Researchers tracked salmon before, during, and after restoration to understand how restored channel and floodplain habitat influences growth, survival, and recovery of threatened coho salmon.
NOAA Fisheries and partners rebuilt floodplain habitat in the heart of redwood country, benefiting salmon, restoring tribal stewardship, and creating new opportunities for recreation and jobs.
A NOAA-funded project removed the final barrier on an urban San Francisco Bay Area creek that was once the Bay’s largest producer of steelhead and Chinook salmon.
NOAA-funded projects are reconnecting tributaries and restoring habitat in the Snake River Basin, helping threatened salmon and steelhead complete one of the longest migrations in the lower 48 states.
NOAA funding helped the Yakama Nation and partners remove a causeway in Richland, Washington, that had wreaked havoc on Yakima River salmon and steelhead populations. Now, fish have a better chance of surviving migration in and out of the river.
Back-to-back record spawning seasons suggest that reconnecting tributaries and restoring salmon habitat is supporting Central California Coast Coho population growth. NOAA has funded more than 100 restoration projects on the Mendocino Coast.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council has released three alternative options for West Coast salmon seasons, which for 3 years have been closed in California. Regional Administrator Jennifer Quan discusses NOAA’s outlook on this year’s salmon seasons.
