Lower Santa Ynez River Fish Management Program

The primary goal of the Lower Santa Ynez River Fish Management Plan is to provide physical projects and management strategies that will protect, enhance, restore and create new habitat for the spawning and rearing of endangered steelhead.

The Plan also seeks a balance between fish management, other ecological needs, and the delivery of adequate water supplies to customers of local water agencies.

CCRB and the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, ID No. 1 are fully funding the Fish Management Plan and implementing the National Marine Fisheries Service Cachuma Project Biological Opinion. They are working cooperatively with local stakeholders, as well as state and federal agencies.

Click here to download the Cachuma Project Biological Opinion.