Another six miles of Auburn Ravine between Auburn and Lincoln could be opened to more salmon and steelhead trout passage as a result of a project now being developed by the Nevada Irrigation District according to NID General Manager Rem Scherzinger.

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Each irrigation season, which is mid-April to mid-October, NID installs a seasonal diversion dam on Auburn Ravine that diverts water into the Hemphill Canal, which supplies the greater Lincoln area, including Turkey Creek and the Del Webb community.

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The District studied seven alternatives and staff recommends a new riverbank filtration system that would move water into a new canal.

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NID cautions that the project is subject to a lengthy planning and permitting process, and it may take four years to complete the work. The Hemphill project would be NID’s second significant contribution to fish migration on Auburn Ravine.