2018 Summer Steelhead Dive Update

The details for our 2018 Summer Steelhead Dive are now available – please join us!
Find out more, and RSVP at Summer Steelhead Dive Details
The details for our 2018 Summer Steelhead Dive are now available – please join us!
Find out more, and RSVP at Summer Steelhead Dive Details
The American Fisheries Society presented the 2018 Riparian Challenge Award to MSG and partners for their restoration work along the lower three miles of the Mattole River – read more here!
Our 2018 Summer Steelhead Dive has been announced – please join us!
SRF in Fortuna, CA is this week – an excellent conference for those interested in salmon restoration work. There was a trip up to the Klamath yesterday to tour the work being done on Terwer Creek – we saw the very impressive engineering, design and implementation work aimed at increasing the complexity and resiliency to instream and off-channel habitat for salmon and steelhead. The tour was lead by Rocco Fiori, whose firm did much of the work in collaboration with the Yurok and Green Diamond. Good stuff!
I took advantage of the spring weather (early April, before this last wave of wet), and did a quick kayak run down the lower river. I put in at the goose-bend, and took out at the bridge. The river was running at about 1000 CFS, which made for a pretty nice float. I saw quite a few steelhead rolling in the willows, which was great. As the photo shows, I was not the only one who noticed this (photo credit: Dylan Mattole)!
The Mattole Salmon Group supports the CA Water Bond of 2018. For more information go to www.waterbond.org.
Pacific lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus or Lampetra tridentata) spawning in South Fork Bear Creek, Mattole River, King Range National Conservation Area, CA in early June 2016.
httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQas5Mmc1iI
Photo and video credit: Zane Ruddy – Fish Biologist
httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv_fqO-hGdA&sns=em
Please RSVP by Friday, June 30th. The RSVP date helps us to make everything run smoother for scheduling, so we appreciate your help in responding as soon as possible.
Complete the RSVP Questionnaire by clicking the link below
Friday, July 7: We will meet at A.W.Way county park (directions below) at 8:00 a.m. Please do not be late. We will have coffee and pastries, and gear for those who have reserved it.
Saturday, July 8: We will meet at A.W. Way County Park at 8:00 a.m. When you are done diving, bring all gear and data sheets back to the park where we will host a BBQ for all of our volunteers!
I know it will be an amazing time, thank you all for making our annual dive possible, and look forward to seeing you soon! Please don’t hesitate to email me if you have questions!
2016-01-17