Saving Coho

Recommended QUEST Resources

• Reporter's Notes: Rewriting the Coho Story

  Check out more photos and learn about restoration efforts on the QUEST blog.

• California's Lost Salmon

  Because of a sharp decline in their numbers, the entire salmon fishing season in the ocean off California and Oregon was canceled in both 2008 and 2009. Quest looks at efforts to protect the coho in Northern California and explores the important role salmon play in the native ecosystem.

• Lower Russian River Exploration

  The Russian River originates in the redwood forests of Mendocino County and winds its way gently south thorough Sonoma County. One of the wildest spots on the main stem of the Russian River is towards the end, near its mouth. Here the waters widen, fresh water mixing with the tidal flows of the ocean, and the influences of two dynamic ecosystems merge.

Additional Links

• Salmon Viewing Map

  Amazingly, there are still places you can still see wild salmon spawning in The San Francisco Bay and Central Valley. An interactive map of the best places to view salmon in the Bay Area and Central Valley is available from The Bay Institute.

• Russian River Captive Broodstock Program

• SPAWN

  Salmon Protection and Watershed Network

• Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) Salmon Reintroduction Video

  OAEC WATER Institute uses amazing underwater footage to give you a behind-the-scenes look at the historic reintroduction of endangered Coho Salmon.