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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

  • 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.

  • Grape Creek Streamflow Restoration — Water and Wine Program

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    This project addressed critically low dry-season flows in Grape Creek, a tributary to Dry Creek in the Russian River watershed of Sonoma County, by working with vineyard landowners to install off-stream ponds fed by groundwater and winter rainfall. This eliminated in-stream diversions that had historically reduced flows during salmon and steelhead migration periods. Additional work included fish passage barrier removal and streambank restoration, benefiting federally endangered Central California Coast coho salmon and federally threatened CCC steelhead.

  • Conner Creek Migration Barrier Removal Project

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    This project addresses two fish passage barriers on Conner Creek, a tributary to the Trinity River below Lewiston Dam. The Trinity River is a major tributary to the Klamath River. The project sites — Conner Creek Road (Crossing #1) and Red Hill Road (Crossing #2) — are located approximately 8 miles west of Weaverville in Trinity County, California.