El Sur Ranch - List of Exhibits

List of Exhibits

El Sur Ranch

Exhibit No. Description
Testimony of Thomas Asmus
Testimony of Paul Horton, including Curriculum Vitae, Figures, Tables, and Appendices
2004 SGI Pump Test of El Sur Ranch wells
SGI Report: Hyrogeologic Investigation and Conceptual Site Model within the Lower Reach of the Big Sur River, May 2005 (2004 Study)
SGI Report: Addendum to Hyrogeologic Investigation and Conceptual Site Model within the Lower Reach of the Big Sur River, March 2007 (2006 Study)
SGI Report: 2007 Addendum to Hyrogeologic Investigation and Conceptual Site Model within the Lower Reach of the Big Sur River, April 2008 (2007 Study) (included in Division of Water Rights files; incorporated by reference)
SGI Memorandum: Pumping Zone of Influence Clarified Relative to DEIR Claims Memorandum, May 21, 2010
SGI Memorandum: Surface Water Drawdown at 5 cfs Pumping Rate Memorandum, May 21, 2010
ESR-9
 Intentionally left blank
Video of geohydrology of Big Sur River
Testimony of James J. Hill, III, including Figures
Testimony of Dr. Niel Allen, including Curriculum Vitae, figures and tables, and exhibits
Video overview of El Sur Ranch and setting
Overview aerial photograph of El Sur Ranch and Big Sur River
Notice of Claim of Water Right (January 14, 1905)
Record of Pump Tests (1950, 1960, 1967, 1992)
Record of Irrigation Pumping 1975 - 2010
Relevant excerpts from the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan Adopted by the Monterey County Planning Commission on February 11, 1981, Adopted by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on November 5, 1985; and Certified by the California Coastal Commission on April 10, 1986
Relevant excerpts from the Monterey County Coastal Implementation Plan Adopted by the Monterey County Planning Commission on August 26, 1987, Adopted by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on January 5, 1988, Certified by the California Coastal Commission on December 10, 1987
Conservation Easement restricting El Sur Ranch
Testimony of Dr. Charles Hanson, including Curriculum Vitae, Figures, Tables, and Appendices
Biology Report dated March 11, 2005: Assessment of Habitat Quality & Availability Within the Lower Big Sur River: April – October 2004
Biology Report dated March 2007: Evaluation of the Potential Relationship Between El Sur Ranch Well Operation & Aquatic Habitat Associated with the Big Sur River During Late Summer and Early Fall - 2006
Assessment of the Potential Effects of El Sur Ranch Well Operations on Aquatic Habitat Within the Big Sur River and Swiss Canyon During Late Summer and Early Fall - 2007
Juvenile Steelhead Habitat Suitability and Rearing Conditions within the Big Sur River Lagoon
Testimony of Dr. Orrin Sage, including Curriculum Vitae, Agricultural Qualifications, Photos, Tables, Figures
Jones & Stokes Hydrologic Investigation April 1999
Balancing Beef Cow Nutrient Requirements and Seasonal Forage Quantity on Annual Rangeland figures from ANR Publication 8021 U.C. Davis
Niel Allen Direct Testimony Presentation
Big Sur River Steelhead Enhancement Plan – Prepared for Department of Parks and Recreation by Denise Duffy & Associates
“Preliminary Engineering and Geologic Investigation, Two Proposed Harbor Sites, Near Point Sur, California” by Dames & Moore
Age and Growth of Steelhead Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Big Sur River by Cynthia Collins
History and Status of Steelhead in California Coastal Drainages South of San Francisco Bay by Robert G. Titus, Don C. Erman, and William M. Snider
National marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 2008. South-Central California Coast Steelhead Recovery Planning Area, Conservation Action Planning (CAP) Workbooks Threats Assessment. Prepared by Hunt & Associates Biological for NOAA-NMFS
The Nature Conservancy (TNC). 2008 Big Sur River, Monterey County CAP Workbook Threats Analysis Summary Tables
Colored copy of DFG-C-4 indicating DFG’s recommended bypass flow limitations and impacts on pumping
PowerPoint presentation made during direct testimony by ESR hydrogeologist Paul Horton
Exceedence chart indicating DFG’s recommended summer bypass flow limitations and impacts on pumping
PowerPoint presentation made during direct testimony by ESR fisheries biologist Dr. Charles Hanson
Fourth amendment to Application 30166, dated June 14, 2011
Copies of Statements of Diversion and Use from State Water Board file: S014132 and S014133
NRCS 2007 National Resources Inventory, Glossary of Selected Terms
Guidelines for Maintaining Instream Flows to Protect Fisheries Resources Downstream of Water Diversions in Mid-California Coastal Streams
Graph of Big Sur River flow at USGS 11143000 Feb 1 through May 31, 2011
Compilation Table from ESR - 34 of NMFS Threat Assessment for Big Sur River, Pajaro River, Salinas River, Carmel River and Garrapata Creek
Excerpt concerning Big Sur River “Steelhead/Rainbow Trout Resources South of the Golden Gate, California” (Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration (CEMAR), 2008)
Hand-drawn plan-view sketch of Big Sur River at PT4 as of July, 2011
Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Charles Harvey
Schematic drawing of Big Sur River and alluvium water balance without pumping
Schematic drawing of Big Sur River and alluvium water balance with a pumping well
Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Dudley Reiser
Dr. Titus/CDFG - Wetted Perimeter Data
PowerPoint Presentation Made During Rebuttal Testimony by ESR Expert Dr. Dudley Reiser.
Excerpt concerning wetted perimeter from Instream Flows for Riverine Resource Stewardship (Annear et al, 2004 Rev. Ed.)
Technical Report by Dr. Dudley Reiser
Curriculum Vitae of Jon Philipp
Photo Locations – July 4, 2011 (Aerial photo of Big Sur River and photographs of “old (pre- 1994) channel”
Photo Location J – Upstream Location of Historic Channel Cutoff Looking Downstream - Photographs of point of divergence of current channel from “old channel”
Hand-drawn sketches and photographsof plan-view, PT4 showing transects and viewpoints; Profile Measurement Data; and PT4a River depth data
Video of PT4 on July 4, 2011
Video of PT11 as of July 4, 2011
PowerPoint Presentation Made During Rebuttal Testimony by ESR Hydrogeologist Paul Horton
Article – Froese, R. 2006. Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations. J. Appl. Icthyol. 22:241-253.
McLaughlin, K. D. 2009. Development of a standard weight equation for juvenile steelhead trout and effects of temperature, turbidity, and steelhead trout biomass on relative weight. Thesis. Humboldt State Univ.
Data of Dr. Melissa Foley, Stanford Univ., regarding the Big Sur River lagoon.
PowerPoint Presentation Made During Rebuttal Testimony by ESR Expert Dr. Charles Hanson.

Department of Fish and Game (DFG)

Exhibit No. Description
Testimony of Kit Custis
Qualifications of Kit Custis
Table - Monthly Water Availability Analysis for Big Sur River, Information on Diversions in Big Sur Watershed, May 15, 2011
Table - Monthly Water Availability Analysis for Big Sur River, Listing of Diversions Upstream of El Sur Ranch, Application #A030166, May 15, 2011
Table - Monthly Water Availability Analysis for Big Sur River, Estimated Maximum Monthly Diversions in AFA for EI Sur Ranch, Application #A030166, May 15, 2011
Table - Big Sur Gage -USGS#11143000, Daily Discharge Summary Statistics by Month in cfs, April 1950 to August 2009, May 15, 2011
Table - Big Sur Gage - USGS#11143000, Daily Discharge Summary Statistics by Month in acre-feet, April 1950 to August 2009, May 15, 2011
Figure - Big Sur Watershed map, modified from Figure 3-19, SGI, 2005, May'15, 2011
Table - Big Sur State Park, California (040790), Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary, 1/1/1915 to 12/31/2010, May 15, 2011
Table - Water Availability Analysis for El Sur Ranch Application #030166, Table of Precipitation Adjustments, May 15, 2011
Table - Water Availability Analysis Precipitation and Area Adjustment, May 15, 2011
Figure - Big Sur Watershed Water Rights, modified, data from eWRlMS, March 28,2011, May 15, 2011
Figure - EI Sur Ranch Water Rights Points of Diversion, data from eWRlMS database January 2011, Google Earth image - printed 2011, May 15, 2011
Figure - EI Sur Ranch Water Rights points of Diversion, Table of information taken from SWRCB's eWRlMS database, March 28, 2011, May 15, 2011
Tables - WAA and DFII for Big Sur Watershed - Monthly Maximum Water Diversions in AFA and Percentage of Median Flow, Proposals #la, #1b, #2, and #3, May 15, 2011
Table 2, Summary of Flow Data for Transects VTl and VT2, from Table 3-1, SGl, 2005, May 3, 2011
Table 3, Summary of Data on Changes in Flow on Big Sur River Between USGS Gage #1114300 and VTl, from Table 3 of Jones and Stokes, 1999, Table 3-1 ofSGl, 2005, Table 3-1 of Hanson, 2007, and Table 17 - Transect 11 of Hanson, 2008, May 3, 2011
Table - El Sur Ranch Change in River Flow from Pumping, data on Velocity Transects from Hanson, 2008, May 15, 2011
Figure - Site Plan Overlay with Air Photo, Figure 1-3 from SGl 2005, May 15, 2011
Figure - 2006 Study Area Monitoring Station and Sensor Location Map, Figure 2-1, SGl, 2007, May 15, 2011
Figure - 2007 Study Area Monitoring Station and Sensor Location Map, Figure 2-1, SGI, 2008, May 15, 2011
Figure - Irrigation Well Radius of Influence and Conceptual Groundwater Drawdown Map (2007 Maximum Pumping Conditions Depicted), Figure 3-1, SGI, 2008
Figure - EI Sur Ranch Water Rights Application #A030166, Application Requested Diversion Quantities, .Application as Amended October 17, 2006, and Department of Fish and Game Recommended Diversion Quantities, May 3, 2011
Table - October 2009 DEIR Mitigation Measures Flow Limitation Criteria, May 4, 2011
Tables 4.1-1, Summary of Baseline Assumptions and Proposed Changes; Table 4.2-2 Statistical Analysis of EI Sur Ranch Baseline (1985-2004); and Table 4.2-6 Baseline and Proposed Project Diversions, from 2009 DEIR, May 3, 2011
Table A, Extreme Critical Dry and Critical Dry Flow Rate Limitations on Project Diversion, from 2009 DEIR, May3, 2011
Figure - EI Sur Ranch Acreage on USGS DOQ 36121c7sw image, May 15, 2011
Figure - Locations of CIMIS weather stations around El Sur Ranch, California, Figure 7-4 from NRCE, 2007, May 8, 2011
Table - CIMIS Reference , EvapoTranspiration (ETo) Zones, May 8, 2011
Table - Monthly Average Reference ETa and Calculated ETc by CIMIS ETo Zone (inches/month), May 8, 2011
Table - Monthly Average Precipitation (inches/month), May 8, 2011
Graph - Precipitation Near EI Sur Ranch, May 8, 2011·
Graph - Comparison of Monthly Precipitation Data, Big Sur NWS#040790 vs El Sur Ranch PRlZM, Monterey NWS#045795 vs El Sur Ranch PRlZM, May 8, 2011
Table - Water Balance for El Sur Ranch Pastures, NRCE 2007 Report, May 9, 2011
Graph - Monthly Pasture Irrigation Requirement (ETc) for El Sur Ranch Using NRCE, 2007, May 8, 2011
Table - Water Balance for El Sur Ranch Pastures, CIMIS Zone 1, May 9, 2011
Graph - Monthly Pasture Irrigation Requirement (ETc) for El Sur Ranch Using CIMIS Zone 1 and PRlZM Precipitation, May 8, 2011
Table - Water Balance for El Sur Ranch Pastures, Precipitation from PRlZM -1915 to 2010, ETo from Pruitt & Snyder, 1985, May 9, 2011
Graph - Monthly Pasture Irrigation Requirement (ETc) for El Sur Ranch Using Pruitt & Snyder, 1985 & PRlZM Precipitation, May 8, 2011
Table - El Sur Ranch Pastures, Net Irrigation Requirement, feet/month, May 9,2011
Graph - ETc Results Normalized to CIMIS ETc, May 8, 2011
Graph - El Sur Ranch Pasture, 2yr- 24hr rainfall runoff on SCS T-149 Graph of Solution of Runoff Equation, Figure 3, May 8, 2011
Table - Estimate of Volume of Runoff from ESR Pastures by SCS T- 149 Method, May 8, 2011
Graph - El Sur Ranch Monthly Pasture Water Requirements vs 2009 DEIR CEQA Baseline Irrigation, May 8, 2011
Graph - El Sur Ranch Mean Net Irrigation Requirement, Comparison of DEIR Baseline, NRCE, CIMIS, and Pruitt & Snyder, May 8, 2011
Graph - El Sur Ranch Maximum Net Irrigation Requirement, Comparison 4 of DEIR Baseline, NRCE, CIMIS, Pruitt & Snyder, May 8, 2011
Table 3-4, SGI, 2007; Table 3-5, SGI 2007; Table 3-1, from SGI, 2008, May 12, 2011
Figure - 2007 Interpreted Streambed Zones, Figure 3-16, SGI, 2008, May 15, 2011
Figure - Area Weighted Flow vs Geometric Mean, May 12, 2011
Tables 48a to 48c –spreadsheet printouts of permeameter test results for piezometer pair 5, from data set CD in SGI, 2007, May 12, 2011
2007 Figure - Study Area Monitoring Station and Sensor Location Map, Figure 2-1, with Zones of Influence from Figure 3-1, SGI 2008, May 15, 2011
Figure - Longitudinal Profile, Figure 3-18, SGI, 2008 and typical hyporheic flow cross-section from Buffington and Tonina, 2008, May 12, 2011
Figures 1 and 2, Ground water flow in fluvial plain from W.W Woessner, 2000, page 424, May 12, 2011
Figure - 1929 Aerial Photo El Sur Ranch Irrigated Pasture, Figure 10-2 from NRCE, 2007, May 12, 2011
Figure - 1942 Aerial Photograph of Site, El Sur Ranch, Figure #3 from Rogers E. Johnson & Associates, 2007, May 12, 2011
Figure - 1956 Aerial Photograph of Site, El Sur Ranch, Figure #6 from Rogers E. Johnson & Associates, 2007, May 15, 2011
Figure - Google Earth image of El Sur Ranch points of diversion, image date 5_13_1994, May 15, 2011
Figure - 2003 Aerial Photograph of Site, El Sur Ranch, Figure #10 from Rogers E. Johnson & Associates, 2007, May 15, 2011
Figure - Google Earth image of El Sur Ranch points of diversion, image date 9_30_2009, May 15, 2011
Tables 58a to 58h – spreadsheet printout of Stream Depletion from Well and Residual Stream Depletion from Well model results, Jenkins, 1977 and Hunt, 1999, models, May 16, 2011
Memorandum by Kit Custis, Sr. Engineering Geologist, to Dr. Jeffrey R. Single, Regional Manager, DFG Central Region, Comments on October 2009 Draft EIR for the El Sur Ranch Water Right Application No. 30166, dated December 10, 2009, 66 pgs.
Aerial photos of the Big Sur River channel
SWRCB-3
(Exhibit offered by reference)
 Moeller, L. 1992. File State of California Memorandum: Report of Investigation Big Sur River in Monterey County. Complaint Section, State of California Division of Water Rights.
Testimony of Rob Titus
Qualifications of Rob Titus
Steelhead study progress report from Rob Titus to Ken Gray, Aug. 1994
Field notes by Rob Titus from Big Sur River steelhead study, 1992-1997
Draft manuscript by Rob Titus on history of steelhead south of S.F. Bay
Monthly mean flow on the Big Sur River from USGS gage 11143000
Report on Carmel River steelhead resource by Bill Snider, 1983
Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads by Willa Nehlsen et al. 1991
NMFS West Coast Steelhead Status Review 1996
Paper by A. Cooper and M. Mangel (1999) on salmonid metapopulations
Wild Salmon Center California Salmon Stronghold Designations
Annotated graphics of Big Sur River steelhead pop'n structure & growth
Graphic of invertebrate drift densities on Scott & Soquel creeks, 2007
Submitted manuscript on contrasting steelhead habitats and life histories
Paper by E.R. Keeley on food & space competition in juvenile steelhead
Paper by Boughton et al. (2007) on food effects on steelhead growth
Paper by Harvey et al. (2006) on low-flow effects on steelhead growth
Paper by Ward et al. (1989) on size biased marine survival of steelhead
Paper by Bond et al. (2008) on marine survival of steelhead
Atkinson thesis (2010) on steelhead lagoon rearing at San Gregorio Cr
Graphics of steelhead growth curves and body depths
Letter from Jeff Davis to Rob Titus regarding El Sur Ranch pumps
Photo of "half pounder" steelhead from Big Sur River, 1 August 1995
Wetted Perimeter Report for the Big Sur River by Rob Titus
Monterey County Big Sur River Protected Waterway Management Plan .
Letter from Lewis Moeller, SWRCB to James Hill, ESR, Dec. 27, 2007
Utility of El Sur Ranch Transect Data for Assessment of Wetted Perimeter - Flow Relationships on the Big Sur River

California Sportfishing Protection Alliance/Center for Biological Diversity/Ventana Wilderness Alliance

Exhibit No. Description
Testimony of Christopher Shutes
Christopher Shutes resume
Arc View screenshot: estimate of POU acreage
Photograph of coastline at El Sur Ranch
Rebuttal Testimony of Chris Shutes
Shutes Direct Powerpoint
Testimony of David H. Dettman
David H. Detmann Resume and Project Reports
Photographic Reconnaissance Survey of Stream Habitats in the Big Sur River (Dettman)
Reconnaissance Survey of Critical Migration Riffles in the Big Sur River Within Lower Andrew Molera State Park (Dettman)
Opening and Closing Status of Big Saur River Mouth (Dettman)
USGS Streamflow, Years 1950-2011 (MS-excel spreadsheet)
Juvenile Steelhead Number and Density Big Sur River
Juvenile Steelhead Density in Big Sur and Carmel
Stage/Streamflow Curve: SUGS Gage 1143010
Stage Change Modeling from USGS 11143010
Rebuttal Testimony of David H. Dettman
Table Data for Exh. CSPA/CBD - 103: Waypoints 229-230
Table Data for Exh. CSPA/CBD - 103: Waypoints 230-231
USGS Soquel Creek Flows, 2007
Dettman Rebuttal Powerpoint
Dettman Direct Powerpoint

Trout Unlimited

Exhibit No. Description
Brian Johnson Written Testimony
Brian Johnson Oral Presentation (Powerpoint slides)
Trout Unlimited CEQA Baseline Comment Letter (Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger June 3, 2010)
Water Code section 1259.2 Report (2010)
TU-5
(Exhibit offered by reference)
 North Coast Instream Flow Policy, including Task 3 Scientific Basis Report and Supplemental Environmental Document (2010)
(www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/instream_flows)
Biographies of Trout Unlimited and Brian Johnson
Biographies of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Amy Bricker and Rachel Hooper
Klamath Riverkeeper v. DFG (San Francisco Superior Court No. CPF-09-509915)
Jim Cunningham Statement

Carmel River Steelhead Association

Exhibit No. Description
LeNeve testimony
Shadwell correspondence
Zobel correspondence
Neidinger correspondence
Emerson correspondence
Thomas Correspondence
Cunningham Correspondence
Andersen Correspondence
Zampatti Correspondence
Wermuth Correspondence
Hilbert Correspondence
Smolt-Adult Survival Rates – Keogh River and Snow Creek
Smolt-Adult Survival Rate – Keogh River 1997 to 1999
Smolt-Adult Survival Rates, Still Creek
Carmel River Juvenile Steelhead Annual Population Survey
Carmel River – Fall Juvenile Steelhead Population Density
Big Sur River Fishermen
Mearns Correspondence
Isaac Correspondence
Arcoleo Correspondence
Russell Correspondence
Big Sur River Fishermen Survey
Big Sur River Past/Potential Steelhead Numbers and Declines

Lorri Lockwood

Exhibit No. Description
 N/A
 Exhibits were not entered into evidence since the party did not appear at the hearing.

State Water Board Hearing Team

Exhibit No. Description
SWRCB-1
(incorporated by reference)
 Water right files for Application 30166
SWRCB-2
(incorporated by reference)
 Draft Environmental Impact Report for El Sur Ranch Water Right Application No. 30166, October 2009
SWRCB-3 (incorporated by reference)
 Complaint files  27-06-01 and 27-06-04 regarding diversions by El Sur Ranch
SWRCB-4 (incorporated by reference)
Water right files for Application 30946
SWRCB-5
(incorporated by reference)
 All data recorded at USGS gage 11143000, Big Sur River Near Big Sur CA, from 1950 through July 8, 2011.
SWRCB-6
(incorporated by reference)
 All data recorded at USGS gage 11143010, Big Sur River at Andrew Molera State Park Near Big Sur CA, from October 22, 2010 through July 8, 2011.
SWRCB-7
(incorporated by reference)
 California Department of Water Resources Bulletin 113-3 – Vegetative Water Use in California, 1974
Rick Hanson Qualifications
Sabrina Cook Qualifications