In partnership with Caltrans, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Scott River Water Trust, and USFWS, we restored approximately 600 feet of lower French Creek. The project objectives included enhancing riparian shade, improving seasonal connectivity and fish passage, reducing water temperatures, and increasing habitat complexity. Species benefitted include coho salmon, riparian nesting birds, resident beavers, lamprey, and other native aquatic species.

Next steps entail biological and topographic monitoring, which includes juvenile dive surveys and game cameras to track wildlife and the interaction of different water levels with the new habitat features.