Winter 2023
Market Street Spawning Gravel Habitat Infusion

Approximately 8,000 tons of gravel – enough to cover the equivalent of 10 football fields – was placed in the Sacramento River to create spawning sites for the endangered winter-run Chinook salmon. The project was a continuing effort to help meet requirements under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, which was created to restore and replenish spawning gravel and rearing habitat for salmonid species.