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Access to Boise Creek for salmon has been blocked by a bedrock falls 13.5 feet high near the creekmouth (see figure) so the Mid Klamath Watershed Council proposed, in February 2010, creation of an engineered logjam to divert flows into historic side channels which would re-connect the creek to the
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The beaver dam has also created off-channel ponds which have been shown to benefit coho by providing refuge from high flow conditions in the main river and a productive summer rearing habitat, leading to as much as a five-fold increase in coho abundance as well as increased size. It has also been
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Proposal to Engineer Logjam to Divert Boise Creek to Bypass the Falls and Provide Salmon Passage courtesy of Mid Klamath Watershed Council
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Durham's Place Names of the California North Coast: Includes Del Norte, Humbolt, Lake, Mendocino & Trinity Counties
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Endangered and threatened fishes in the Klamath River Basin: causes of decline and strategies for recovery
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Klamath River mainstem and bypass the falls. Before the logjam could be constructed,
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California Place Names:The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names
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shown that off-channel wetlands enhance chinook salmon growth and survival.
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Bedrock Falls blocks salmon passage up Boise Creek from the Klamath River
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across Boise Creek at the proposed site, and numerous Coho salmon,
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United States
California
Humboldt County
41°15′54″N 123°26′43″W / 41.26500°N 123.44528°W / 41.26500; -123.44528
Mouth
Klamath River
Orleans, California
41°16′56″N 123°34′35″W / 41.28222°N 123.57639°W / 41.28222; -123.57639
stream
Humboldt County, California
United States
Klamath River
Orleans, California
Six Rivers National Forest
Coho salmon
eutrophication
Evolutionarily Significant Unit
California Department of Fish and Game

beaver
dam
Chinook salmon
Steelhead trout
Course of the Klamath River



"Boise Creek"
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