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On May 28th, the California Fish Passage Forum, partnering with Karuk Tribe, CalTrout, Yurok Tribal Fishieres Department, and Momentum River Expeditions rafted through the footprint of the Iron Gate Reservoir as part of our Steering Committee meeting, which occurs annual at locations throughout California. Twenty-eight river restoration professionals, including engineers, hydrologists, program managers, restoration practitioners, and fisheries biologists put in on the Klamath for a journey through the world’s largest dam removal and river restoration project. Where the Iron Gate Reservoir once stretched is now a green river valley, with the Klamath sparkling freely below. Two years after the removal…

Davis, CA — The California Fish Passage Forum hosted a technical training workshop at the May 2026 International Fish Passage Conference at UC Davis, bringing together restoration practitioners, agency staff, and researchers for an intensive, hands-on introduction to fish passage barrier assessment. The workshop drew participants from across the region eager to build field skills and technical capacity in support of landscape-scale fish passage restoration across California. In the classroom, participants reviewed assessment protocols from Section 9 of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Stream Restoration Manual, which provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating passage barriers, and the Rapid…

This interactive StoryMap, highlights two community-centered restoration efforts, one in the urban East San Francisco Bay and one in the rural Klamath River Basin. In rugged northern California, the Salmon River Restoration Council and Mid Klamath Watershed Council use an all-hands-on-deck approach to improve fish passage at hundreds of tributaries to the Klamath and Salmon Rivers. In East San Francisco Bay, The Watershed Project brings communities from lower Wildcat Creek together to appreciate and transform their highly urbanized Wildcat Creek into a community nature loop and planned park. This StoryMap showcases how local partnerships, creative engagement, and hands-on restoration can…