The tejada ranch habitat management project seeks to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat and reduce flood risk in a portion of scotts creek in lake county near upper lake, CA

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) provides $2,500,000.00 to the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California to implement the Tejada Ranch Habitat Management Project. The project aims to remove fish passage barriers, enhance stream habitat, and reduce flood risk in a portion of Scotts Creek in Lake County, California. Key activities include removing instream barriers to enable successful spawning migration of the Clear Lake hitch, designing and constructing a more natural stream corridor, and restoring the riparian areas with native plants. The expected outcomes are increased hitch spawning and greater pool habitat for juvenile native fish during the dry season. This collaborative project between the tribal government and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is intended to support sustainable fisheries and enhance ecosystem resilience in the region.

The project will remove instream barriers that prevent successful spawning migration of the clear lake hitch, design, engineer construct a more natural stream corridor, and restore the riparian areas with native plants. The enhanced habitat is expected to support hitch spawning in the spring increase the amount of pool habitat used by juvenile native fish to rear during the dry season. This project is a collaboration between the robinson rancheria pomo indians of california and the US fish and wildlife service.