9333

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9333
• Author: Wright, B. R. and J. A. Sorensen.
• Title: Feasibility of Developing and Maintaining a Sport Fishery in the Salt River project Canals, Phoenix, Arizona.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: Phoenix.
• Copyright Material: NO

FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A SPORT FISHERY IN THE SALT RIVER PROJECT CANALS - -

Site 7 was a deep (2.5 m), free-flowing canal
segment located about 20 km downstream from
the Granite Reef Dam. This site was 1.6 km long
with an average width of 26 in. The closest
upstream water control structure was
approximately 8 km above the Pima Road bridge
at the Evergreen Drain Gates (Appendix A, Map
2). The nearest downstream water control
structure was 0.5 km below the Hayden Road
bridge (Appendix A, Map 3).
Site 5 was similar to Site 7 with free-flowing,
deep water (2 m). This site was 2.4 km long and
averaged 25 m across. The closest upstream water
Figure 3. The electric fish barrier on the Arizona Canal control structure was 0.6 km above the 68th
prevents fish from moving upstream. Street bridge (Appendix A, Map 3). Located
about 0.9 km downstream of the 68th Street
stocked fish movements and collect stocked fish bridge was the intake to the Cross-Cut Canal,
for contaminant analysis. Water depth was which diverts large quantities of water to the
approximated due to variations in seasonal water Grand Canal. The lower boundary of this site
deliveries and gradient along the length of the was a water control structure (Arizona Falls)
canal. upstream of 56th Street.
Salt River Project (SRP), Arizona Canal
skunk C-6,
niie
f
L
M
nterstate Ny.
Card
it tic?c tiicc a ng Stat`in
_v I
Figure 4. The Arizona Canal with AGFD sampling sites and stations.
6 ARIZONA GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT, TECH. REP. 18 B. R. WRIGHT AND J. A. SoRENSEN 1995