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- Bear Creek
- Big Chico Creek
- Butte Creek Watershed
Lower Butte Creek
Weir 2
Willow Slough Weir
DWR Pumping Plants - Calaveras River Watershed
- Calaveras River
- Calaveras River - Budiselich Dam
- Clear Creek
- Clover Creek
- Deer Creek
- Dry Creek Watershed
Dry Creek
Dry Creek - Miners Ravine - Lake Davis
- Marsh Creek
- Murphy Creek
- Sacramento River
- Stanislaus River
- York Creek
- Yolo Bypass
- Yuba River Watershed
Yuba River
Yuba River - Daguerre Point Dam
Clear Creek - Saeltzer Dam
Clear Creek Before Initiating the Project
Background
In November 2000, Saeltzer Dam was removed from Clear Creek, in Shasta County, and access to upstream spring-run Chinook habitat was restored. A berm of cleaned spawning gravel was constructed downstream from the dam site to retain additional sediment. Armored with large rocks, it did not wash out as predicted with winter storms. This created a new barrier to spring-run salmon expected to migrate upstream in late winter.
Project
The FPIP provided construction resources under the direction of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to quickly remove the armoring and disburse the berm in March 2001. The project cost $28,000 and was completed before spring-run migration began.
Clear Creek After Completion of the Project