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Forum Funded Restoration Projects

Since 2012, The Forum has helped support projects across California, from research, assessment, implementation and monitoring of fish passage improvement and habitat enhancement, collectively representing a significant investment in the recovery of anadromous fish populations statewide.

  • Kelly Gulch Fish Passage Project

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    This project replaced an undersized culvert on Forest Service Road 40N39 on Kelly Gulch, a tributary to the North Fork Salmon River within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, with a bottomless arch culvert allowing natural passage of aquatic organisms, water, sediment, and debris. The culvert was one of the only remaining barriers to anadromous fish on the Klamath National Forest Transportation System, benefiting SONCC coho salmon, steelhead trout, and potentially Pacific lamprey.

  • Dinner Creek Fish Passage Barrier Removal Project

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    This project removed three undersized culverts on Dinner Creek at Briceland Thorne Road in Humboldt County — including a complete barrier to all life stages — and supplemented emergency replacement work with habitat improvements including river-run gravels, roughened channel work, and instream fish structures. Located in the South Fork Eel River watershed, the project opened 1.8 miles of spawning and rearing habitat and included riparian revegetation, benefiting coho salmon and steelhead.

  • Carpinteria Creek Fish Passage Project

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    This project removed the last major migration barrier in the Carpinteria Creek watershed — an undersized bridge and 100 feet of concrete-lined channel with drop structures — replacing it with a clear-span bridge and a restored natural stream channel incorporating rock and large wood structure. Located in coastal Santa Barbara County, the project opened at least 1.27 miles of historic spawning habitat on the mainstem Carpinteria Creek for the first time in decades, benefiting federally endangered Southern California steelhead. Location: Carpinteria Creek is located in coastal Santa Barbara County, approximately 10 miles southeast of the City of Santa Barbara. It…

  • Branciforte Creek Dam Removal

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    This project removed the 8-foot Cahill Dam, built in 1931, from Branciforte Creek — the last tributary of the San Lorenzo River before it reaches the Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz County. The dam had blocked migration and buried natural spawning substrate under 250 feet of sediment. Following removal, nearly three miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat were opened and natural sediment transport restored, benefiting Central California Coast steelhead and providing a high-priority reintroduction corridor for coho salmon.

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Big River Calaveras River California State Parks Conner Creek Contra Costa County Contra Costa RCD Del Norte County Eel River Eel River Watershed Improvement Group Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program Gold Ridge RCD Humboldt County Humboldt County RCD Klamath River Mendocino County Merced County Mid Klamath Watershed Council Mormon Slough NOAA Fisheries Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Pescadero Creek Russian River San Joaquin County San Joaquin River San Mateo RCD Santa Barbara County Siskiyou County Smith River Sonoma County Sonoma County Public Infrastructure South Coast Habitat Restoration Stockton East Water District Stotenburg Creek The Watershed Project Trinity County Trinity County RCD Trinity River Trout Unlimited USDA Forest Service US Fish and Wildlife Service Van Duzen River Weaver Creek Western Fishes Wildcat Creek Yager Creek