The Kilarc Project
The Kilarc Project
Welcome to the Kilarc Project web site. A group has formed KC LLC to work with the community to continue the operation of parts of the Kilarc - Cow Creek Project in a manner that enhances fish habitat and fishing in the area.
This page will change on a continuous basis as work goes on and we learn how best to implement the project in the future.
The News Page was up-dated 10-26-2009
The process and formation of the elements of this facility will be discussed under the Process and Status text in the green area on the left,or on the left or here.
PG&E has released their License Surrender Application to demolish the Kilarc Facility. Numerous groups and agencies have submitted comments on the Surrender License and have Intervened. We have also released an issues paper that addresses the context of the evaluation of the alternatives to demolition.
Davis
Hydro releases the
Reconstruction
Alternative
to save Kilarc Reservoir,
the Canal, and the Hydropower
This Alternative reconstructs the Kilarc Canal as a major spawning habitat. In this Alternative, the Canal is screened at the downstream end and seaward-moving fish are conveyed down to the Old Cow. This plan is a revision of the Alternative I that was distributed in April 2008.
This Alternative focuses on the restoration of steelhead trout. It is new and quite different in that it uses all of the existing infrastructure and augments it to emit a genetically rich steelhead juvenile population. It will maintain the forebay much as we know it. It turns the canal into a productive fish production facility affording extensive research opportunities.
It does not address the South Cow which will be the subject of future proposals and working papers.
The intention of this proposal is to provide an environmentally responsible Alternative to PG&E's demolition oriented decommissioning plan.