Posted by SRA on Feb 24, 2024 in Event, Featured, News
The next Annual World’s Largest Salmon Barbecue is scheduled for Saturday, July 6, 2024. This event is the main fundraiser for the Salmon Restoration Association. You won’t want to miss it!! For details about our our annual event, please check out our page to learn more: The World’s Largest Salmon BBQ. Tickets available for online purchase, and will also available at Harvest Market in the Boatyard Shopping Center in Fort Bragg, and at the door on the day...
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Posted by SRA on Jan 5, 2017 in News, Project
This video is of a beautiful pair of Chinook salmon holding in front of their redd in a tributary of the Middle Fork Eel while they were waiting for the water to warm above 42 F. Water colder than that is lethal to unhardened salmon eggs. The video was filmed by the Eel Recovery Project. The Salmon Restoration Association funds ERRP surveys in Mendocino County. Middle Fork Eel River Tributary Chinook Salmon Spawning –...
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Posted by SRA on Nov 22, 2016 in News, Project
We just added a new video to our Links, Information and Videos page. The new video, which shows Fall Chinook Spawning on Ten Mile Creek, was filmed by the Eel Recovery Project. The Salmon Restoration Association funds ERRP surveys in Mendocino County. Chinook Spawning on Ten Mile...
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Posted by SRA on Nov 11, 2016 in Event, News, Project
The Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) is hosting a meeting at the Willits Environmental Center on Tuesday evening, November 15 from 6-8 PM to report on the state of the Eel River based on five years of data collection and to have a community discussion on building a sustainable culture compatible with maintaining aquatic ecosystem function. ERRP Managing Director Pat Higgins will present and then lead discussions. ERRP has been working with citizens to support volunteer...
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Posted by SRA on Oct 26, 2016 in News, Project
Hi Salmon Watchers, We counted 1000 Chinook salmon in the lower Eel River and those fish are now distributed throughout the Eel River system. Flows today are as low as they are going to get for a while (see NOAA chart below), so today is the day to check spawning riffles, holding pools and vantage points for viewing migration. If you want to be able to check river levels – see the cool NOAA River Forecast Center – http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/ Please Report If You...
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Posted by SRA on Oct 18, 2016 in News, Project
The rain is triggering the start of the Eel River 2016-2017 fall Chinook salmon run and the Eel River Recovery Project (ERRP) is starting its fifth annual effort to monitor abundance throughout the watershed. Dozens of people participate as volunteers helping with dive counts in the lower Eel River, joining main river kayak expeditions to count salmon nests or redds, and providing observations and evidence about migration and spawning activity throughout the watershed. In...
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