Farmers in Film
It takes innovation and modern science to create a sustainable path forward for people, fish and wildlife here in the Sacramento Valley. The Sacramento River Settlement Contractors are dedicated to building partnerships that have profound positive impacts on the farms, water and wildlife habitat across the Basin. We invite you to watch our efforts through the lens of these award-winning films.
Salmon on Ricelands
In one of the largest salmon releases of its kind, the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors and partners from the Bridge Group, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, released nearly 2 million juvenile salmon into winter-flooded rice fields near the Sacramento River. The effort gives young salmon access to productive floodplain habitat where they can feed and grow before continuing their journey to the Pacific Ocean, with the goal of improving survival and ultimately increasing the number of adult salmon returning to the Sacramento Valley.
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Changing the Current
The Sacramento River Settlement Contractors' holistic approach to salmon management and habitat recovery could have dramatic results to increasing salmon populations in California's largest river system.
Salmon Imprinting Project
The Imprinting Program, a collaboration among the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors, fishermen, farmers and water users in California, puts hatchery juvenile salmon in river water to decrease straying into other waterways. Scientists working on the project hope to answer the lingering question of whether salmon that imprint as juveniles on Sacramento River water will return to the upper river as adults.
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Innovative Science Series Films
A collection featuring innovative Sacramento Valley water projects