The Mission of the Department of Fish and Wildlife is to manage California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.
The CalFish Abundance Database contains a comprehensive collection of anadromous fisheries abundance information. Beginning in 1998, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the National...
In-stream habitat data include measurements of a variety of physical and aquatic stream attributes that collectively reveal a great deal about stream condition for salmonids and trout. Characterizing and inventorying the physical conditions that...
June 2012 Version Data Content: This data set contains all CalWater 2.2.1 Planning Watersheds (PWS) where CDFW has documented winter run steelhead to be present during or after 1990. It was developed for the express purpose of assisting with...
The in-stream habitat GIS data included in CalFish consist primarily of those collected by the CDFW extending through most of Humboldt and parts of Mendocino counties. More recent data that was collected between 2010 and 2012 is available for...
This layer depicts areas designated for Steelhead Critical Habitat as well as habitat type and quality in the Coastal California Steelhead ESUs (evolutionarily significant unit - a "distinct population" of Pacific salmon defined as a "species"...
October 2009 Version Data Content: This data set contains all CalWater 2.2.1 Planning Watersheds (PWS) where CDFW has documented summer run steelhead to be present during or after 1990. It was developed for the express purpose of assisting with...
This dataset contains in-stream salmonid habitat data summarized at the reach level. The data have been summarized from habitat unit level data collected by DFG from November 2010 into September 2012. The database represents salmonid stream...
Man-made barriers to salmonid migration include road /stream crossings, irrigation diversions and dams. Road /stream crossings are extremely numerous and often cross multiple road ownerships within a watershed. Passage impediments and delays in...
In-stream habitat data include measurements of a variety of physical and aquatic stream attributes that collectively reveal a great deal about stream condition for salmonids and trout. Characterizing and inventorying the physical conditions that...
Man-made barriers to salmonid migration include road /stream crossings, irrigation diversions and dams. Road /stream crossings are extremely numerous and often cross multiple road ownerships within a watershed. Passage impediments and delays in...