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FishPAC Areas

The California Fish Passage Advisory Committee consists of six major areas throughout the state, which is comprised of 10 Caltrans districts.  Caltrans districts 8 and 9 are not included, since they have no anadromy.

FishPAC Areas map

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California Fish Passage Advisory Committee

FISHPAC CALTRANS DISTRICT CDFW REGION NFMS OFFICE COUNTIES With Current Habitat, Historic Habitat, or Known Fish Barriers on the State Highway System FISH SPECIES & LISTING STATUS (T = Threatened | E = Endangered | S = Species of Concern)
North Coast
est. 2003		 1 – Eureka 1 – Northern Arcata, Santa Rosa
  • Del Norte
  • Humboldt
  • Mendocino
  • S. Oregon/N. CA Coast Coho (T)
  • Central CA Coast Coho (T)
  • CA Coastal Chinook (T)
  • N. CA Steelhead (T)
  • Central CA Coast Steelhead (T)
Klamath-Cascades
est. 2007		 2 – Redding 1 – Northern
2 – North Central		 Arcata, Sacramento
  • Lassen
  • Modoc
  • Shasta
  • Siskiyou
  • Tehama
  • Trinity
  • Plumas
  • Sac. River Winter-run Chinook (E)
  • S. Oregon/N. CA Coho (T)
  • CA Coastal Chinook (T)
  • CA Central Valley Steelhead (T)
  • N. CA Steelhead (T)
  • Central Valley Spring-run Chinook (T)
  • Central Valley Fall & Late-Fall Run Chinook (S)
Bay Area
est. Sept. 2016		 4 – Oakland 3 – Bay Delta Santa Rosa
  • Alameda
  • Contra Costa
  • Marin
  • Napa
  • Santa Clara
  • San Mateo
  • Solano
  • Sonoma
  • Central CA Coast Coho (E)
  • CA Coastal Chinook (T)
  • Central Valley Spring Chinook (T)
  • Sac. River Winter-run Chinook (E)
  • CA Central Valley Steelhead (T)
  • Central CA Coast Steelhead (T)
Central Coast
est. Aug. 2017		 5 – San Luis Obispo 3 – Bay Delta
4 – Central
5 – South Coast		 Santa Rosa
  • Santa Cruz
  • Monterey
  • San Luis Obispo
  • Santa Barbara
  • Central CA Coast Coho (E)
  • S. Central CA Coastal Steelhead (T)
  • S. CA Coast Steelhead (E)
Central Valley
est. Nov. 2018		 3 – Marysville
6 – Fresno
10 – Stockton		 2 – North Central
3 – Bay Delta
4 – Central		 Sacramento
  • Sacramento
  • Yolo
  • Sutter
  • Colusa
  • Glenn
  • Butte
  • Yuba
  • Madera
  • Fresno
  • Kings
  • Tulare
  • Kern
  • San Joaquin
  • Stanislaus
  • Merced
  • Amador
  • Calaveras
  • Tuolumne
  • Mariposa
  • Central Valley Winter-run Chinook (E)
  • Central Valley Spring-run Chinook (T)
  • Central Valley Steelhead (T)
  • Central Valley Fall & Late-Fall Run Chinook (S)
Southern Steelhead
est. Feb. 2017		 7 – Los Angeles
11 – San Diego
12 – Orange		 5 – South Coast Long Beach
  • Los Angeles
  • Ventura
  • San Diego
  • Orange
  • Southern CA Coast Steelhead (E)

FishPAC’s are comprised of fish passage partners from agencies and non-profits, including:

  • 5-Counties Salmonid Conservation Program
  • California Conservation Corps
  • California State Coastal Conservancy
  • California Trout
  • Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Tribal Fisheries Experts
  • Trout Unlimited
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Other Organizations

FishPAC Leadership Team

Leads

Melinda Molnar

Fish and Wildlife Program Manager, Caltrans

Jim Walth

Senior Fish Biologist, Caltrans

Zack Larson

Senior Fish Biologist, Caltrans

Team

Shawna Pampinella

Chief Office of Biological Studies, Caltrans

​​Derek Acomb

Senior Environmental Scientist (Fisheries), CDFW

​​Rosi Dagit

Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains

​​Caitlin De La Torre

Environmental Compliance and Stewardship, Caltrans District 4

​​Brad Henderson

Cutting the Green Tape Environmental Program Manager, CDFW

​​Jim Henke

Office Chief of Biology, Caltrans District 10

​​Jeffrey Jahn

Branch Chief, California Coastal Office — Northern California, South Coast, NOAA Fisheries

​​Rick Macala

Senior Hydraulic Engineer, CDFW

​​Wes Stroud

Office Chief North Region Environmental, Caltrans District 2

The Leadership Team mission is to support fish passage remediation by addressing complex challenges that FishPACs encounter, supporting effective and innovative engineering solutions, and advocating for FishPAC decisions using sound science and data. In addition, they provide support as other needs are identified, identify challenges to advancing fish passage barrier remediation, make recommendations and participate in the implementation of strategies that advance the goals of the FishPACs.