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Heavy equipment is used to create a berm to make a pond on the Scott River to help recharge groundwater. The hypothesis being tested was that improved groundwater levels might help to augment base flows for fall Chinook salmon later in the season. These were actually designed to mimic beaver ponds that were prevalent in the Scott Valley before white settlement. Photo courtesy of the Siskiyou RCD.


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This photo shows the Scott River upstream of an artificial beaver dam. The ground water recharge did not raise flows in fall as hoped but it did seem to induce a greater connection with ground water and a slight cooling downstream (Gary Black, personal communication). Photo courtesy of the Siskiyou RCD.


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Artificial "beaver dam" looking downstream at berm. Photo courtesy of the Siskiyou RCD.


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Scott River gravel bar upstream of "beaver dam" after berm was breached in fall to allow fish passage. Photo courtesy of the Siskiyou RCD.