Upper American River Project License (CA)
Posted: 07/31/2014
By: Theresa Simsiman
In follow up to an article published in the Mar/Apr 2014 American
Whitewater Journal (Page 10), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has
finally issued the License for the Upper
American River Project (UARP) #2101. This is great news for paddlers in Central California
who have been working and waiting for this moment for over a decade.
This license restores ecological, pulse and recreational streamflows for the High Sierra Class IV South Fork Silver
Creek below Ice House Dam Run a.k.a. the Ice House Run and the "GEM" of the UARP -
the Class IV-V Slab
Creek Run. In addition to these streamflows we will soon have access to information from the
various streamflow and reservoir level gages that will be placed at various locations within the
project.
Depending on water year type, whitewater recreational flows will commence in Spring of 2015.
Specifics for Whitewater Recreational Streamflow can be found under License Condition 4 on Page
91 of the License Order.
Stay tuned for some great whitewater opportunities next Spring!