Forum Publications and Documents
This page contains a collection of publications produced by the Forum and other documents central to our organization. You can find additional publications at the Sacramento River Library.
Forum Documents
- Sacramento River Forum Handbook - 2003
- Good Neighbor Policy
- Strategic Plan - 2012
- Forum Fact Sheet - 2015
Related Documents
- Senate Bill 1086 (1986-1989)
- Upper Sacramento River Fisheries and Riparian Habitat Management Plan (1989)
the Open Forum Newsletter
About the Forum
The Sacramento River Forum (the Forum) is a non-profit organization that evolved from 1986 State of California legislation (SB1086). The legislation called for a management plan to protect, restore and enhance the fisheries and riparian habitat along the Sacramento River from Keswick Dam down river to Verona. This effort is cooperative in nature and works to ensure that habitat restoration and management addresses not only the dynamics of riparian ecosystems, but also the realities of local agricultural and recreational issues associated with land use changes occurring along the river.
The Forum continues to promote and coordinate restoration related activities along the Sacramento River, develop and implement site-specific and sub-reach plans for areas within the Conservation Area, review and track projects and monitor ecosystem restoration progress within the Sacramento River Conservation Area (SRCA), and work to build a broader support and understanding of the goals of CALFED and the SB1086 Program.
Current Projects
Below is a brief list of our current activities. More information will be coming soon.
- Sacramento River Fisheries Habitat Program
- Sacramento River Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement
- Corridor Management Planning
- Habitat Mapping & Economic Analysis
- Resource Libraries for the Sacramento River
Participating Agencies
- Butte County
- Sutter County
- Shasta County
- Tehama County
- Yolo County
- U.S. Forest Service
- California Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- California State Lands Commission
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
- Central Valley Flood Protection Board
- California Wildlife Conservation Board
- State Water Resources Control Board
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- California Department of Water Resources
- California Natural Resources Agency
Some projects that we have helped to coordinate include:
- Hamilton City Flood Management
- M&T Fish Screen Facility
- Rio Vista National Wildlife Refuge
- Woodson Bridge Ecosystem Restoration
- Red Bluff to Colusa Recreation Plan
Some of the projects that follow our guidelines and principles include:
- RD 108 Fish Screen
- Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park
- Turtle Bay Exploration Park
- Del Rio Wildland Preserve
- Big Chico Creek Access
- Llano Seco Conservation Easements
The Forum endorses and encourages project proponents who:
- Include neighbors and local officials
- Consider buffers and/or barriers
- Prevent or reduce loss of revenues
- Measure benefits and impacts
- Adhere to local land use guidelines
- Provide environmental analysis
- Describe access and infrastructure
- Analyze flood impacts