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Reclamation to Open the Delta Cross Channel Gates Today
Media Contact:
Louis Moore, 916-978-5100, 11/29/2016 11:18
For Release: November 29, 2016
WALNUT GROVE, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation will open the Delta Cross Channel Gates today, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, at approximately 2 p.m. The National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion criteria related to the Knight's Landing Catch Index has been satisfied, and Reclamation may now reopen the gates. The gates will remain open until further notice. Please be advised that the decision to open or close the gates can be made on short notice based on requirements.
The Delta Cross Channel Gates control the diversion channel near Walnut Grove about 30 miles south of Sacramento. When the gates are open, fresh water is drawn from the Sacramento River into the interior of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through Snodgrass Slough and the Mokelumne River. The open gates also allow boat traffic to pass. When closed, the gates prevent juvenile salmon from being diverted from their migratory route along the Sacramento River into the interior Delta.
Boaters are advised to check the status of the gates. The closing and opening of the gates generally takes about one hour.
Information on gate operations can be accessed on Reclamation’s Central Valley Operations website at
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvo/vungvari/dcc_chng.pdf or by calling 916-979-2194 or 916-979-2683.
For additional information, please call the Public Affairs Office at 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339).
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