Created for Caltrans in 2023.
Salmon, steelhead, and other aquatic and terrestrial wildlife depend on healthy rivers and streams. Habitat criteria needed for healthy salmon and steelhead populations include unobstructed migration, spawning and rearing habitat, cold water, and natural tributaries and side channels.
High quality habitat for threatened, endangered, and special status species sustains resiliency for individuals and populations that have been decimated by drought, wildfires, climate change, urban development, roads, dams, agriculture, and other impacts.
Robin Lee Carlson 