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Red Bluff urges fish hotel’

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 21, 2009 at 8:08 am

From the Contra Costa Times:

“Projects to improve areas along the river were presented Thursday during the second in a series of workshops about the loss of Lake Red Bluff.

City Manager Martin Nichols presented a project for River Park and the area around Red Bank Creek. The project would require removing the sand bar in front of River Park and dredging a channel to create a shallow spot for migrating fish to rest as they travel upstream something of a fish hotel, Nichols said.

This could lead to an extension of the boat ramp as well.

It creates an opportunity for things to happen there that otherwise wouldn’t if it’s just a gravel bar, Nichols said.

The city has applied for a $750,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the 2010 Open Rivers Initiative to fund the project. … “

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November 21, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California

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