Research

Current & Future Projects

• Trinity River Benthic Macroinvertebrate Drift
• Hydrogeomorphic Classification in California North Coast Streams
• Riparian and Stream Monitoring on Lower Rush Creek in the Mono Lake Basin
• Annual hydrograph assessment for steelhead migration in the Santa Ynez River watershed (Santa Barbara Co.) – funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service
• Potter Valley Blockwater Investigation on the Eel River to improve stream productivity and smolt/juvenile salmonid outmigration (Mendocino Co.) – funding from Friends of the Eel River
• Developing Interim Instream Flow Allocation Guidelines for Northern California Watersheds – collaboration with CalTrout
• Mad River/Sullivan Gulch fish passage analysis (Humboldt Co.)
• Mekong River Don Sahong Power Project Review
• Steelhead spawning surveys on Elder Creek, South Fork Eel River (Mendocino Co.)
• Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District internships. Get students involved in looking at salmon as beneficial use.