Artificial dams interrupt the natural process that allows Steelhead and possibly Coho to swim upstream and spawn. This is the season Steelhead (and hopefully Coho) swim upstream to the reach where [...] Read more

(excerpts from NOAA Fisheries) Transportation and unloading of juvenile CCC coho salmon from the hatchery to an area located near Pescadero Creek. Photo: San Mateo Resource Conservation District [...] Read more

(excerpt from San Mateo RCD) This summer, the San Mateo Resource Conservation District will be breaking ground to address fish passage and habitat on Alpine Creek in La Honda. "A culvert and old, [...] Read more

(see article here: Santa Cruz Sentinel) “A 77-year-old concrete dam is now gone from San Mateo County’s Pescadero Creek, opening a route for rare coho salmon to once again return to their [...] Read more

(excerpt from Half Moon Bay Review) “The president of a South Coast conservation group says weekend rains brought tainted water into the Pescadero Marsh, killing thousands of steelhead trout and [...] Read more

(excerpt from Jefferson Public Radio) “California’s state Fish and Game Commission approved closures of dozens of rivers and streams in an attempt to protect threatened salmon and steelhead [...] Read more

To see steelhead in La Honda Creek from April 10th, go to this video uploaded by POST. The commentary associated with this video is that these are two female steelheads fighting for a prime breeding [...] Read more

by Aaron Kinney (excerpt from Mercury News) "An experimental project to prevent steelhead trout from dying by the hundreds in Pescadero Marsh was so successful it will likely be tried again next [...] Read more

(excerpt from Santa Cruz Sentinel) "This flat, arrow-straight section of San Gregorio Creek near La Honda looks perfectly healthy to the untrained eye, but biologist Jon Ambrose sees there is [...] Read more

Who knew they were swimming in our lagoon? Amy knew. Local fish biologist Amy Haas led a number of intrepid souls on a journey into the San Gregorio lagoon recently to discover the life within. The [...] Read more