Delta Watershed Fish Project: Summary of Activities

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Delta Watershed Fish ProjectSummary of
Activities Questions for Stakeholders

• Presented to
• Local Stakeholder Advisory Group (LSAG)
• April 26, 2006
• Stockton, CA

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Summary of Project Activities

• 2006 Mini-grants
• Training
• Surveys
• FSNEP, WIC, CPSP Programs
• Needs Assessments Focus Groups
• Signage
• New Material

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2006 Mini-grants

• Maat Youth Academy
• Ecovillage Farm Learning Center
• LULAC Todos Unidos
• Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation, Inc. (VIVO)
• United Cambodian Families

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Training-for-Trainers

• 10 people were trained at 3/8/06
  training-for-trainers
• Certificates of completion were distributed

• Some comments from trainers
• It is professional, effective and necessary.
  Thank you for your work and dedication to fish
  issues!
• I thought the training was very effective, not
  too hard but simple.

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Trainings and Presentations

• Recent Trainings
• Solano County School Health Council
• Queen of the Valley Community Outreach (Napa)
• Coop Extension Shasta County
• EcoVillage Farm Learning Center
• USBR staff at Lake Berryessa
• Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
• Delta Health Care WIC
• Upcoming Trainings
• Solano County Environmental Health
• Sacramento County WIC

Q What are other training needs in your
community?
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Northern CA Boat Show Outreach and Angler Survey
CA Department of Boating and Waterways provided a
table for DHS in the Boater Safety Area. Anglers
were encouraged to respond to a brief survey.
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Delta Angler SurveyFall 2005
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FSNEP Fish Connection
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Collaboration with Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC)
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Delta Health Care WIC (Stockton)
500 study participants, October 2004
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Delta Health Care WIC
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Delta Health Care WIC
Timeline 2004 - WIC Counselor Training 1
Completed Consumption Survey 2005 June WIC
Counselor Training 2 JulySept Participant
Education November Fish education incorporated
into WIC protocol 2006 - FebMar Evaluation
Phase 1 (Implementation) April WIC Counselor
Training 3 April WIC Statewide
Conference TBD Evaluation Phase 2
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Sacramento County CPSP Clinic

• 1)  Evaluate the feasibility of integrating
  fish-consumption risk reduction assessment tools
  and educational modules into a Comprehensive
  Perinatal Services Program.
• 2)  Examine the risk of exposure to methylmercury
  through consumption of sport fish, commercial
  fish, and seafood.
• 3)  Determine access to reimbursement for testing
  of mercury in whole blood via Medi-Cal and other
  health insurance plans.
• 4) Through chart review, evaluate the utility of
  a follow-up protocol for monitoring the decrease
  of mercury levels to the reference dose of lt 5.6
  ug/L.
• 5)  Test the precision of an algorithm for
  expected mercury levels by comparing the
  calculation with laboratory analysis of blood
  mercury.
• 6)  Assess laboratory variability in clinical
  testing for mercury in whole blood by comparing
  with standard methods employed by NHANES.

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Fish Mercury Project Monitoring fish in the
greater Delta watershed

• 2nd year of project
• Monitoring in north Delta, Sacramento River to
  Shasta Lake, some tributaries
• Needs assessment and fishing activities
  assessment in target counties

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Needs Assessment and Fishing Activities
Assessment Counties

• Butte
• Colusa
• Contra Costa
• Glenn
• Sacramento
• San Joaquin
• Shasta
• Solano
• Sutter
• Tehama
• Yolo
• Yuba

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Needs Assessment Key informant interviews,
focus groups

• We met with
• Local Health Officers
• Public Health Directors
• Environmental Health Directors
• Fish and Game Commission
• Public Health Nursing Directors
• WIC coordinators

• Park Rangers
• OEHHA
• Dept of Fish Game lieutenants and biologists
• Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP)
  Coordinators
• And Others

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Focus Groups

• Fishing in the City Volunteers
• March 29, 2006
• Topic New Advisory Format and Wording

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Focus Groups

• LULAC Todos Unidos
• April 6, 2006

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Focus Groups

• Hmong United Community of Oroville
• April 14, 2006

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Upcoming Focus Groups

• Possible
• Boaters who catch and eat fish
• Native Americans (Shasta County)
• Vietnamese

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Delta Warning Sign
Printed 300 Large Signs, 500 Small
Signs Distribution and Evaluation Plans under
development. Q Who can facilitate a media event
in your community?

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New Educational Material for Anglers
Q What kind of material could be used for
anglers throughout Northern California?
First draft of a possible new material
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Thank you