Page 12 - Annual Report 2016

Tagging on Fall River to gather and use information about sh species’ movements and population size to assess sh populations.
Photo: Val Atkinson
Leading with Science
Sound science guides our restoration, policy and legal advocacy. CalTrout partners with universities and other experts to conduct original research to put science into action. Here are a few examples:
• 2016 is the second year of the CalTrout/UC Davis cold water sh research position lled by Dr. Rob Lusardi.
• In addition, the CalTrout/Peter Moyle Endowed Professor position was lled, continuing the legacy of applied sh research at UC Davis.
• We memorialized partnerships with UC Santa Barbara and UC Merced, adding them to our current university partners: UC Davis, Humboldt State, University Nevada Reno.
• In partnership with Humboldt State University we are assessing the quantity and quality of salmonid habitat available upstream of the Eel River PG&E Potter Valley Project’s impassable Scott Dam (Lake Pillsbury), using high tech remote sensing and targeted ground-truthing.
• We are collaborating on sh tagging and
tracking research in Fall River Valley with UC Davis and Department of Fish and Wildlife.
• We are leading the collaborative effort
to quantify carbon and greenhouse gas sequestration in restored Sierra meadows.
• We are collecting data and assessing the volcanic spring source water areas of the Mt. Shasta, Medicine Lake, and Lassen area.
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