Hoopa Valley Tribe in California joins state fish restoration efforts
Partnership will combine infrastructure on reservation land
After years of duplicative efforts around supporting the Lower Trinity River’s salmon populations in California, the Hoopa Valley Tribe and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are finally teaming up.
The new partnership will feature one jointly utilized weir – a type of small dam – on the Hoopa Valley Reservation. This weir will temporarily contain fish for both scientific examination and selective harvest by the tribe, according to a press release from CDFW.
Previously, each entity maintained its own independent weir in a unique location along the river. The hope is that coordination at the new single site will enable more effective sharing of personnel and equipment. The state and the tribe will be able to maximize funding opportunities too, and removing in-river infrastructure from the two other weirs is expected to improve fish passage and survival in the Lower Trinity.
- 1.Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW Announce Historic Fishery Restoration Partnership. Department of Fish and Wildlife State of California, .
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