Fish Barrier Removal
In 2016, the Blue Lake Rancheria received a Tribal Wildlife Grant from the US Fish & Wildlife Service to remove a fish passage barrier near the mouth of Powers Creek, a tributary to the Mad River that flows through the City of Blue Lake and the Blue Lake Rancheria. The barrier was an undersized bridge and unreasonable amount of concrete reinforcing the banks and bed of the channel, blocking fish passage just 500 ft. up from the Mad River.