Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced Working Group meetings regarding the Revised Draft Biological Goals

From the State Water Resources Control Board:

The State Water Resources Control Board staff will hold two Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced (STM) Working Group meetings to discuss the revised draft initial biological goals for fall-run Chinook salmon in the lower San Joaquin River and its three salmon-bearing tributaries, the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced Rivers developed pursuant to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan), as amended on December 12, 2018. 

The Bay-Delta Plan requires that the State Water Board seek recommendations from the STM Working Group on the biological goals for Lower San Joaquin River flow requirements. These meetings will be topic-specific technical dialogs to discuss the revised draft initial biological goals, including the metrics, available data, achievability, STM Working Group membership feedback, and other topics.

The revised draft initial Biological Goals report is available at this link:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/biological_goals/draft-biological-goals-06242022-hard-tracks.pdf

The two meetings will be held on November 21, 2022 and December 7, 2022, to seek recommendations from the STM Working Group on the biological goals. The first meeting on November 21, 2022, will be focused on the proposed abundance and diversity biological goals, and the second meeting on December 7, 2022, will be focused on productivity and spatial structure. Meeting agendas will be provided in early November.

STM Working Group members and other interested persons that would like to attend the STM Working Group meetings are required to register for each meeting. The invitation and virtual meeting link will be sent to registered participants. Please register for the meetings via the Registration Form by November 9, 2022.