Russian River Salmon and Steelhead Monitoring Program
California Sea Grant Extension Specialist Mariska Obedzinski and her staff operate an ongoing monitoring program in the Russian River basin to document in-stream survival of juvenile coho, outmigration of smolts, and returns of adult fish for the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program and the Coastal Monitoring Program. They are also engaged in a number of collaborative research projects.
Our monitoring and research is funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Wildlife Conservation Board, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with contributions from Sonoma Water. All of our work is made possible through the gracious support of hundreds of private landowners throughout the Russian River watershed.
Follow us on social media
Opportunities
Interested in gaining experience in the field? We offer seasonal internship opportunities.
Related articles & news
- Voices from the River: Counting coho in Russian River floodplains
- News of the North Bay: Coho Study
- Small Amounts of Water Enable Juvenile Salmon to Survive
- One fish two fish: counting salmon on the Russian River
- How one landowner is building a better habitat for salmon along the Russian River
- How Much Water Do Coho Salmon Need?
- Sea Grant in NOAA's Habitat Focus Areas
- Dams Be Damned: California Rebuilds the Salmon Habitat It Destroyed
- Stewards of the Salmon: Landowners apply creative solutions to benefit native fish
- Dry Creek Rancheria seeks to restore Russian River tributary for fish, water supply
- Young coho salmon arrive at new home in Porter Creek
- New fish ladder offers glimpse of salmon recovery efforts
- Trout magazine: Wine, Water, Fish and People: In California They Go Well Together
-
University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography