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This photo shows the Inskip Diversion Dam looking upstream on the South Fork Battle Creek. Photo courtesy of Thomas R. Payne and Associates. This dam may be removed to improve habitat conditions and fish passage for winter run and spring run chinook salmon.


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This photo shows the fish ladder at the Inskip Diversion Dam which will have to be improved if the dam is not decommissioned as part of restoration activities. Photo courtesy of Thomas R. Payne and Associates. CDFG10South Power House on South Fork Battle Creek. Water feeding back into the South Fork Battle Creek here is from both the South Fork and North Fork.


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View of Inskip Diversion Dam from upstream during September 1988. Photo courtesy Thomas R. Payne and Associates.


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South Powerhouse on South Fork Battle Creek with overflow from the penstock running down the hillside. Water to feed the South Powerhouse comes from both the South Fork and North Fork Battle Creek. Photo provided Harry Rectenwald, CDFG.


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This is a view of the South Powerhouse on the South Fork Battle Creek from directly overhead. Photo courtesy of Harry Rectenwald, CDFG. Tailwater from this facility might be routed to the Coleman Powerhouse in order to prevent false attraction to winter run and spring run chinook salmon. The powerhouse is fed with water from the North Fork Battle Creek in part through the Cross-country Canal.


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This aerial photograph shows the Inskip Diversion Dam on the South Fork of Battle Creek. The South Powerhouse and its penstock and overflow can be seen at the top of the photo. Photo provided by Harry Rectenwald of CDFG.


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This aerial photograph shows the overflow from the Inskip Canal waste gate emptying water back into the South Fork Battle Creek.


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The South Diversion Dam is the furthest upstream hydropower diversion on the South Fork Battle Creek near the upper limit of anadromous fish access. Photo courtesy of Harry Rectenwald, CDFG.