About Us
The Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office is located in Northern California about 135 miles north of Sacramento, just south of the Red Bluff Diversion Dam on the Sacramento River.
The Sacramento River is the only river with all four runs of Chinook salmon, which makes it a very interesting and complex system. Our work includes threatened and endangered species (winter-run Chinook salmon and the Sacramento River population of green sturgeon) as well as species that are more abundant.
Our Mission
The mission of the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office is to provide biological expertise and assistance to entities seeking to conserve and protect the ecosystems of North-central California.
Our History
The Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office was established in 1978 as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's responsibility to facilitate restoration of Pacific salmonids. At first its main role was to study fish passage fish passage
Fish passage is the ability of fish or other aquatic species to move freely throughout their life to find food, reproduce, and complete their natural migration cycles. Millions of barriers to fish passage across the country are fragmenting habitat and leading to species declines. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fish Passage Program is working to reconnect watersheds to benefit both wildlife and people.
Learn more about fish passage at Red Bluff Diversion Dam on the Sacramento River. Current activities, responsibilities and programs also include hatchery evaluation, Clear Creek and Battle Creek monitoring and restoration, green sturgeon monitoring, habitat restoration, outreach and acoustic telemetry salmonid survival studies.
The responsibilities of the office grew and changed, so the name changed too. In 1978 the office became the Red Bluff Fisheries Assistance Office to reflect the goal of providing fishery expertise. In 1990 it became the Northern Central Valley Fishery Resource Office to better reflect its regional significance. In 1985 it became the Northern Central Valley Fish and Wildlife Office to reflect its added endangered species responsibilities under the Northwest Forest Plan, and it has been known as the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office since 2000.
The Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office is located south of Red Bluff, California, on the station that was once the Tehama-Colusa Fish Facility.
