Migrant steelhead passage after dam removal, river reroute, and channel evolution in the Carmel River, California

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hamilton, Cory ; Boughton, David ; Ohms, Haley ; Johnston, Kit
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center) ; WCR (West Coast Region)
• Description:
  One of the primary purposes of the dam removal was to provide improved upstream passage for migratory steelhead, a threatened species native to the river. To test whether the reorganized channel provided improved passage to steelhead, we tagged migratory adults entering the river in 2021 and 2022, and tracked their upstream progress through a series of tag reader sites below and above the reroute.
• Content Notes:
  Report to California American Water and the California Coastal Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, 5 April 2023.
• Subjects:
  • Steelhead (Fish)
  • Effect of habitat modification on
  • Dam retirement
  • Stream restoration
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/ndjz-bk65
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service ; NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center ; NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast Region
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Place as Subject:
  Steelhead (Fish) ; Effect of habitat modification on ; Dam retirement ; Stream restoration
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61831/noaa_61831_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.89 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4d224bea1211de15cdb344ee2cface075b4b161c20be8ac69cb4022a64415e648949a2c17c3819797818b542a5ef47fc1ef1b6c3d482cc606a0165114f7e122d