SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the completion of a project to help boost the fall-run Chinook salmon population below Folsom Dam on the lower American River at Ancil Hoffman Park in Carmichael. This is Reclamation’s tenth project to protect and strengthen the river and parkway since 2008.
“The Ancil Hoffman area of the river is a prime spot for spawning salmon and steelhead, and this project will vastly improve habitat for fall-run Chinook salmon" said Bay-Delta Office Manager David Mooney. “We appreciate the support of the American River Water Forum, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and all of our other local, state, and federal partners in accomplishing this project. We look forward to continued collaboration with our partners on the next set of lower American River projects."
Work crews created spawning habitat in a month through the addition of more than 15,000 cubic yards of clean gravel into the river channel. In the coming months, teams will finish their work by planting willow cuttings in a newly created rearing alcove and seeding native grass and wildflower species in the alcove and excess material areas.
Learn more about this project by contacting Reclamation Fish Biologist John Hannon at jhannon@usbr.gov.: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/mpr-news/factsheets.html.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
