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Reclamation Schedules Opening of Red Bluff Diversion Dam Gates
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: August 27, 2009
The Bureau of Reclamation will begin opening the Red Bluff Diversion Dam gates and lowering Lake Red Bluff on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. The gates' opening is in compliance with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service Biological Opinion. Opening the dam gates helps migration of winter-run and spring-run Chinook salmon and green sturgeon past the dam site.
The lake level is expected to decrease approximately 3 to 4 feet the first day, with lake level adjustments continuing each day until the lake is reduced back to the river channel. All boats affected by the changing levels should be relocated or removed from the lake before 6 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. The gates are expected to be completely opened by Thursday, September 3, 2009.
Red Bluff Diversion Dam, on the Sacramento River about 2 miles southeast of Red Bluff, California, diverts water from the Sacramento River to the Corning and Tehama-Colusa Canals, which serve approximately 150,000 irrigated acres south of Red Bluff.
To meet migration needs, newly installed pumps will be used to divert water from the Sacramento River to the Tehama-Colusa and Corning canals during periods when the dam gates are opened.
For more information, please contact Mr. Paul Freeman, Reclamation's Northern California Area Office, at 530-529-3890 or e-mail pfreeman@usbr.gov.
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