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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.

The M-G weir repair project on the Shasta River, Siskiyou County, CA

Forum Funded Restoration Projects

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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. Explore projects by year funded, county, major river system, or by the lead partner.

Project Stats

70+ Barrier removals

Culvert replacements, dam removals,  technical fishway installations, and channel augmentations.

69 habitat enhancements 

Improvements to floodplain and channel complexity,  large woody debris installation, and native plantings. 

295 miles conserved

Riparian acres improved, reconnected, or conserved.

3,026 people engaged

Program mangers, funders, engineers, scientists, restoration practitioners, and community members engaged.

2,249 organizations engaged

Funding agencies, permitting agencies, restoration conservation districts, and nonprofits engaged.

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 Department of Public Works Humboldt County RCD Jenny Creek Klamath River Mendocino County Merced County Mid Klamath Watershed Council Mormon Slough NOAA Fisheries Outlet Creek 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 South Coast Habitat Restoration Stockton East Water District Stotenburg Creek The Watershed Project Trinity County Trinity River Trout Unlimited USDA Forest Service US Fish and Wildlife Service Van Duzen River Weaver Creek Wildcat Creek Yager Creek

  • Little Case Creek Fish Passage Project

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    This project replaced two culverted road crossings on Little Case Creek — a tributary of Tenmile Creek in Laytonville, Mendocino County — with bridges to open up to one mile of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for endangered Central California Coast coho salmon and steelhead. Forum funding covered the permitting, cultural and biological surveys, and project oversight needed to advance the project to construction, which was funded separately through the CDFW Fisheries Restoration Grant Program. Location: Little Case Creek, a tributary to Tenmile Creek, in Laytonville, Mendocino County. Culvert 1 is located under a private road approximately 4,100 feet upstream…

  • Designing for Sturgeon Passage in San Joaquin Eastside Bypass (Phase 1)

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    This project used acoustic telemetry monitoring of White Sturgeon in the San Joaquin River Restoration Area to directly inform the design of fish passage improvements at the Eastside Bypass Control Structure (EBCS) in Merced County. By tracking when, where, and how adult White Sturgeon move through the restoration area relative to the EBCS — a gated flood control structure identified as a low-flow passage barrier — the project aimed to ensure that planned structural modifications and a new engineered rock ramp are designed to facilitate upstream migration by White Sturgeon, Green Sturgeon, Chinook salmon, and other native fishes in the…

  • Wildcat Creek Fish Passage & Community Engagement Project (Phase 2)

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    This project advanced design and community engagement for the replacement of a failing fish ladder on lower Wildcat Creek in unincorporated North Richmond, Contra Costa County — the most downstream of three significant barriers to Central California Coast steelhead migration on the creek. Phase 2 was the second of three Forum-supported phases in a multi-year effort to move the project from early design concepts to a shovel-ready state, with Forum funding supporting an ecological engineering assessment of existing design drawings and extensive community outreach, including K-12 education programming and tribal consultation, with the ultimate goal of restoring access to 1.125…

  • Lower Stotenburg Creek Fish Passage Project

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    This project removed all fish passage barriers along the downstream-most 0.6 miles of Stotenburg Creek, a small tributary of the Smith River on the coastal plain of Del Norte County, by upgrading or removing four stream crossings and adding habitat complexity features. The work benefited threatened Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon, Central Valley steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout, Chinook salmon, and Pacific lamprey by opening critical non-natal winter rearing habitat and reconnecting the creek to the mainstem Smith River. Location: Stotenburg Creek, a small Smith River Plain tributary with a watershed area of 452 acres, located near the junction of…

  • Hosie Low Water Road Crossing Fish Passage Project

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    This project replaced a low-water road crossing on Mormon Slough with fish-passable box culverts to improve migration conditions for federally threatened California Central Valley steelhead and fall-run Chinook salmon. Located approximately 13 miles upstream of the Calaveras River’s confluence with the San Joaquin River in San Joaquin County, the project removed one of the worst-ranked passage barriers in the lower Calaveras watershed, reducing flow velocities at the crossing and significantly expanding the window of passable conditions for both adult and juvenile salmonids. Project Name: Hosie Low Water Road Crossing Fish Passage Project Location: Mormon Slough, approximately 13 miles upstream of…

  • Wildcat Creek Fish Passage and Community Engagement Project (Phase 1)

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    This project conducted an ecological engineering assessment of an existing, chronically clogged fish ladder on Wildcat Creek in the unincorporated North Richmond community of Contra Costa County, developed final design plans for a replacement fish passage facility to improve steelhead access to 1.1 miles of upstream habitat in a creek flowing from the Berkeley hills to San Pablo Bay, and engaged the surrounding disadvantaged community through K-12 educational programming, a children’s book, and community meetings. This is a multi-phase project, with the Forum supporting Phases 1,2 and 3. Location: Wildcat Creek at the Lower Wildcat Creek Flood Control Channel, in…