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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