The last fish barrier is falling on mainstem Alameda Creek. It took almost three decades—and changed the watershed and the people who steward it.
Tag: steelhead trout
Conservation
The Creek Cleanups Will Continue Indefinitely
Santa Clara Valley Water is spending millions cleaning up after unhoused people’s encampments. Now it would like to move them out, instead.
Pollution
A Nasty Salmon-Killing Tire Chemical Is in Bay Waterways. Can It Be Cleaned Up?
6PPD-quinone comes from a long-used chemical that will be hard to replace in tires. But green infrastructure like “living levees” may help trap it.
The Bay, Wildlife
Steelhead trout flopping around in dried up Palo Alto creek
With creek water drying up, steelhead trout advocates in Palo Alto are worried about whether this year’s fish will be able to spawn.
