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…
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…
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…
By Erica Bishop Habitat naturalization works, and we have Cordova Creek to show for it. The creek in Rancho Cordova actually didn’t have a name, as far as we know, until the 1960s. That’s when it was lined with concrete…
