RED BLUFF, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold an open house/public meeting to solicit input on the Draft Coleman National Fish Hatchery (CNFH) Adaptive Management Plan (AMP).
The meeting will be held in:
Red Bluff
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 6-8 p.m.
Hampton Inn Conference Room
520 Adobe Road
The purpose of the CNFH AMP is to acknowledge, identify, study and evaluate uncertainties regarding the operation of a large scale fish hatchery in a watershed being restored for natural salmonid populations through the Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project (Restoration Project). The goal of the CNFH AMP is to provide solutions and processes to support optimization of CNFH programs, operations and infrastructure so that the hatchery mitigation goals and objectives are achieved, while maximizing its compatibility with the Restoration Project. The CNFH AMP is intended to closely coordinate with the Restoration Project AMP, so that together the two adaptive management plans form a single integrated framework for adaptive management in Battle Creek.
Since its establishment in 1942, the CNFH has served as an important mitigation component of the federal Central Valley Project, partially compensating for lost natural salmonid production resulting from construction of Shasta and Keswick dams. Currently, the CNFH annually propagates three salmonid stocks: fall-run Chinook salmon, late-fall-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead.
The Restoration Project is a collaborative effort among Reclamation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, various resource agencies and local stakeholders to restore approximately 48 miles of habitat in Battle Creek and its tributaries for threatened and endangered Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead, while maintaining clean and renewable energy production at the PG&E Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project.
The Draft CNFH AMP is located on http://www.usbr.gov/mp/battlecreek/docs/pd-cnfhamp.pdf. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. Copies of the document are available at the Tehama County Library, 645 Madison St., Red Bluff, CA 96080 and will be available at the meeting.
Written comments must be received by close of business Monday, May 2, 2016. Written comments will be accepted at the meeting or may be mailed to Mary Marshall, Battle Creek Restoration Project Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, MP-203, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825; faxed to 916-978-5345; or emailed to mmarshall@usbr.gov.
Information regarding the CNFH AMP is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/battlecreek/cnfh.html. Information regarding the Restoration Project is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/battlecreek.
For more information, please contact Mary Marshall at 916-978-5248 (TTY 800-877-8339).
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
