Shillapoo Wildlife Area Fish Passage and Diversion Screening Scoping Report

This report summarizes the results of WDFW’s scoping efforts on the Shillapoo Wildlife Area to correct fish passage barriers and non-compliant surface water diversions identified in the Shillapoo Wildlife Area and Mt. St. Helens Wildlife Area Fish Passage and Diversion Screening Prioritization Inventory report (WDFW 2003).1 This report is a continuation of the effort to bring WDFW owned lands into compliance with RCW 77.57.030, which states that �"a dam or obstruction across or in a stream shall be fitted with a durable and efficient fishway…” and RCW 77.57.010, which states that �"a diversion device used for conducting water from a lake, river, or stream for any purpose shall be equipped with a fish guard…”.