Wednesday April 22, 2026
Action News Now —
The City of Redding says that more than two dozen tree and rock structures known as “rockwads” will be added to the Sacramento River to provide juvenile salmon and trout populations with places to rest, feed and hide before outward migration.
The rockwads will replicate debris that once collected in the Sacramento River, a refuge to nurture young fish at the start of the life cycle.
A coalition of farmers, scientists and government agencies has come together to place more than 2 dozen structures at the headwaters of the Sacramento River in Redding.
While the effort is led by the Sacramento Valley Ecological Restoration Foundation and funded by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the US Forest & Wildlife Service, the project is a partnership with local, state and federal entities, including the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Regional Water Quality Control Board and National Marine Fisheries Service.