SRRC - Welcome to the Salmon River Restoration Council (SRRC)

Mainstem Salmon River in the fallphoto by Scott Harding

The Salmon River Restoration Council (SRRC) is a community-based non-profit group that works collaboratively to assess, protect, maintain, and restore the ecosystems of California's spectacular Salmon River watershed.

With the active participation of the local community, our programs focus on anadromous fisheries resources and the development of a sustainable economy. Strong community partnerships are essential to our work.

We provide assistance and education to the general public and cooperating agencies by facilitating communication and cooperation between the local communities, managing agencies, Native American tribes, and other stakeholders.

SRRC’s programs include fisheries restoration, monitoring, habitat restoration; noxious weed management; water quality monitoring; fire and fuels management; watershed education; river cleanup; recreation; and more.

The Salmon River is part of the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion and boasts some of the most diverse and intact biological habitat in the Western US. It provides essential clean water and genetic stock for the troubled Klamath River fishery and is of great importance to the recovery of larger Klamath River watershed's health.

Cooperative Salmon River Spring Chinook & Summer Steelhead Census Dive
This cooperative annual survey is coordinated by the Salmon River Restoration Council with collaboration from the US Forest Service, members of local tribes, CA Dept of Fish & Wildlife, Watershed Councils and community volunteerism.
This survey is likely the longest running data set of this kind for salmon in the Pacific Northwest. The results for the 2024 Salmon River Spring Chinook Cooperative Dive can be found here.