FIRO is a proposed management strategy that uses data from watershed monitoring and modern weather and water forecasting to help water managers selectively retain or release water from reservoirs in a manner that reflects current and forecasted conditions. FIRO as a potential future method supporting reservoir operations is being developed and tested as a collaborative effort focused on Lake Mendocino that engages experts in civil engineering, hydrology, meteorology, biology, economics and climate from several federal, state and local agencies and universities.
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Executive Summary
Introduction
Interagency Cooperation
Water Challenges
Steering Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Jay Jasperse
    Sonoma County Water Agency
  • F. Martin Ralph
    Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Members

  • Michael Anderson
    California State Climate Office, Department of Water Resources
  • Levi Brekke
    Bureau of Reclamation
  • Michael Dettinger
    United States Geological Survey
  • Mike Dillabough
    US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Rob Hartman
    NOAA's National Weather Service
  • Christy Jones
    US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Patrick Rutten
    NOAA Restoration Center
  • Cary Talbot
    US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Robert Webb
    NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory
Support Staff
  • Ann DuBay
    Sonoma County Water Agency
  • David Ford
    David Ford Consulting Engineers
  • Arleen O'Donnell
    Eastern Research Group
FIRO Task Groups and Leads
Preliminary Viability Assessment:
David Ford (David Ford Consulting Engineers) and
Jay Jasperse (Sonoma County Water Agency) 		Procedural Matters:
Mike Dillabough (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) 		Scientific Research:
Marty Ralph (CW3E: Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and
Cary Talbot (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)