The Water Forum’s 2024 Habitat Project will enhance crucial habitat for native fall-run Chinook salmon and steelhead trout at River Bend (in the river near River Band Park in Rancho Cordova and William B. Pond Recreation Area in Carmichael).
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2023 Habitat Project: Upper River Bend Phase 1
Enhancing habitat for salmon and steelhead in the Lower American River Bend at Upper River Bend near Ancil Hoffman Park.
2019 Habitat Project at Upper Sailor Bar
The habitat project at Upper Sailor Bar yielded measurable results, including a 1,000 percent increase in salmon redds (nests). In 2018, there were zero redds counted in the area. By fall 2019, there were more than 1,000.
Cordova Creek Naturalization
This award-winning naturalization project successfully made the dreams of Parkway stewards a reality and transformed the landscape from inaccessible fallow farmland to a thriving native Sacramento ecosystem and a great place to recreate and learn.
2022 Habitat Projects at Nimbus Basin and Lower Sailor Bar
The habitat projects at Nimbus Basin and Lower Sailor Bar enhanced crucial habitat for native fall-run Chinook salmon and steelhead trout by collectively laying approximately 41,000 cubic yards of clean gravel into the flowing river and carving side channels into existing gravel bars.
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Remarkably average water year means better conditions for fish in the Lower American River
Spring and early summer are a crucial time of year for the American River: It’s when we find out how much Sierra Nevada snowmelt will be available to fill Folsom Reservoir, and what that means for salmon and steelhead.
New Salmon Successes
By Susan Maxwell Skinner–Within weeks of a $3.6 million Water Forum project completion in October, giant chinook were spawning in new gravel beds beside Ancil Hoffman Park.
Interpretive Sign Shares 2021 Habitat Project and Honors Jonas Minton
A new interpretive sign that highlights the Water Forum 2021 habitat enhancement project and pays tribute to the late Jonas Minton, a Water Forum visionary, is now installed.
Upper River Bend Habitat Project Reaches Halfway Milestone
The Water Forum’s 2023 Habitat Project at Upper River Bend in Carmichael has reached its midway point and is now progressing into the next phase. Crews from Ford Construction finished excavating and sorting gravel for spawning areas. Over the next…
Construction Begins on Habitat Project at Upper River Bend at Ancil Hoffman Park
A new project to enhance crucial habitat for native fall-run Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Lower American River is scheduled to begin August 14.
Recording Posted! 2023 Habitat Project Virtual Information Session
The recording has been posted from the Information Session on the Water Forum’s 2023 Habitat Project at Upper River Bend near Ancil Hoffman Park. You can find it by clicking on the image below or here.
YOU’RE INVITED: Learn About the 2023 Habitat Project
Learn about a new project to enhance crucial habitat for salmon and steelhead at Upper River Bend at Ancil Hoffman Park during a Virtual Information Session on July 12 at 6 p.m.
Habitat Project at Ancil Hoffman Provides Refuge for Native Fishes
A 2021 project to enhance habitat for salmon and steelhead survival in the Lower American River at Ancil Hoffman Park has produced a noticeable surge in Chinook salmon and steelhead trout redds—underwater depressions or “nests” created by female salmonids to…
Steelhead surveys happening now in Sacramento will help future generations of fish survive
Capital Public Radio reporter Manola Secaira provides an on-the-ground look at salmon and steelhead surveys by Water Forum consultant Cramer Fish Sciences and our ongoing work to measure results of the Water Forum’s habitat projects in a story on Cap…
If You Build it, do They Come? Measuring Results of the Water Forum’s Habitat Projects
By Erica Bishop The Water Forum and its federal and state partners have invested millions of dollars over the past 15 years to enhance salmon spawning and rearing habitat in the Lower American River. In this blog post, we want…