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Fall Creek Fish Ladder Improvement: Restoring Passage, Enhancing Habitat Waterways Consulting, Inc. is proud to have led the design for the Fall Creek Fish Ladder and Diversion Screening Improvement Project—a critical initiative to restore fish passage for steelhead, coho salmon, and other native aquatic species in Fall Creek, a tributary to the San Lorenzo River. Partnering with the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD), the California De…

By Amanda Bartlett, Assistant Local Editor - SFGATE It's been just over a year since a century-old dam was removed from Mill Creek, a tributary that runs through the Santa Cruz Mountains in Central California. Now, scientists say the creek is already beginning to show signs of revitalization — including an unexpected discovery. Aquatic ecologists with the Sempervirens Fund, one of the conservation groups that co-owns the 8,532-acre forest known as San Vicente Redwoods, found 12 juvenile steel…

The Slinkard Creek Fish Barrier Project in Mono County, California was just completed. A collaboration between the Bureau of Land Management, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Fish and Wildlife, and Trout Unlimited. Waterways provided designs, permitting support, and construction services support for this project, which supports the recovery of federally listed Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (LCT). Slinkard Creek, a tributary to the West Walker River, serves as an ideal location for the…