"The flows get really high here,"
"So this is a really incredible place where they can reproduce and hopefully recover as a species. We expect to see salmon and steelhead moving through the San Francisco Bay up to the upper portions of Alameda Creek,"
"We figured out, how deep we needed to go. What type of backfill was required so that once, the obstruction was removed, we would be, we would be good to go. It's definitely something that we're definitely proud of. And we feel like we made this environment and community a lot better. So, you know, it's something that I'll remember forever,"
Alameda Creek's 40-mile channel from Union City to Sunol is free-flowing for the first time in nearly 30 years, reopening access to upper breeding grounds. Removal of a cement covering and structural barrier behind a working quarry cleared passage previously blocking migrating salmon and threatened steelhead. PG&E rerouted and lowered a pipeline, coordinated with CalTrout and DeSilva Gates, and crews performed excavation and backfill work to restore natural flows. Drone footage documented the pre-construction condition. Biologists expect salmon and steelhead to move up the creek to reproduce, supporting species recovery and benefiting surrounding communities.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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