A Selective Bibliography,
Auburn Ravine and Western Placer County Streams
with an emphasis on Auburn Ravine steelhead
Fall 2013
Prepared by Ronald Otto
Auburn Ravine Preservation Committee, and Ophir Property Owners Association, Inc.
Limited notations: [Auburn Ravine=AR, steelhead=SH, half-pounder steelhead=HP, etc.]
American River Pump Station Project FEIR/FEIS. 2002. Including Executive Summary,
Appendices C and D. SCH No. 1999062089. [AR SH]
Auburn Ravine Coon Creek Ecosystem Restoration Plan, Placer County. 2002 Public
Review Draft. [AR SH, HP]
Auburn Tunnel Outlet Modification Public Draft, Initial Study and Mitigated Negative
Declaration. 2009. Prepared for Placer County Water Agency. [AR SH, juveniles]
Auburn Wastewater Facility Plan FEIR. 1997. SCH No. 95082040. [AR SH, HP photos
and log, biomass reduction fall to spring, residents’ anecdotal identification of AR SH]
Bailey, R. 2003. Streams of Western Placer County: Aquatic Habitat and Biological
Review, Literature Review and Resource Assessment. Prepared for Sierra Business
Council and Placer County Planning Department. [AR SH, HP]
Bailey, R., J. Buell. 2005. Anadromous Fish Screening and Passage Opportunities in
Western Placer County and Southern Sutter County. [AR SH, HP]
Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Plan. Bill Kier Associates. 1999.
Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project DEIS/DEIR. 2003.
Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project, Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act Report. 2005.
Bay Delta Conservation Plan/BDCP…Handout #2, see below, Salmonids: Central Valley
Chinook Salmon ESUs, Central Valley Steelhead, Conservation Themes and Stressors,
Impact Mechanisms, and Conservation Measure Concepts, BDCP Conservation Strategy
Work Group Working Draft.
CALFED Bay-Delta Program, Ecosystem Restoration Program Plan, Vol. II: Ecological
Zone Visions, 7/28/97 draft. [AR SH]
CDFG, Comments on the Proposed Critical Habitat Designation for California Steelhead
listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. 1999. [AR SH]
CH2MHILL. 1996. Auburn Wastewater Treatment Plant Stream Study. [AR RBT/SH]
Courter, I.I., D. B. Child, J. A. Hobbs, T. M. Garrison, J. J.G. Glessner, and S. Duery.
2013. Resident rainbow trout produce anadromous offspring in a large interior watershed.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70: 701–710.
Drake letter to PCWA of 3/13/89. [AR SH] See Appendix
Eilers CD, J Bergman & Ryan Nielsen. 2010 A comprehensive monitoring plan for
steelhead the California Central Valley. CDFG Administrative Report 210-2. [AR]
Garza, J.C. and D.E. Pearse. 2008. Population genetic structure of Oncorhynchus mykiss
in the California Central Valley. Final report for California Department of Fish and Game
Contract # PO485303
Goodall Recollections…statement of 5/26/91. [AR SH] See Appendix
Grant, W.S. (editor). 1997. Genetic effects of straying of non-native fish hatchery fish
into natural populations: proceedings of the workshop. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech
Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-30, 130p.
www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm30/tm30.html
Hiscox, J. 1992. CDFG Memorandum: Anadromous Salmonid in Creek [AR SH/HP] See
Appendix
Hunter, M.A. 1992. Hydropower Flow Fluctuations and Salmonids: A Review of the
Biological Effects, Mechanical Causes, and Options for Mitigation. State of Washington
Department of Fisheries, Technical Report No. 119.
Jones & Stokes. 2004. Salmonid spawning habitat surveys for Placer County streams.
Prepared for Placer County.
Lincoln Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion to 2.4 MGD, DEIR. 1998. Auburn
Ravine Fishery Survey. SCN 98102027. [AR SH smolts]
Lincoln Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility DEIR. 1999. SCH No.
98122071. [AR SH smolts]
Lindley, S.T., et al., 2007. Framework for Assessing Viability of Threatened and
Endangered Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Basin, in San
Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science.
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Lindley, S.T., et al. 2006. Historical Population Structure of Central Valley Steelhead and
its Alteration by Dams. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 4(1) [AR SH]
McEwan, D.R., et al. 2001. Central Valley Steelhead. In Brown, RL ed., Contributions to
the Biology of Central Valley Salmonids, CDFG Fish Bull No. 179. Vol 1:1-43. [AR SH]
McEwan, D.R., et al. 1999. Monitoring, Assessment, And Research on Central Valley
Steelhead: Status of Knowledge, Review of Existing Programs, And Assessment of
Needs. Prepared for the CALFED Interagency Ecological Program/IEP Steelhead Project
Work Team. [AR SH]
Meador, M. R. 1992. Inter-basin Water Transfer: Ecological Concerns. Fisheries, Vol.
17, No. 2, 17-22.
Moyle, P. B., et al. 2008. Salmon, Steelhead, and Trout in California: Status of an
Emblematic Fauna. UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.
NOAA Public Draft Central Valley Recovery Plan and Related Documents. 2009.
NOAA Technical Memo 19/TM 19, Status Review for Klamath Mountains Province
Steelhead. [SH life history, etc.]
Navicky, J. 2008. CDFG Memorandum: Summary of 2004 and 2005 fish community
surveys in Auburn Ravine and Coon Creek (Placer County). [AR SHT]
Nielsen, J. L., et al. 2003. Genetic Analyses of Central Valley Trout Populations 19992003. For CDFG and US F & W S.
Nielsen, J. L., et al. 2005. Genetics of Central Valley O. mykiss populations: drainage
and watershed scale analyses. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, Vol. 3, Iss.
2, Art. 3.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/jmie/sfews/vol3/iss2/art3
Otto, R. 2007. Response to PAD Questionnaire-2: Focus on western Placer Creeks.
Submitted by Foothills Water Network, Ophir Property Owners Assoc., and Auburn
Ravine Pres. Comm. (see PG&E PAD reference) [AR SH, HP]
Pacific Gas & Electric Company. 2008. Drum-Spaulding Project, FERC Project 2310,
Relicensing Pre-Application Document (PAD). [AR SH, HP]
Peterson, Matt L., Possible Decline in the Half-pounder Life History Among Trinity
River Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), June 2011. Humboldt State University,
Master’s Degree Thesis
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Placer County Planning Dept., Natural Resources, Biological Studies and Documents—
some documents available at the site below. e.g. Aquatic Resources, Salmonid Spawning
Habitat Surveys for Placer County Streams, etc.
Ryman, N. 1983. Genetic Population Structure. NOAA TM 30.
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm30/ryman.html
Salmonids: Central Valley Chinook Salmon ESUs, Central Valley Steelhead,
Conservation Themes and Stressors, Impact Mechanisms, and Conservation Measure
Concepts, Bay Delta Conservation Plan, Conservation Strategy Work Group Working
Draft, Handout #2, 3/26/07.
Sarkisian letter to CDFG dated 6/6/90. [AR SH, possible juveniles] See Appendix
Spaulding, S., R. Otto, R. Gresham, et al. 1991. Goal, Policy and Strategy
Recommendations for Stream Management in Placer County. Prepared for Placer County
Flood Control District. [AR SH]
Stillwater Sciences, et al. 2006. Scientific Approaches for Evaluating Hydroelectric
Project Effects. Prepared for Hydropower Reform Coalition.
Titus, Rob, 2/5/03. CDFG Memorandum: Fishes in Secret Ravine (Dry Creek Drainage,
Placer County) [SH juveniles in Secret Ravine]
Van Riper letter to PCWA of 3/11/89. [AR RBT/SH] See Appendix
Vanicek, D. 1984. Auburn Ravine Fishery Survey. (CDFG files) [AR RBT]
Zimmerman, C.E., G.W. Edwards, K. Perry. 2008. Maternal Origin and Migratory
History of Oncorhynchus mykiss captured in rivers of the Central Valley, California.
Ronald Otto contact:
10170 Wise Road
Auburn (Ophir), CA 95603
rottoophir@gmail.com
916-212-4715 cell
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