Friday, October 18, 2013

SARSAS General Meeting Agenda (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) MONDAY, October 28, 2013



                                                          SARSAS General Meeting Agenda
(OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
MONDAY, October 28, 2013
175 Fulweiler Avenue (the Domes), Auburn, CA 95603 
Contact: SARSAS President Jack Sanchez at 530-888-0281
Meetings are Fourth Monday of each month at 10-11 a.m.

I.      Self- introductions and sign-ins.                       

II.    SARSAS Philosophy – We believe by working together with many individuals and agencies at the same table, we can achieve the mission of SARSAS, which is to return salmon and  steelhead to the entire 33 mile length of the Auburn Ravine

III   Featured Speaker October 28, 2013 is Darryl Hayes, Intake Screens, Inc., “Fish Screens in the Local Area and Update on the Pleasant Grove Canal Screen”

IV.  Gary Mapa, SARSAS Vice President, “For the Good of the Order

Upcoming Speakers:

November 25, 2013, Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, “Placer County Water and the Auburn Ravine”

December 23, 2013, Richard Rivas, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Wildlife Biologist, “Declining Species Wildlife Habitat EQIP Initiative”

January 27, 2014, Placer Supervisor Robert Weygandt, “Update on the Placer County Conservation Plan”

February 24, 2014, Remleh Scherzinger, NID General Manager, “NID and the Auburn Ravine”

March 24, 2014, Einar Maisch, "Update on PCWA issues" 

April 28, 2014, Tony Frayji, Frayji Design Group, Inc., “Update on Village 1 Development near Hemphill Dam”

May 19, 2014, Jeff Parks, State Water Board, TBA

June 23, 2014, Anna Ewing, CADFW, TBA             

July 28, 20134 Beaver Specialist Mary Tappel, “Beaver Management in the Age of Salmon Restoration”

August 24, 2014  Mary Olswang, CAFW, TBA








Autumn on the Auburn Ravine - Photographs by SARSAS Photographer Phil Robertson








Nevada Irrigation District's Temporary Fix on Hemphill Dam for Fish Passage

 The theory is that salmon will be directed to the left side of dam by the increased waterflow.  The salmon need pools to get momentum to jump over the barriers.  Will this fix work?  

Government fish passage experts will tell us if this fix is adequate to allow fish to reach six miles of prime spawning habitat upstream of Hemphill Dam.
Phil Robertson supplied these photograph

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Salmon Should Be Moving Up Auburn Ravine Now! Here is Another Comment to Help Salmon Photographers.

Salmon Should Be Moving Up Auburn Ravine Now!  Here is Another Comment to Help Salmon Photographers May Help. 

The Salmon and Steelhead should start moving up Auburn Ravine AFTER THE FIRST MAJOR RAINSTORM so that is the event to watch for.  Some fish will be moving


without the rains but the rains will guarantee their moving up Auburn Ravine to spawn.

All flash board dams should have been removed from Auburn Ravine on October 15 so salmon are returning to spawn. Please take your camera when going to the Ravine to get photos and videos of their return and their spawning. 

Send us your photos/videos to post here and let us know if you see salmon so we can send Steve Hubbard and Phil Robertson to photograph them. Steve is our film maker and can be reached at 916 663 3789.

We are checking dam removal this week.

The Salmon Are Coming! The Salmon Are Coming!
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

THE SALMON ARE COMING! THE SALMON ARE COMING!


Salmon Should Be Moving Up Auburn Ravine Now!
All flash board dams should have been removed from Auburn Ravine on October 15 so salmon are returning to spawn. Please take your camera when going to the Ravine to get photos and videos of their return and their spawning. 

Send us your photos/videos to post here and let us know if you see salmon so we can send Steve Hubbard and Phil Roberston to photograph them. Steve is our film maker and can be reached at 916 663 3789.

We are checking dam removal this week.

The Salmon Are Coming! The Salmon Are Coming!