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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.

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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

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.