What is the DFG doing to help restore Chinook salmon populations?
• DFG has participated in several of the following programs to help restore Chinook salmon populations in the Central Valley: • CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Program – Over $500 million has been spent to date on ecosystem restoration projects in the Central Valley. Fish screening and passage projects received the highest level of funding. • Central Valley Project Improvement Act programs have provided over $2.8 million/year for Chinook salmon restoration projects since 1993. • Habitat restoration project types in the Sacramento River Basin include: • Fish screens • Fish passage • Riparian restoration • Floodplain acquisition • Flow modification • Gravel restoration • Fisheries Restoration Grants • Multi-million dollar annual grants to restore habitat • Total grant monies nearing the $200 million mark • Tracking salmon produced in central valley hatcheries • Multi-million dollar state-of-the-art computerized trailers purchased to mark fish • New technology allows massive marking to provi
