Supporting Technical Studies

Numerous technical studies are in the planning phase and/or currently underway to inform important components of the HCP. These studies include:

Analysis of the previous ten years of MCWRA water management operations.
Feasibility analysis of modifying Nacimiento and San Antonio Dam to support passage of juvenile and adult steelhead trout.
Analysis of minimum in-river flows required to facilitate upstream movement of adult steelhead through the Salinas River.
Long-term monitoring of juvenile steelhead within the Salinas River and its major tributaries.
Long-term monitoring of tidewater goby in the Salinas River Lagoon.
Hydraulic modeling of proposed water operations within the Salinas River basin.
Evaluation of aquatic habitat within the upper Nacimiento and San Antonio River basins.

Reports