SMITH RIVER ALLIANCE INC
PO Box 2129, Crescent City, CA 95531 smithriveralliance.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The mission of the Smith River Alliance is to provide for the long-term protection, restoration and stewardship of natural resources in the Smith River watershed through the use of advocacy, education and stewardship.

Smith Estuary: SRA continued work with landowners to identify and advance opportunities to improve ecosystem function and habitat important for the viability of the Smith River salmonids. The Smith River estuary has undergone extensive conversion into productive agricultural areas. This conversion resulted in loss of native habitat through trenching, fill, levees, tidegates, and rip-rap. SRA is implementing a Restoration Plan for the Smith River Plain which used recent salmonid monitoring data, historic and present-day aerial imagery, fish passage data, topographic information, and landowner and stakeholder engagement to identify and prioritize potential restoration projects.

SRA was a leader and partner in the campaign to expand permanent protections for the the headwaters of the Smith in OR. The Smith River is one of the crown jewels of the National Wild and Scenic River System with over 300 miles of the Smith are included in the National Wild and Scenic River System, created in 1964 to protect outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, for preservation in a free-flowing condition. SRA continued work with the Smith River Collaborative which is a joint venture between the Six Rivers National Forest, Elk Valley Rancheria, the Tolowa Dee-ni Nation, Del Norte County, Del Norte Fire Safe Council, local and regional environmental groups. These partners to promote and implement forest and aquatic restoration and management on the Smith River NRA.

Rock Creek Ranch: Located on a sweeping bend of the South Fork of the Smith River, this is a place where the seasons are felt and ample facilities are available to support SRA programs and visitors. During the rainy season, when the river is high, it moves with a booming and boisterous energy. In summer, the river is an elegant emerald ribbon that gathers and slows to create two swimming holes, both jewels in the crown that is Rock Creek Ranch. SRA hosts visitors year-round. Since 2000, SRA has hosted annual data collection projects such as the Annual Adult Fish Count.

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