Tag: Eel River Watershed Improvement Group

North Fork Ryan Fish Passage Design Project

This project produced engineering designs to replace a blown-out culvert and rock weir barrier on North Fork Ryan Creek — a tributary to Outlet Creek and the Eel River — near Willits in Mendocino County, to restore fish passage for Coho salmon and steelhead trout at all life stages.
Little Case Creek Fish Passage Project

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.