Fishgate project aims to help salmon
The brainchild for fishgate came to River Partners Senior Restoration Ecologist Michael Rogner, and Co-Founder of River Partners and Director of Special Projects John Carlon, over a couple of beers at a bar. Fishgate is an automated/engineered fish door which helps struggling Chinook salmon at River Partners’ Willow Bend Preserve near Colusa return back to their native riverside ranges along the Sacramento River. The first-of-its-kind fish gate designed by the Cal Poly Irrigation & Training Research Center will prevent juvenile salmon from being trapped on the restored floodplain.
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