Estuary Passage Improvement Program :

The purpose of this project is to complete a vital step for the restoration of steelhead trout in four of the Bay Area's most important steelhead streams. The project will produce engineering designs and cost estimates to modify four key barriers to fish migration in the Bay Area. Conducting these analyses is essential to define the ecologically-preferred alternative for these sites, to verify their technical feasibility, and to solidify political support for these projects. With the products we will create, local project proponents will be in a strong position to attract construction funding.

This project will initially focus upon four barriers to steelhead migration in the Bay Area, pictures of which are found below. These barriers are located on Upper Penitencia Creek (a tributary of Coyote Creek), San Anselmo Creek (a tributary of Corte Madera Creek in Marin County), Stuart Creek (a tributary to Calabazas Creek in the Sonoma Creek watershed), and Ritchey Creek (a tributary to the Napa River).

This project is being supported by the California State Coastal Conservancy, the Bella Vista Foundation, and the Giles W. and Elise Mead Foundation.