Storrie >> Water flows will be increased this weekend on a stretch of the North Fork of the Feather River for whitewater recreation.
PG&E will be increasing the flows Saturday and Sunday in the 8.3-mile Rock Creek Reach between the Rock Creek Dam and the Rock Creek Powerhouse, near Storrie in the Feather River Canyon.
This portion of the river contains Class III, IV and V rapids, which are only appropriate for skilled paddlers, and not appropriate for tubing.
Normal flows in this part of the river are 440 cubic feet per second. Saturday the releases from the Rock Creek Dam will be increased to 1,100 cfs at 9 a.m., and kept at that level until 3 p.m.
At that time, the flows will be reduced to 900 cfs, and held at that level until 2 p.m. Sunday. Then they will gradually be reduced back to 440 cfs.
Higher flows of 900 cfs are planned again on Sept. 23 and 24.
The higher flows once a month in summer are a condition of PG&E’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license to operate some of the powerhouses in the Feather River system.
The recreational flows are done in cooperation with American Whitewater and the Rock Creek–Cresta Ecological Resource Committee.
