Project Overview

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In 1998, members of a group of concerned public agencies from throughout the Santa Ana River watershed began meeting with the goal of determining the reasons for the decline of the Santa Ana Sucker (Catostomus santaanae) and correspondingly, to devise strategies for recovering the species. Early on, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the California Department of Fish & Game joined the effort.  SAWPA hosts the monthly meetings and served as the administering agency for the effort.  The group has become known as the Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Team.

In April, 2000, the USFWS listed the Santa Ana Sucker as a threatened fish species.  Over the past two years, the USFWS, in close collaboration with the Team and SAWPA, drafted an Environmental Assessment, Conservation Program and Implementation Agreement for the sucker.  In addition, the Team has funded research directed toward recovery of the sucker.  With the approval of the Environmental Assessment and Programmatic Biological Opinion, stakeholders within the watershed will have taken a proactive approach to fulfilling their missions wile also preserving this threatened species.

 

Maps & Photos

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Santa Ana River at Riverside Drive
9/22/2004  Santa Ana Sucker Field Trip  Emergent Vegetation	9/22/2004  Santa Ana Sucker Field Trip  Santa Ana River at Riverside Drive
Santa Ana River at Sunnyslope
9/22/2004  Santa Ana Sucker Field Trip  John Basin explains Sucker biology	9/22/2004 Santa Ana Sucker Field Trip  Outfall

 

Meeting Summaries

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2012:

January 19

Agenda

Meeting Notes

Handouts

 

2011:

November 17	Agenda	Meeting Notes	Handouts	Presentation
October 26	Agenda	Meeting Notes	Handouts
August 18	Agenda	Meeting Notes
July 21	Agenda	Meeting Notes	Handouts
June 23	Agenda	Meeting Notes	Handouts	Presentation
May 19	Agenda	Meeting Notes
April 21	Agenda	Meeting Notes

Worksheets

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404 Permit :  Impacts Worksheet

 

Agreements

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Final Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Agreement

 

Reference

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Classification of California Estuaries Based on Natural Closure Patterns: Templates for Restoration and Management

 

Petition for Water Quality Criteria for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Under Section 304 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1314

Reports

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Santa Ana Sucker Annual Report for Covered Activities:

Final December 15, 2010

Final January 7, 2010

Final January 9, 2009

Final January 10, 2008

Final March 15, 2007

Santa Ana Sucker 5-Year Review U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (March 10, 2011)

 

Draft Results of Year 8 (2008-2009) Implementation of the Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Plan

 

Draft Results of Year 3 Implementation of Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Plan

Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Agreement

Draft Conservation Program for the Santa Ana Sucker (February 2003 version)

Year 2 of Sucker Conservation Activities. This Presentation requires Macromedia Flash plug-in installed in your browser.

Results of Year 1 Implementation of Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Plan

Fiscal Year 1999 Progress Report

Results of the Year 2 Implementation of the Santa Ana Sucker Conservation Program for the Santa Ana River

Santa Ana Sucker Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2002-2003

 

SAWA River Walk

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Group 1 (Transects # 1 - 20) 2006  -  Data  photos 2007  -  data  photos  2008  -  data  photos  2009  -  data  photos		Group 2 (Transects # 21 - 40) 2006  -  data  photos 2007  -  data  photos  2008  -  data  photos  2009  -  data  photos
Group 3 (Transects # 41 - 60) 2006  -  data  photos 2007  -  data  photos  2008  -  data  photos  2009  -  data  photos		Group 4 (Transects # 61 - 80) 2006  -  data  photos 2007  -  data  photos  2008  -  data  photos  2009  -  data  photos
Group 5 (Transects # 81 - 100) 2006  -  data  photos 2007  -  data  photos  2008  -  data  photos  2009  -  data  photos