Field Tour Coordinator:
Richard Sykes, Mattole Salmon Group

This tour focuses on the lower Mattole River and estuary to view and discuss past, present and future projects to improve conditions for salmonids. The tour will include visits to Mattole Estuary and Slough, Lower Bear Creek and McGinnis Creek. This will include examples of floodplain restoration, slough rehabilitation and reconnection, large wood structure installation, and a proposed stream restoration-reconnection project. The tour will be provided by staff from the Mattole Salmon Group, Mattole Restoration Council, the US Bureau of Land Management and Mike Love and Associates.
 

2023 Mattole Tour Packet
 

This packet includes:
Directions
Itinerary
Historical Restoration Summary
Link to drone video of the estuary showing projects
Photos of recently completed estuary projects
Summary and figures of the Lower Bear Creek Project
Summary and photos of the McGinnis Creek habitat Enhancement Project