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River’s Rare Waves Attract White Water Kayakers, Surfers

Surf’s up, in the middle of Redding. The Bureau of Reclamation has released 36,000 cubic feet per second of water from Shasta Dam. One result is that the water flowing over the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID) dam in Caldwell Park… Continue Reading

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UPDATE: Kokanee Salmon Die-off Prompts Questions; No Official Explanation

The Trinity Reservoir is so over-stocked with Kokanee salmon that the loss of a few thousand fingerlings to save Chinook salmon in the lower Klamath will not hurt the Kokanee fishery, according to Monty Currier of the California Department of… Continue Reading

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21st Annual Return of the Salmon Festival

The Bureau of Reclamation’s Northern California Area Office will participate in the 21st annual Return of the Salmon Festival. The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 15, at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery near… Continue Reading

Report: Coleman Hatchery Improvements Pose ‘No Significant Impact’

The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have released the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Coleman Barrier Weir Site Modifications Project. The Coleman National Fish Hatchery complex, on Battle Creek near… Continue Reading

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A Shared Vision, Spanning Decades: The Redding Area’s Trail System

Back in the 1970s, the only thing resembling a “Sacramento River Trail” in Redding was an old railroad grade on the hillside between the river and some west Redding neighborhoods. Much as today, a thick layer of medium-sized rock covered… Continue Reading