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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



FISH SCREEN AND LADDER PROJECTS 



Name, Location and Sponsor 



1. Battle Creek Screen; Shasta Co. 



side of Battle Creek ; Div. of Fish 

 and Game. Project No. 44-9. 



2. Bennett und S)nitk Dam Fish Lad- 



der; Siskiyou Co., on S. Fork of 

 Salmon Kiver ; Div. of Fish and 

 Came. Project No. 44-3. 

 .">. Burnt Ranch Falls Fish Ladder: 

 Trinity Co., on main Trinity 

 River ; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project No. 44-2. 



4. Canyon Creek Fish Ladder; Trinity 



Co., four miles upstream from 

 junction of Canyon Creek and 

 Trinity River ; Trinity Co. Sports- 

 men. Project No. 62. 



5. Central Headquarters for Stream 



Improvement ; Sacramento Co., at 

 Central Valleys Hatchery. Elk 

 Grove ; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project No. 42. 

 (). iJagueire Point Fish Ladders; Yuba 

 Co.. at junction of Dry Creek and 

 Yuba River ; Div. of Fish and 

 Game. Project No. 3. 



7. Deer Creek Falls Fish Ladder; one 



mile upstream from Potato Patch 

 Camp Grounds, Tehama Co. ; As- 

 sociated Sportsmen of California. 

 Project No. 9. 



8. Deer Creek Fish Screens; Tehama 



Co., three miles NE. of Vina ; Div. 

 of Fish and Game. Project No. 

 44-5. 



9. Glenn-Colusa Canal Screens; Gleun 



Co., Sacramento River and Stony 

 Creek ; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project No. 43. 



10. Men dot a Fish Ladder; Fresno Co., 



one mile NE. of Mendota ; Div. of 

 Fish and Game. Project No. 44-7. 



11. Merced Fish Screen and Ladders; 



Merced Co., in vicinity of Snelling, 

 about 15 miles E. of Merced ; Div. 

 of Fish and Game. Project No. 

 44-6. 



12. Salt Slough Fish Ladder; Merced 



Co., five miles E. of Los Banos ; 

 Div. of Fish and Game. Project 

 No. 44-8. 



13. Saivyer's Bar Auxiliary Dam; Sisk- 



iyou Co., on N. Fork of Salmon 

 River ; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project No. 63. 



14. Sutter-Butte Fish way ; Butte Co., 



Feather River, 5 miles E. of Grid- 

 ley ; Div. of Fish and Game. Proj- 

 ect No. 45. 



Description 



Screening irrigation ditch intake about i 

 mile below Coleman Fed. Hatchery to 

 safeguard young salmon and steelhead 

 on way to ocean. 



Replacement of present inadequate, 

 poorly located ladder. 



Creation of fish ladder by blasting pools 

 out of the bedrocks in the more difficult 

 rapids. 



Replacement of unsatisfactory wooden 

 ladder with better located ladder and 

 larger steps. 



I'refabricated building to serve as equip- 

 ment warehouse and to house machine 

 shop for constr. of minor installations 

 and repairs. 



Constr. of two fishways at opposite ends 

 of 750' Ig. Daguerre Pt. Dam, which 

 now blocks salmon from about 90% of 

 their spawning grounds. 



Ladder approx. 25' high to permit salmon 

 to ascend to spawning grounds. 



Three screens and by-passes on irrigation 

 ditches. 



Mechanical screens to prevent heavy an- 

 nual losses of young salmon. Ditch at 

 max. carries over 2,200 c. f. s. Present 

 rack wholly unsatisfactory. 



Fish ladder over dam at Mendota Pool on 

 San Joaciuin River. 



Four fish ladders and one screen on Mer- 

 ced River. 



Fish ladder from San Joaquin River into 

 Miller-Lux Canal to divert fish around 

 dried-up section of main stream 

 channel. 



Present fish ladder at Sawyer's Bar Dam 

 unsatisfactory. Auxiliary dam to raise 

 water level in pool below existing 

 structure to allow fish to ascend. 



To replace present inadequate fishway 

 which is responsible for heavy salmon 

 losses. 



