Fast Fact
70 percent of the salmon caught off California's coast spawn in the river and its hatcheries.
70 percent of the salmon caught off California's coast spawn in the Sacramento River

SRWP Monitoring Data is Online


The SRWP monitoring data from 1998 - 2001 is available online at the Calif. Dept. of Water Resources Bay-Delta Tributaries. This website was launched in February 2004 and is continuing to be improved and expanded. SRWP data is summarized here and is available for download here.

Program Monitoring Locations

Program Basic Information
Program Bear River Mercury Cycling (55300) 
Contact Name Charlie Alpers 
Phone 916.278.3134 
Email Address calpers@usgs.gov 
Program Info Show This Program; Show All Programs
Parameters Monitored Show Parameters Monitored

Site CategoryLocation DescriptionLatitudeLongitude
Tributary None Identified   
Tributary Bear River below Steephollow Creek 39.1762 -120.8966 
Tributary Greenhorn Creek at You Bet Road 39.1875 -120.9412 
Tributary Bear River below Rollins dam 39.1313 -120.9587 
Tributary Bear River below Wolf Creek 39.0342 -121.1332 
Tributary Bear River near Wheatland 39.0001 -121.4063