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Under Alternative 1C, the current fishing regulations would need to change to close fishing between Nimbus Dam and the USGS (United States Geological Survey) gaging station cable crossing year-round. The changing of these regulations would require the approval of the Fish and Game Commission. [12]
The Nimbus Dam is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California. Approximately 8,700 acre-feet (10,700 dam 3 ) of water is retained by the dam. It is responsible for the impoundment of water from the American River to create the Lake Natoma reservoir .
The Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Sacramento County has delayed the annual opening of its salmon ladder. ... The water flowing down the American River is released from Folsom Lake through the Folsom Dam.
About 7 mi (11 km) downstream of Folsom Dam is the Nimbus Dam, forming Lake Natoma. [574] The dam generates 7.7 MW from two Kaplan turbines on the north side of the river. The Nimbus Fish Hatchery is located downstream of Nimbus Dam, to compensate for the two dams' destruction of American River spawning grounds. [575]
Dozens of Chinook salmon can still be seen swimming up the fish ladder at the hatchery’s visitor center.
The Folsom South Canal is an aqueduct in Northern California in the United States.The canal diverts water from the American River at Nimbus Dam in Sacramento County and travels about 26.7 miles (43.0 km) in a southerly direction, terminating near Clay, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Lodi.
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When the Folsom-Nimbus project was completed in 1958, most of the spawning and rearing areas for the fish were cut off. Nimbus Hatchery was constructed to replace the salmon and steelhead runs that were blocked by Nimbus dam. [16] The Nimbus Fish Hatchery located at Nimbus Dam raises Chinook salmon and steelhead for release to the American ...