South Coast Steelhead Coalition

Salmonid Restoration Planning and Assessments

Project ID	1578345922402
Recovery Domains	S. California - S. Central CA Coast
Start Date	06/01/2020
End Date	09/23/2022
Year	2019
Status	Completed
Last Edited	02/27/2024

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Description

This project integrated recovery efforts for endangered Southern California steelhead in focal watersheds to restore steelhead, conserve their ecological resilience, and protect watershed beneficial uses. This accomplished by submitting 12 grant proposals to fund high priority projects and implementing six projects; holding quarterly Coalition meetings; participated in seven regional environmental groups, developed a GIS based FishPass Framework, prioritized refugia locations for relocation, ground truthed 10 refugia sites, created 5 brochures and fact sheets, created 46 social media posts/interviews/videos/publications, presented at 2 conferences, and performed public outreach at sixteen events, and 8 volunteer field outings.

Project Benefit

This project builds on the demonstrated project coordination, implementation and outreach capabilities of the South Coast Steelhead Coalition to implement the federal steelhead recovery plan and promote steelhead recovery. This integrated effort - by over 35 organizations - to develop and implement priority restoration projects and engage the public through multiple channels ? has built a project portfolio > $20 million and a full calendar of public events in San Diego and Orange Counties.

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$209,126

In-Kind Volunteers

$36,000

In-Kind Donated Labor

$101,858

Report Total:

$346,984

Worksites

1578345922603

Worksite Identifier: 1578345922603
Start Date:
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Area Description
South Coast Steelhead Coalition project area

Location Information

Basin: Laguna-San Diego Coastal (180703)
Subbasin: San Diego (18070304)
Watershed: Poway Creek (1807030404)
Subwatershed: Carroll Canyon (180703040401)

State: California
Recovery Domain: S. California - S. Central CA Coast
Latitude: 32.891325
Longitude: -117.200637

ESU

Southern California Steelhead DPS

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Metrics

B.0 Salmonid Restoration Planning and AssessmentsY (Y/N)

. . B.0.a Planning And Assessment Funding 420,090.00
. . B.0.b.1 Area Encompassed 999,559.0

. . B.1 Restoration Planning And CoordinationY (Y/N)

. . . . B.1.a Planning and Coordination funding 420,090.00

. . . . B.1.b.3 Coordination of watershed conservation and restoration effortsY (Y/N)

. . . . . . B.1.b.3.a

Name of plan
NMFS (2012) Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan. CDFG (1996). Steelhead Restoration and Management Plan for California.

. . . . . . B.1.b.3.b

Description and scope of the plan implemented

The South Coast Steelhead Coalition focused on four high priority watersheds for steelhead recovery Core 1 populations designated in the NMFS Southern Steelhead Recovery Plan (2012): San Luis Rey River, Santa Margarita River, San Mateo Creek and San Juan/Trabuco Creek. Coalition projects addressed the main threats to steelhead recovery listed in the Plan including the removal fish passage barriers, removal of non-native species, improving water quality and water quantity, and preserving native rainbow trout populations. The Coalition mobilized watershed groups to participate in endangered steelhead recovery by providing a systematic Strategic and Implementation Plan (2014) and public outreach capabilities. This inlcuded Coalition meetings and grant writing ability to support prioritized projects.