Evaluation of Two Low-Flow Releases from Big Tujunga Reservoir, Los Angeles County, California, 2003

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Game, the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW), and the Upper Los Angeles River Area Watermaster have been working closely over the last several years to develop a flow-release strategy for maintaining and enhancing Santa Ana Sucker habitat within the lower Big Tujunga Creek. The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the USFS conducted a low-flow study on the Lower Big Tijunga Creek to evaluate the creek’s response to low-flow releases.