Alameda Creek

Alliance

Alameda Creek Watershed

Alameda Creek is an anchor

watershed for steelhead recovery

in the Bay Area

Available & Suitable

Steelhead Rearing Habitat

We work to restore steelhead trout to the Alameda Creek

Watershed • Steelhead trout and salmon are anadromous (migratory) fish.

•They require spawning grounds, rearing and sheltering habitat, and the ability to migrate between these areas

• Their average life span is 6 years

• Migrating (anadromous) fish live around 6-9 years

• The average size at maturity is 3 to 6 pounds

• They lay their first eggs at 3 years of age

• They deposit an average of from 700 to 6,000 eggs

• The average adult will spawn 3 times in its lifetime

• They prefer cold water (60˚ or less)

• They require high dissolved oxygen levels (at least 6ppm)

Some Steelhead Trout Facts:

Channelization of the Lower Creek

BART Weir Fish Barrier

Community Support for Steelhead Restoration

Documenting Steelhead

Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup

Science Supporting Restoration

Removed 2006 Installed 2003 Removed 2006

Removal 2017-2018?Fish Ladder 2017-2020

Fish Ladder 2017-2020 Removed 2009Fish Ladder under construction

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Removal Pending

ACA Signing an MOU for improved flows for fish passage from the Calaveras Dam

replacement project

Includes a fish ladder, fish screens, and bypass flows at the Alameda Creek Diversion Dam

17 Completed Fish Passage Projects

17 Planned Fish Passage Projects

BART Weir Fish Ladder

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