Protecting and Restoring Anadromous Fish Passage

The California Fish Passage Forum is a collaborative partnership formed among federal and state agencies, and non-profits to protect and revitalize anadromous fish populations in California by promoting collaboration among public and private sectors for fish passage improvement projects and programs.

Protecting and Restoring Anadromous Fish Habitat

Protecting and Restoring Anadromous Fish Passage

Protecting and Restoring Anadromous Fish Habitat

New StoryMap Release: Connecting People and Fish in Urban and Rural Watersheds

Inspiring community-driven fish passage restoration across California

The California Fish Passage Forum is excited to announce the release of a new interactive StoryMap, Restoration Across California: Connecting People and Fish in Urban and Rural Watersheds, highlighting two powerful, community-centered restoration efforts—one in the urban East San Francisco Bay and one in the rural Klamath River Basin.

California’s nearly 190,000 miles of waterway are essential to communities, cultures, and aquatic species and ecosystems. Yet road crossings, flood control infrastructure, diversions, and dams have fragmented these systems. This StoryMap showcases how local partnerships, creative engagement, and hands-on restoration can transform both aquatic ecosystems and people’s relationship to their waterways and communities.

Explore the StoryMap

California Fish Passage Forum Quick Facts

60 Projects Funded

Since 2012, the Forum has supported 60 projects, varying from on-the-ground projects to design projects, and scientific assessments across the state of California.

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$2.4M in Project Funding

The Forum has connected project partners with 2.4 million in combined project funding.

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53 Barriers Remediated

The Forum has supported the removal or remediation of more than fifty fish passage barriers in California, from small culverts to massive dam removals.

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