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DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME 



Waterfowl Management Areas 



The only ne\\^ waterfowl management project for 

 the period was the purchase of the 59-acre Indian Tom 

 Public Shooting Area in Siskiyou County. This land 

 was made available hv the State Lands Commission for 

 $1,834. 



Considerable development was under way toward 

 the completion of the Lower Butte Creek (Gray 

 Lodge) Waterfowl Management Area in Butte 

 County, as well as the Mendota Area in Fresno 

 County. 



For the development and land acquisition of 490 

 acres at Mendota Waterfowl Management Area there 

 was allocated $107,000. The Lower Butte Creek allo- 

 cation for development during the period was 

 $124,200. 



Fish Screens and Ladders 



The Wildlife Conservation Board continued to pro- 

 vide funds for the larger screens on irrigation diver- 

 sions. 



Several fish ladders were completed, the most im- 

 portant being the Woodbridge fish ladder on the 



Mokelumne River at Woodbridge, and the fish ladder 

 on Clear Creek in Shasta County, a tributary to the 

 Sacramento River. 



Probably the most interesting fish ladder completed 

 during the biennium is the Iron Canyon Barrier on 

 Big Chico Creek, near Chico. This rock barrier has 

 blocked fish passage to the spawning gravels above 

 for more than 50 years. Details may be found in the 

 Inland Fisheries section of this report. 



Stream Improvement 



The stream improvement project in Southern Cali- 

 fornia was continued during the period, but it became 

 increasingly difficut to locate suitable sites for the small 

 dams. By the end of the biennium, it was apparent that 

 the project should be closed. Future projects in this 

 area will be evaluated individually. 



The stream flow maintenance projects in the El 

 Dorado National Forest and the Tahoe National For- 

 est were continued. With the projects completed dur- 

 ing the biennium, there have been 143 miles of stream 

 kept flowing during the summer and fall seasons. No 

 new money was allocated, but $90,000 was expended 

 during the period. 



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Name 



County 



Access to 



Allocation 



Operated by 



Julian Wash 



6th Ave. Terminus.- 

 36tb Ave. Terminus. 

 38th Ave. Terminus. 



Anderson 



Balls Ferry.- _ 



Bend Bridge 



Tehama Co. Park-__ 



Tehama City 



'Reclamation site 21 



Chico Creek. _ 



Tisdale Weir 



Benights landing 



Clarksburg. _ 



Yaba City 



Boyd Pumps 



Suisun 



Alameda 



Vallejo 



Klamath Glenn 



Lost Lake. 



Imperial.. 

 Riverside, 

 Riverside. 

 Riverside. 



Shasta 



Shasta 



Tehama.. 

 Tehama.. 

 Tehama.. 



Glenn 



Butte 



Sutter 



Yolo 



Yolo 



Sutter 



Sutter 



Solano 



Alameda. 



Solano 



Del Norte 

 Fresno 



Colorado River 



Colorado River 



Colorado River 



Colorado River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Sacramento River 



Feather River 



Feather River... 



Suisun and Grizzly Bays 



San Francisco Bay 



San Francisco Bay 



Klamath 



San Joaquin River 



*$10,8S0 



3,800 



7,700 



4,000 



19,000 



23,000 



23,000 



12,200 



21,500 



1,260 



14,500 



2,660 



22,000 



26,000 



20,000 



22.600 



12,600 



26,000 



26.000 



12,480 



27,200 



County 



County 



County 



City 



County 



County 



County 



County 



Coimty 



Recreation Bist. 



County 



County 



County 



City 



County 



City 



City 



City 



County 



County 



* Land Acquisition only. 



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