Scott River Watershed Council discusses salmon, steelhead

ETNA — The public is invited to attend a presentation on Scott River’s salmon and steelhead at the monthly meeting of the Scott River Watershed Council, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Etna City Council chambers.

Erich Yokel, fisheries projects’ coordinator for the Siskiyou Resource Conservation District, will give the presenation with visuals.

According to a press release, Yokel has helped the RCD collect data on salmon and steelhead throughout their life cycles by performing adult carcass surveys, juvenile direct observation studies and out-migration juvenile trapping, since 2004.

RCD also collects data on fish habitat to better understand the quality and quantity of where fish live.

Yokel will discuss how biological and physical monitoring go hand-in-hand and are the two main components of monitoring aquatic health, according to the release.

Yokel is also involved in a limiting factors analysis, studying factors that may limit salmon and steelhead numbers in the Scott River.

“Through effective monitoring, people can provide more effective management,” Yokel said in the statement.

For more information, call Monique Dixon, council coordinator, 467-4007.