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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



FISH SCREEN AND LADDER PROJECTS 



Natne, Location and Sponsor 



1. Battle Creek Screen; Shasta Co. 



side of Battle Creek ; Div. of Fish 

 and Game. Project Xo. 44-9. 



2. Bennett and Smith Dam Fish Lad- 



der; Siskiyou Co., on S. Fork of 

 Salmon River ; Div. of Fish and 

 Came. Project Xo. 44-.3. 

 ."J. Burnt Ranch Falls Fish Ladder; 

 Trinity Co., on main Trinity 

 River ; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project Xo. 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 Xo. 62. 



5. Central Headquarters for Stream 



Improvement ; Sacramento Co., at 

 Central Valleys Hatchery, Elk 

 Grove; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project Xo. 42. 



(!. Dnguerre Point Fish Ladders; Yuba 

 Co., at junction of Dry Creek and 

 Yuba River; Div. of Fish and 

 Game. Project Xo. 3. 



7. Deer Creek Falls Fish Ladder; one 

 mile upstream from Potato Patch 

 Camp Grounds, Tehama Co. ; A.s- 

 .'«»ciated Sportsmen of California. 

 Project Xo. 9. 



S. Deer Creek Fish Screens; Tehama 

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

 of Fi.sh and Game. Project Xo. 

 44-rj. 



'.). Glenn-Colusa Canal Screens; Glenn 

 Co., Sacramento River and Stony 

 Creek ; Div. of Fish and Game. 

 Project Xo. 43. 



10. Mendota Fish Ladder; Fresno Co., 



one mile XE. of Mendota ; Div. of 

 Fi.sh and (Jame. I'roject Xo. 44-7. 



11. Mened Fish Screen and Ladders; 



Merced Co., in vicinity of Snelling, 

 about ]."> mile.s E. of Merced ; Div. 

 of V\sh and Game. Project Xo. 

 44-G. 



12. Salt Slough Fish Ladder; Merced 



Co.. five miles E. of Lo.s Banos ; 

 Div. of Fish and Game. Project 

 No. 44-S 



n. Sniryrr'H Bur Au.rilinri/ Dam; Sisk- 

 i>ou Co., on N. Fork of Salmon 

 Riv.T; Div. of Fi.sh :nid Game. 

 Projfct Xo. f;3. 



14. Sutler-Bulte Fuhwny; Butte Co., 

 Fpnfher Rivfr. '» mib-s E. of Grid- 

 loy; Div. of Fi.sli and (ianie. Proj- 

 ect No. 45. 



Description 



Screening irrigation ditch intake about J 

 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. 



Prefabricated 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 7.50' 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. 



I'^ish ladder over dam at Mendota Pool on 

 San Joaquin River. 



Four fish ladders and one screen on Mer- 

 ced River. 



Fi.sh 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. 



