Reorienting to recovery: Developing an inclusive, landscape-scale process for Central Valley Salmonids, prioritizing actions and investments to achieve recovery and minimize community and economic impact (R2R Phase 2)

Science activity #54621, updated 19 March 2026

Reorienting to recovery: Developing an inclusive, landscape-scale process for Central Valley Salmonids, prioritizing actions and investments to achieve recovery and minimize community and economic impact (R2R Phase 2)

Description / purpose

Salmon of California’s Central Valley are culturally and ecologically valuable but are subject to numerous stressors.

This project used sociological and ecological methods to address salmonid recovery in the Central Valley in an inclusive and collaborative way. The research team identified a suite of implementable and impactful actions that will advance the recovery of Central Valley salmon and steelhead. The approach promoted broad buy-in for these preferred actions by making trade-offs transparent and balancing participants’ diverse values, perspectives, and priorities.

Linked science activities

None specified

Collaborators

Rene Henery, Principal investigator - Trout Unlimited

Mark Tompkins, Co-investigator - FlowWest

Noble Hendrix, Co-investigator - QEDA Consulting LLC

Rafael Silberblatt, Co-investigator - Kearns & West

Gary Bobker, Co-investigator - The Bay Institute [TBI]

Michael Harstone, Co-investigator - Compass Resource Management

Eric Danner, Co-investigator - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]

Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (2021)
2 In progress / Ongoing
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $1,481,242

Delta Stewardship Council: $138,036

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21016
Implementing organization	University of California - Santa Cruz [UCSC]
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund
Date of award	2021-11-01
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$138,036
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Delta Stewardship Council: $382,909

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21017
Implementing organization	FlowWest
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Date of award	2021-11-29
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$382,909
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Delta Stewardship Council: $92,206

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21018
Implementing organization	The Bay Institute [TBI]
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Date of award	2021-12-12
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$92,206
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Delta Stewardship Council: $176,694

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21019
Implementing organization	Compass Resource Management
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Date of award	2022-01-12
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$176,694
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Delta Stewardship Council: $110,737

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21020
Implementing organization	QEDA Consulting LLC
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Date of award	2022-01-25
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$110,737
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Delta Stewardship Council: $130,378

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21015
Implementing organization	Trout Unlimited
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Date of award	2022-03-01
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$130,378
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Delta Stewardship Council: $450,282

Label	Value
Contract # or labor code	21021
Implementing organization	Kearns & West
Funding organization	Delta Stewardship Council
Funding Source	U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]
Date of award	2022-03-17
Date of fiscal year-end	2022-06-30
Total award amount	$450,282
State type of obligation	Not provided
Federal type of obligation	Not provided
Reimbursability	Not provided
Procurement mechanism	Not provided

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

None specified

Products and outputs

Type	Title	Description	Views
	R2R project website	R2R project website	0
	Project information sheet	Project information sheet	0

Type and context

Science action area

SAA Action Area 1 (2017-2021): Invest in assessing the human dimensions of natural resource management decisions , SAA Action Area 2 (2017-2021): Capitalize on existing data through increasing science synthesis , SAA Action Area 3 (2017-2021): Develop tools and methods to support and evaluate habitat restoration , SAA Action Area 4 (2017-2021): Improve understanding of interactions between stressors and managed species and their communities , SAA Action Area 5 (2017-2021): Modernize monitoring, data management, and modeling

Management themes

Native species management

Science themes

Fish

Types

Targeted foundational research

Science functions

Data application - Modeling , Data application - Science communication / knowledge synthesis

Management actions

None specified

Science Topics

None specified

Lead implementing organization

Trout Unlimited

Partner implementing organizations

FlowWest , QEDA Consulting LLC , Kearns & West , The Bay Institute [TBI] , Compass Resource Management , University of California - Santa Cruz [UCSC]

Funding organizations

Delta Stewardship Council , Delta Stewardship Council , Delta Stewardship Council , Delta Stewardship Council , Delta Stewardship Council , Delta Stewardship Council , Delta Stewardship Council

Funding programs

Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program) , Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program) , Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program) , Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program) , Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program) , Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program) , Delta Research Awards (Delta Science Program)

Funding sources

Delta Stewardship Council - General Fund , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR] , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR] , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR] , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR] , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR] , U.S. Bureau of Reclamation [USBR]