Recorded July 24, 2024. The Water Forum team shared information about their 2024 project to enhance crucial habitat for native fall-run Chinook salmon and steelhead trout at River Bend (in the river near River Bend Park in Rancho Cordova and William B. Pond Recreation Area in Carmichael).
The River Bend area is important to the survival of salmon and steelhead as the first enhanced site salmon encounter as they return to the Lower American. Previous enhancement efforts in 2013 yielded tangible results, producing a noticeable surge in redds—underwater depressions or “nests” created by female salmonids to lay their eggs.