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The Forum is a collaborative partnership formed to protect and revitalize anadromous fish populations in California by promoting collaboration among public and private sectors for fish passage improvement projects and programs.

A few of the park with N wheelchair accessible ramp leading to a trail on a bridge over a river

An ADA accessible ramp provides access onto a bridge over a wetland

Web Accessibility Statement

California Fish Passage Forum is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience for all users of all abilities, including those who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargement software, and alternative keyboard input devices to navigate the web.

Ongoing Efforts to Ensure Accessibility

We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 as our guiding principle for determining accessibility. These are internationally agreed-upon standards that cover a wide range of recommendations and best practices for making content useable. As we add new pages and functionality to our website, all designs, code, and content entry practices are checked against these standards.

Website accessibility is an ongoing process. We continually test content and features for WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance and remediate any issues to ensure we meet or exceed the standards. Testing of our website is performed by our team members using industry-standard tools such as the Accessibility Checker WordPress Plugin, color contrast analyzers, keyboard-only navigation techniques, and Flesch-Kincaid readability tests.

Accessibility Features On Our Website

The following is a list of items we have included in our website to improve its accessibility:

  • Keyboard navigability: All interactive elements (links, buttons, forms) can be reached and operated using only a keyboard, without requiring a mouse.
  • Sufficient color contrast: Text and UI elements meet WCAG contrast ratios (4.5:1 for normal text) so content is readable for users with low vision or color blindness.
  • Alt text for images: All meaningful images have descriptive alternative text; decorative images use empty alt attributes so screen readers skip them.
  • Semantic HTML: Proper use of headings (<H1-H6>), landmarks (<nav>, <main, <footer>), and elements (<button>, <label>) that convey structure to assistive technologies.
  • Focus indicators: Visible focus styles show keyboard users exactly where they are on the page at all times.
  • Responsive and scalable text: The layout adapts to different screen sizes and text can be zoomed up to 200% without breaking the design or hiding content.

Where We’re Improving

In our efforts to bring our website up to standard, we are targeting the following areas:

  • Accessibility of interactive embedded content, such as maps.
  • Overall site structure and navigation.
  • Evaluating accessibility of our PDF documents, such as strategic plan, fact sheet, case studies or other documents.

This is part of our broader effort to make everyone’s experience at California Fish Passage Forum a welcoming and enjoyable one. Please note that while we make every effort to provide information accessible for all users, we cannot guarantee the accessibility of third party websites to which we may link.

Accessibility Support Contact

We welcome comments, questions, and feedback on our website. If you are using assistive technologies and are having difficulty using our website, please email hsteindorf@nrccorp.com. We will do our best to assist you and resolve issues.