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Open House/Public i IDraft
National Fish Hatcheryi t Plan
ILLI➢BLUFF, Calif.—The Bureau of Reclamation will hold an open house/public meeting to solicit input on the
Draft Coleman National Fish Hatchery (CNFH)Adaptive Management Plan (AMP).
The meeting will be held in:
Iced.Bluff
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 6-8 p.m.
Hampton Inn Conference Room
520 Adobe Road
The purpose of the CNFH AMP is to acknowledge, identify, study and evaluate uncertainties regarding the
operation of a large scale fish hatchery in a watershed being restored for natural salmonid populations through the
Battle Creek Salmon and.Steelhead Restoration Project(:Restoration Project). The goal of the CNFH AMP is to
provide solutions and processes to support optimization of CNFH programs, operations and infrastructure so that
the hatchery mitigation goals and objectives are achieved, while maximizing its compatibility with the Restoration
Project. The CNFH AMP is intended to closely coordinate with the Restoration Project AMP, so that together the
two adaptive management plans form a single integrated framework for adaptive management in.Battle Creek.
Since its establishment in 1.942,the CNFH has served as an important mitigation component of the federal Central
Valley Project, partially compensating for lost natural salmonid production resulting from construction of Shasta
and Keswick dams. Currently,the CNFH annually propagates three salmonid stocks: fall-run Chinook salmon,
late-fall-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelheade
The Restoration Project is a collaborative effort among Reclamation,Pacific Cas and Electric Company (PG&E),
National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,.the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife, various resource agencies and local stakeholders to restore approximately 48 miles of habitat in Battle
Creek and its tributaries for threatened and endangered Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead, while
maintaining clean and renewable energy production at the PG&E Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project.
The, Draft CNFH AMP is located on http l/v ut krr a>_v�oral �l ;wttiG„ r � k�cda�e:opal �_.:.t)k ��rol ,l rCi'. if you encounter
problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100(TTY 800-877-8329) or email
t:rrpprl li'ar�L�t!L( (fit°.gov. Copies of the document are available at the Tehama County Library, 615 Madison St.,
Red Bluff, CA 96080 and will be available at the meeting,
Written comments must be received by close of business Monday,May 2, 2016.Written comments will be
accepted at the meeting or may be mailed to Mary Marshall, Battle Creek Restoration Project Manager, Bureau of
Reclamation,MP-203, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825;faxed to 916-978-5345; or emailed to
inmarshall @us'br,&()v.
Information regarding the CNFH AMP is available at Information
regarding the Restoration Project is available ati /battlecre��.pp-_
For more information, please contact Mary Marshall at 916-978-5248 (TTY 800-877-8339).
Reclamation is the largest wholesale water supplier and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the United States,
with operations and facilities in the 17 Western States.Its facilities also provide substantial flood control,recreation,and fish and
wildlife benefits. Visit our website at wAA.qsbr.Dov.