Dam removal results in record spring-run chinook on Battle Creek

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More than 700 spring-run salmon swam up the creek this year, said Mike Berry, a DFG environmental scientist.

Last year a little more than 100 salmon swam upstream past the Coleman Fish Hatchery weir, Berry said. The previous high was 291 in 2007.

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In the summer of 2010 the Bureau of Reclamation and other agencies began removing barriers on the creek above the fish hatchery to entice more fish to spawn upstream of Coleman.

Berry said the goal is to eventually have 2,500 spring-run and winter-run salmon spawning upstream of the fish hatchery.

http://www.redding.com/news/2012/aug/22/dam-removal-results-in-record-spring-run-chinook/

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1. Takes a while, but doable. Coordinated efforts in CA Central Coast creeks (SLO, SB, Ven Counties)

have resulted in a steady increase of steelhead restoration successes. Federal, State, County, City, private non-profit and individual citizen support have all played a part. Some keys - creek bed improvements, removal of non-native vegetation, replanting native creek side vegetation (shade is necessary for egg viability), better ag irrigation runoff management, better neighborhood / street drainage regulations, supplemental clean (treated) waste water during dry years and public promotion of healthy creeks.

Steelhead show signs of rebound in San Luis Obispo County
Recent evaluation credits restoration by government and private groups

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/01/07/1435132/steelhead-show-signs-of-rebound.html#storylink=cpy