Santa Cruz Rethinks Water Use to Conserve Coho Salmon, Save Steelhead
This fall, workers from the Santa Cruz Resource Conservation District spent three days felling redwood trees along the banks of the San Vicente Creek, a few miles upstream of Davenport Beach. The timber settling into the water created complexity along the creek floor — water flow slowed and deep pools formed, providing precious shelter for threatened steelhead trout and endangered coho salmon.
At the same time, the San Vicente corridor was cleared of over 100 sick and overstocked redwood trees and other invasive plants cluttering the creek’s edge...
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