THIS SITE HAS BEEN CREATED AND IS MANAGED BY THE PUBLIC ADVISORY GROUP, PAG, TO THE KINGS RIVER FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (KRFMP).

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 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS  The annual Calibrated Fisherman exercise will be on the 6th of November.  We will fish 9 reaches of the Lower Kings and the data collected will be used to augment the other fish population sampling efforts.  We will need people to fish, people to bring the fish to the measurers and people to help in the measuring of the fish.  To volunteer, contact Louie Long at the Kings River Conservation District, 559-237-5567.

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 The program is a combined effort, to include funding, on the parts of the Kings River Conservation District (KRCD), the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the Kings river Water Association (KRWA). The Public Advisory Group is the mechanism for public input to the Kings River Fisheries Management Program.  Go to "History"  for a very short overview of the genesis of the program.

The KRFMP has a number of documents describing what has been accomplished in prior years, what is planned for the upcoming year and what is the over arching philosophy for the restoration efforts.  These documents are the annual technical Reports , the current Five Year Implementation Plan, the Fisheries Habitat Master Plan for 2004-2010 and The Water Quality Monitoring Report for 2005-2006.   In addition, there is a report on the condition of Rainbow trout  in the Lower Kings River.  All of these documents are located on the KRCD web site.


In the "Maps & Docs" area are two documents of interest.  The first one is the complaint filed with the SWRCB regarding the flows in the lower Kings River, particularly below the Fresno Weir.  Many persons feel that this complaint was the catalyst for the establishment of the program.  The second document is the Framework Agreement which established the Kings River Fisheries Management Program.   The map shows the boundaries of the Catch and Release stretch and the two stretches where there is no fishing.

The Gallery has pictures of the latest projects such as  trout location tracking via radio, boulder placement, and spawning channel development.

The Forums area is available for posing questions, posting comments and responding to existing posts.  The only caveat is that in order to post an item, you must be a registered user.  We do not publish the addresses of our registered users.

UPCOMING PROJECTS
In the current water year the following activities are being proposed:   

Activities scheduled during high water flow period:

     None scheduled

   
Activities scheduled during the low water flow period:
   After demand flows go down in the fall of 2009, a pilot project to place Large Woody Debris (LWD)   in the river is planned.  Project will consist of large trees securely anchored to the shore to provide fish shelter and potential insect habitat.