Battle-Creek Watershed Conservancy

08/24/2026

Winter Run Chinook need Battle Creek.

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/secret-survival-californias-most-endangered-salmon

08/17/2026

Like fishing and photography?

Submit your photo today and the winner gets 2 nights at Bailey Creek Lodge right here in beautiful Manton, CA.

LESS THAN 24 HOURS to submit your photo to the Fish Water People Photo Contest, hosted in partnership with California Fly Fisher! 🕐 ⌛ This is the last chance to submit your best pictures and we don't want you to miss your shot (literally). A stellar line-up of prizes is up for grabs, along with the chance to solidify your legacy in the CalTrout artist community!

📸 🐟 Don’t let the perfect image of a California sunset or rushing river just sit in your camera roll. Share it with your fellow California nature lovers and us – we want to see what moves you!

Share your photos of California’s rivers, streams, wild fish, and angling or outdoor experiences now. Click the link to submit by 11:59pm PT tonight: https://caltrout.org/photocontest

📸: "Merced River in Yosemite Valley in the Rain" by Santiago Rodriguez, 2025 Grand Prize Award winner

08/17/2026

What's up with Lake Nora?

PG&E recently submitted this letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Seepage was first observed in 2022. It really hasn't stopped since then and it seems to be getting worse.

Lake Nora is still a lake and water is still flowing into it from the Keswick ditch, however the overall water level is lower.

The specific details are kept from the Public under CEII or CUI. That's Confidential Energy Infrastructure Information, and Confidential Utility Information. Basically some information shouldn't be public because it could be used by bad actors, terrorists and the like.

Not so sure that PG&E's seepage issue on Lake Nora should fall into this category so we unfortunately don't know the specific nature and degree of the problem. Animal intrusion and/or root intrusion is the most likely culprit.

We'll cover Lake Grace tomorrow.

08/16/2026

Whiskey's for drinking and water is for fighting.

It was recess at the Lee School near the Volta Powerhouse near Manton on a March day in 1914. Wondering how much time he had left to play, little Cras Howard climbed on a rock beneath a schoolroom window so he could peek at the clock. But…

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08/14/2026

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted PG&E a one year license to continue to operate the Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project. The current license expired on July 31, 2026.

This was expected. FERC grants the year to year licenses when a Project’s license is in the process of renewing or when, like Battle Creek, the Project has begun the License Surrender and Decommissioning process.

Basically this requires PG&E to continue to operate the Battle Creek Project under the terms of its license until FERC issues a decommissioning order. We do not expect an order for 5+ years.

The risk for the watershed, residents and Coleman National Fish Hatchery is that something will break and that PG&E will not fix it. PG&E will tell FERC that because the Project is planned to be decommissioned it is not in the interest of ratepayers to fix the problem, and FERC has generally approved those requests.

This really matters for Coleman National Fish Hatchery. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has had eight years to come up with a new water supply for CNFH. Right now BOR doesn’t even have a plan. The largest federal hatchery and the biggest contributor to Salmon in California could lose its primary water supply, because of BOR’s inaction.

08/13/2026

A beloved lake is facing an unclear future in Shingletown as PG&E prepares to pull out of the Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project, which could include removing the dam that forms McCumber Reservoir. A group of local residents that hopes to save the lake will face a multitude of environmental, cultura...

08/11/2026

Lassen National Forest does not usually need to tell people to put out their campfires. This year is different.

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08/11/2026

08/10/2026

The legal fight over how much cold water stays behind Shasta Dam this fall just got harder for the fish.

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04/30/2026

6pm tonight at SVFD and online via Zoom.

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