Artificial obstruction means a man-made object, material, substance, fixture, structure, or part of such object, fixture or structure, encountered above or below the surface of the ground including any contamination;
Artificial obstruction means any dam, diversion, culvert or other human-made device placed in the waters of this state that precludes or prevents the migration of native migratory fish.
Artificial obstruction means any dam, diversion, dike, berm, levee, tide or flood gate, road, culvert or other human- made device placed in the waters of this state that precludes or prevents the migration of native migratory fish.
More Definitions of Artificial obstruction
Artificial obstruction means any dam, diversion, dike, berm, levee, tide or flood gate, road, culvert or other
Artificial obstruction means any obstruction that is not a natural obstruction and includes any dam, wall, riprap, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, revetment, excavation, channel rectification, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, refuse, automobile body, fill, or other analogous structure or matter in, along, across, or projecting into any flood plain or floodway that may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by the water, or that is placed where the natural flow of the water would carry the same downstream to the damage or detriment of either life or property.
Artificial obstruction means any dam, diversion, dike, berm, levee, tide or flood gate, road, culvert or other human-made device placed in the waters of this state that precludes or prevents the migration of native migratory fish.
Artificial obstruction means any obstruction to the flow of water in a stream that is not a natural obstruction, including any that, while not a significant obstruction in itself, is capable of accumulating debris and thereby reducing the flood-carrying capacity of the stream.
Artificial obstruction means any dam, diversion, culvert or other human-made de-
Artificial obstruction. (AO) or passage barrier means any dam, diversion, culvert, tide gate, or other human-made device placed in waters of the state that precludes the migration of native migratory fish.
Artificial obstruction means any artificial structure or device within the Active Channel that convey waters of the State and precludes, impedes, or prevents the migration of native migratory fish required for survival and reproduction.” (This includes spawning, rearing, foraging, and seasonal thermal refugia use.)