Volunteer Opportunity: Help Revitalize Salmon Habitat

River Partners, in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, is restoring 150 acres of floodplain habitat at the confluence of Battle Creek and the Sacramento River, with the first phase starting in fall 2023.

You can volunteer and join in the effort to plant over 30,000 plants to help this restoration effort! Meet October 11th & 12th from 8:30 am – 2 pm at 3778 Gover Rd., Anderson, Calif. If you come to volunteer, please wear close-toed shoes and pants, bring a lunch/water, and bring work gloves and hand trowels if you have them! Also, you will need to fill out THIS waiver before you volunteer (this is different from SEA’s waiver)!

Battle Creek is one of the last streams in California that supports all four runs of Chinook salmon and steelhead. This restoration aims to enhance fish habitat, reduce fragmentation, and support the recovery of endangered species like the Swainson’s hawk, Western yellow-billed cuckoo, and valley elderberry longhorn beetle. Located on the 306-acre Rancho Breisgau Unit, the project is vital for connecting a major wildlife corridor extending from the Sacramento River to the headwaters of Battle Creek in Lassen Volcanic National Park. The second phase will restore an additional 156 acres once funding is secured.

This area, once agricultural land now overtaken by invasive species, offers little wildlife habitat. However, River Partners’ expertise in restoring riparian forests will transform it into a thriving ecosystem, closing a critical gap in the riparian corridor along Lower Battle Creek and the Sacramento River.