Educational resources

Map of salmon viewing locations in the Bay Area - courtesy of the Bay Institute

Bay Area Stream Fishes EcoAtlas - Rob Leidy

Historical Distribution and Current Status of Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss),
Coho Salmon (O. kisutch), and Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) in Streams of
the San Francisco Estuary, California - Rob Leidy 2003

Fish Species of Concern in California - CDFG 1995

Salmon and the Endangered Species Act - NOAA Fisheries

Fish and Game Report on the 2002 Klamath River Fish Kill - Contradicts Gale Norton's lies and lays the blame on inadequate instream water flows

FishBase - find out anything you want to know about any fish species

NatureServe - Online encyclopedia of life

Sea Food Watch - Monterey Bay Aquarium - sustainably caught seafood choices for healthy oceans

Information for Land Owners

Maintaining Woody Debris in Streams for Fish Habitat

Regulatory Information

California Fish and Game Codes

CEQA - the California Environmental Quality Act

Curriculum Resources for Teachers and Educators

Central Coast Women for Fisheries has created a DVD powerpoint presentation "Save Our Wild Salmon" which meets some of the state educational standards for science curriculum. The presentation describes the varieties of native Pacific salmon, the differences between wild and farmed salmon, what wild salmon need in order to survive, and what we can do to ensure healthy viable salmon runs. For free copies of the DVD, contact Lori French: e-mail is lori AT thefacesofcaliforniafishing DOT com or phone (805) 772-4959.

Endangered species in the Alameda Creek watershed:

Central California Coast steelhead trout

California red-legged frog

Alameda whipsnake

California tiger salamander

San Joaquin kit fox

Salt marsh harvest mouse

California clapper rail

Bay checkerspot butterfly

Callippe silverspot butterfly

Species of Concern:

Pacific lamprey

Western burrowing owl

Foothill yellow-legged frog

Western pond turtle

Tri-colored blackbird

Berkeley kangaroo rat

Click here for information about the ecological impacts of cattle grazing