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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

  • Ross Valley Sanitary District Shady Lane Abandoned Sewer and Barrier Removal Project

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    This project removed a concrete-encased abandoned sewer line from the bed of Ross Creek in San Anselmo, Marin County, that had been acting as a 3.5-foot weir and barrier to juvenile steelhead and smolts, restoring natural channel grade and opening 8,000 linear feet of upstream spawning and rearing habitat in a tributary to Corte Madera Creek. Location: Ross Creek immediately upstream of Shady Lane Bridge in San Anselmo, Marin County. Ross Creek joins San Anselmo Creek approximately 700 feet below the project site to form Corte Madera Creek, which flows to San Francisco Bay. Historical Fish Presence: Ross Creek supports…

  • Mid Klamath Creek Mouth Enhancement Project

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    This project annually assessed and manually improved fish passage at the mouths of up to 41 cold water tributaries along a roughly 75-mile stretch of the mid-Klamath River between Weitchpec in Humboldt County and Cottonwood Creek in Siskiyou County, enhancing thermal refugia access for coho salmon, Chinook salmon, and steelhead during critical low-flow summer and fall migration periods. Location: Mainstem Klamath River tributaries from Weitchpec, Humboldt County (river mile ~143) upstream to Cottonwood Creek, Siskiyou County — a reach spanning portions of Humboldt and Siskiyou Counties on and adjacent to the Klamath National Forest. Work focused on the first 1,000…

  • Lawrence Creek Off-Channel Habitat Connection Project

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    This project constructed five large wood and earthwork structures — including a Venturi jam, deflector jam, apex bar jam, inlet jam, and excavated alcove — on Lawrence Creek, a tributary to Yager Creek in the lower Van Duzen River watershed in Humboldt County, to restore hydrologic connectivity to off-channel habitats and increase low-velocity winter rearing refugia for ESA-listed coho salmon. Location: Lawrence Creek, a tributary to Yager Creek in the lower Van Duzen River watershed, Humboldt County. The Van Duzen River drains into the Eel River approximately 13 miles upstream of its confluence with the Pacific Ocean. The project site…

  • West Tule Creek Diversion Fish Passage Project

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    This project developed engineering designs for a fish-passable irrigation diversion and fish screen on West Tule Creek, a tributary to Hayfork Creek in Trinity County, to restore 1.5 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey, while also improving instream flows through water transaction and irrigation efficiency upgrades on the Evans Ranch. Location: West Tule Creek, a tributary to Hayfork Creek in the South Fork Trinity River watershed, Trinity County. The project site is the Evans Ranch Diversion, located on U.S. Forest Service land approximately 1.67 miles upstream from the confluence with…

  • Strawberry Creek at Clam Beach Fish Passage Project

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    This project retrofitted a concrete flood conveyance channel adjacent to the Highway 101 culvert on Strawberry Creek near McKinleyville in Humboldt County by installing 13 angled concrete baffles to create a functional fishway, restoring 5 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat for steelhead, coho salmon, coastal cutthroat trout, and lamprey species. Location: Strawberry Creek, a small coastal drainage near McKinleyville, Humboldt County. The project site is located at the Highway 101 crossing adjacent to Clam Beach, where a concrete flood conveyance channel functioned as a total barrier to upstream fish passage. Strawberry Creek drains directly to the Pacific Ocean.…

  • Santa Margarita River Fish Passage and Bridge Replacement

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    This project replaced a low-flow river crossing at Sandia Creek Drive — the last remaining fish passage barrier on the mainstem Santa Margarita River — with a full-span bridge to restore migration access for endangered Southern California steelhead, opening 12 miles of upstream spawning and rearing habitat approximately two miles north of Fallbrook in San Diego County. Location: Sandia Creek Drive crossing on the Santa Margarita River, approximately 2 miles north of Fallbrook, San Diego County. The Santa Margarita River is one of the last free-flowing perennial rivers in Southern California, flowing approximately 30 miles from headwaters at the Santa…