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The new version includes a link to the Barrier Removal Model by USFWS National Fish Passage Decision Support System to calculate and display stream miles above and below a barrier.
The CalFish Salmonid Abundance Database has been streamlined and updated to provide a centralized location for sharing Central Valley Chinook salmon escapement estimates and annual monitoring reports to the public. Open a database query or select Chinook Abundance information via the CalFish Map Viewer.
Information about the Pacific Northwest Regional Mark Information System (RMIS), which houses coded wire tag (CWT) information for California, has been added to the Anadromous Abundance project page on CalFish, along with a tutorial (12.3KB pdf) for help querying the data.
IBM has released a free smartphone application that lets users document and share information about local creeks and streams. A georeferenced photo of a stream or creek with basic information about its water flow and trash level can be uploaded instantly to a database. IBM research then aggregates the Creek Watch reports and makes them available at creekwatch.org.
A streamlined permitting program that will provide Endangered Species Act coverage and 404 permits from the US Army Corps Engineers (USACOE) for restoration projects that occur within NOAA RC's Arcata Office jurisdication has been developed. Project types that are covered include large woody debris placement, off channel habitat creation, the removal of small dams and other fish passage impediments, water conservation projects, upslope watershed restoration and riparian restoration activities. The program area spans 5 northern California counties from the Oregon border south to the Eel and Mattole Rivers and to the east including the Klamath and Trinity basins. This program will save time and will expedite restoration projects that have been identified in State and Federal Recovery plans. For more information on this program, please contact Bob Pagliuco at bob.pagliuco@noaa.gov or 707-825-5166.
The 2012 "Headwaters to Ocean (H2O)" conference is being organized by the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association, the California Coastal Coalition, the Southern Wetlands Recovery Project, the Society of Wetland Scientists - Western Chapter, and the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Training Program. The conference will take place on May 29th to 31st, 2012 in San Diego, California and will cover a wide spectrum of coast and ocean issues including a session on steelhead recovery on May 31st.
In cooperation with landowners and California's Wildlife Conservation Board, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has acquired a conservation easement on 8,544 acres of diverse wildlife habitat along the Eel River on California's North Coast.
This is the second report in an annual series of four reports prepared by the Salmon Technical Team of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) to help document and guide salmon fishery management off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California.
The Sacramento River this summer is set to become the first water body in the world to be documented inch-for-inch in photographs. The goal of the Riverview Project is to apply to waterways the same techniques popularized by Google Street View.
95 DWR levee maps are now online on the DSC website. These maps provide snapshots of levee conditions.