Russian River Salmon & Steelhead Monitoring Program biologists visit more than 40 streams where they monitor salmon and steelhead populations. These biologists spend a lot of time in the water looking for fish. Here's how much territory they covered in 2015.
- Number of streams- 42
- Length of stream surveyed- 96.3 miles
- Total stream length covered by crews the entire season: 192.6 miles; the equivalent of walking from Santa Rosa to Lake Tahoe.
2014-15 Spawner Survey Season – counting adult salmon and steelhead and their nests (redds):
- Number of streams- 22
- Length of stream surveyed- 76.4 miles
- Total stream length hiked by crews the entire season: 630 miles; the equivalent of walking from Santa Rosa to Portland, OR.
2015 Wetted Habitat Surveys - documenting low summer stream flow conditions as experienced by juvenile fish rearing in streams. Each site is visited one time for these surveys:
- Number of streams- 32
- Length of stream surveyed- 93.8 miles; the equivalent of a round trip to Santa Rosa to San Francisco.
Total stream length hiked by crews for all surveys in 2015: 916.4 miles which is the equivalent of walking from Santa Rosa, CA to Albuquerque, NM.
Attached Images:
2015 Juvenile Coho Salmon Snorkel Surveys map. Blue = none observed; Yellow = <10 observed; Brown = 10+ observed
UC biologist counting juvenile salmon and steelhead in summer pool habitat.
Jenna, a member of Watershed Steward Program Americorps, is is measuring an adult salmon nest(redd) on Redwood Creek