Woodman Creek Project

Woodman Creek is a tributary to the mainstem Eel River, joining the Eel approximately five miles downstream of the confluence of the Middle Fork Eel River and the town of Dos Rios. Woodman Creek is strategically located where the highest densities of Chinook salmon are spawning and rearing in the mainstem Eel River, and is along the migratory corridor for coho salmon migrating to Outlet Creek. Our planning assessments indicate that there is abundant steelhead, Chinook salmon, and coho salmon habitat in Woodman Creek. With the railroad barrier now removed and the project completed in summer 2018, the project allows anadromous salmonids access to an estimated 10-14 miles of habitat in the Woodman Creek watershed.