Agreement to Support Healthy Rivers & Landscapes

TID, MID and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have proposed a comprehensive alternative, the Agreements to Support Healthy Rivers & Landscapes, for continued management of Chinook salmon and O. mykiss (rainbow trout) within the lower Tuolumne River. The alternative is based on Tuolumne River specific studies and relevant scientific literature, and forms the substance of Don Pedro Project Amended Final License Application and LaGrange Licensing Application.

More Water. More Habitat. More Fish. That’s not just a tagline, it’s the foundation of the Tuolumne River’s Healthy Rivers and Landscapes plan—a science-based, self-funded plan to restore and enhance the Tuolumne River for generations to come.

The Tuolumne River Agreements to Support Healthy Rivers & Landscapes provides a foundation for comprehensively managing the Tuolumne River. It provides benefits to fish and their habitats as well as to farms, businesses and communities that depend on the river for water supply.

What We Mean

More Water

Enhanced flows will occur in all water year types, even the most challenging.

More Habitat

$83 million for non-flow measures in and along the river to support native fish species throughout their in-river life cycles, including:

More Fish

Over 150% increase in fish over current conditions.

More Water

Protecting Fish, Farms and Future Generations

$80 million funded by local agencies

Projects and operational Changes are ready-to-go

100+ studies on temperature, predation, migration, and more

A Statewide Vision

The Agreements to Support Healthy Rivers & Landscapes is a suite of several Voluntary Agreements being forged in Northern and Central California. These agreements seek to:

  • Enhance sensitive fish species and their habitats.

  • Ensure a reliable water supply for urban and rural residents, farms, businesses, and industry.

These agreements represent a more progressive way of managing watersheds than current regulatory approaches and have widespread support by government agencies, environmental stewards, as well as agricultural, businesses, and civic leaders throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and the San Francisco Peninsula.

“The Tuolumne River Voluntary Agreement ushers in a new era of cooperative management on the river and its floodplain to ensure ecosystem health, reliable water supplies and economic strength for the future.”

The Agreements to support Healthy Rivers & Landscapes Partners: Turlock Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission