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Sacramento Bee Front Page Story June 19, 2011

Sacramento Bee Front Page Story June 19, 2011. Battle Creek : 222,267 acres Tributary of the Sacramento River Shasta and Tehama Counties 22 Calwater Planning Watersheds.

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Sacramento Bee Front Page Story June 19, 2011

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  1. Sacramento Bee Front Page Story June 19, 2011 • Battle Creek: • 222,267 acres • Tributary of the Sacramento River • Shasta and Tehama Counties • 22 Calwater Planning Watersheds

  2. The salmon restoration project on Battle Creek involves removing 5 dams owned by PG&E and modifying 4 others so steelhead and winter- and spring-run salmon can migrate upstream. Marily Woodhouse checks a water sample she took near a clear-cut forest. Her group is suing Sierra Pacific Industries, arguing that its logging practices harms salmon habitat.

  3. Work included on the $128 million project to restore endangered salmon and steelhead on Battle Creek in Shasta County. Sac Bee wrote “But while one agency is managing the project, another is allowing clear-cut logging upstream that could jeopardize the restoration, biologists and residents argue.”

  4. SPI Clearcuts near Lassen National Park

  5. Bailey Cr Planning Watershed: ~30% evenaged management from 1997-2010, and ~40% with all silvicultural systems included.

  6. Past Practices: Photos from 1976 Soil Erosion Study “Intermittent stream has received a great deal of eroded soil.”

  7. Past Practices: Photos from 1976 Soil Erosion Study

  8. With current Forest Practices, where Does Sediment Come From in the Battle Creek Watershed? Data from Benda et al. 2003 Long-Term Sediment Budget for the Judd Creek Basin

  9. Increased Peak Flows in the Rain-on-Snow Zone “A rain-on-snow storm in January 1997 disturbed stream reaches at high elevations…We believe this storm event was the primary sediment source factor affecting aspects of stream condition in the Battle Creek watershed.” Ward and Moberg 2004 • When to be concerned about increased peak flows in the ROS Zone: • Large parts (25-50%) of a small to medium sized basin (1000 to 10,000 acres) have been clearcut in the past 10 years.

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