Removal of the Sunset Weir on the Feather River proposed
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the removal of the Sutter Extension Water District’s Sunset Weir across the Feather River south of Paseo Road. The removal of the weir would be good for Chinook salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon and fish generally. … However, at this time the documents do not acknowledge that the entire Feather River, including its temporarily dry banks below ordinary high water marks, is subject to the public right to boat, fish, hunt and engage in other forms of recreation; nor do they acknowledge that the public has a right to fish on state-owned land (the Sutter Extension Water District parcel); and that agencies should not be interfering with public access to and use of the river if public access is feasible.