NOAA-Funded Project Removes Final Barrier, Restores Fish Passage on California's Alameda Creek After 50 Years
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Summary
A NOAA-funded project led by California Trout and Pacific Gas & Electric removed the final barrier to fish passage on California's Alameda Creek, restoring access to spawning grounds for threatened Central California Coast steelhead and other migratory fish for the first time in 50 years. The creek was once the San Francisco Bay Area's largest producer of steelhead and Chinook salmon before decades of development blocked fish migration routes.
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Construction crews relocated a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) natural gas pipeline to remove the final barrier.
The creek was once the Bay's largest producer of steelhead and Chinook salmon.
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