SB1086 SRCAF Handbook

from the Forward

Passed by the State Legislature in 1986, Senate Bill 1086 called for a management plan for the Sacramento River and its tributaries that would protect, restore, and enhance both fisheries and riparian habitat. The law established an Advisory Council, composed of representatives of state and federal agencies, county supervisors, and representatives of landowner, water contractor, commercial and sport fisheries, and general wildlife and conservation interests.

After more than 50 lengthy meetings and workshops, the Council and its action teams developed a plan which included a specific and action-oriented fisheries plan and a more conceptual riparian habitat plan. This plan, the Upper Sacramento River Fisheries and Riparian Habitat Management Plan, was published in 1989. Many of the fisheries action items have since been, or are currently being, implemented, such as fish bypass structures at diversions on Sacramento River tributaries and the Shasta Dam temperature control structure.

The Riparian Habitat Committee of the Advisory Council, an informal and consensus-based planning group that included landowner representatives, environmental group leaders, and agency personnel, continued the work of on-the-ground implementation. The Advisory Council was reconvened by the Secretary of Resources in 1993 to "complete its earlier work concerning riparian habitat protection and management, including the development of a specific implementation program."

The committee developed this Handbook to guide an implementation program for riparian habitat management along the Sacramento River, and worked to ensure that this Handbook addresses both the dynamics of riparian ecosystems as well as the realities of local agricultural issues. It did this by developing a set of guiding principles and planning tools that should govern riparian habitat management along the river.

Section	Filesize	Last Update
Complete SRCAF Handbook	31 mb	2003
Or the SRCA Handbook can be downloaded by section.
Title/Dedication/Table of Contents and Figures	851 kb	2003
Chapter 1 Principles and Guidelines	207 kb	2003
Chapter 2 Sacramento River Riparian Forests	~7.9 mb	2003
Chapter 3 Keswick-Red Bluff	~5.5 mb	2003
Chapter 4 Red Bluff-Chico Landing	~4.3 mb	2003
Chapter 5 Chico Landing-Colusa	~1.5 mb	2003
Chapter 6 Colusa-Verona	~9 mb	2003
Chapter 7 Current Management	126 kb	2003
Chapter 8 Agencies and Organizations	397 kb	2003
Chapter 9 Recommended Actions	165 kb	2003
Appendix A - Sensitive Plants in the Sacramento River Conservation Area	146 kb	2003
Appendix B - Wildlife Species in the Sacramento River Conservation Area	229 kb	2003
Appendix C - Sacramento River Geographic Information System	142 kb	2003
Appendix D - Summary of Acreage Tabulations	213 kb	2003
Appendix E - Senate Bill 1086 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 62	364 kb	2003
Appendix F - Report on Costs	~2.8 mb	2003
Appendix G - Handbook Amendment Procedure	146 kb	2003
Appendix H - Glossary	198 kb	2003
Appendix I - “Issues To Be Resolved,” Has been deleted from the 2002 Handbook.	142 kb	2003
Appendix J - Memorandum Of Agreement	210 kb	2003
Appendix R - References	195 kb	2003