The Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Group (SSRG) is committed to restoring the Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek in San Jose, CA. for the migration of Salmon and Trout and the restoration of their habitats. This web site is for educating the citizens about the status of wildlife and habitats in the river and tributaries. Multi media pictures, audio, video and animation are used to show how Salmon live, once thrived, and now are struggling to make a comeback in the ‘High Tech Capitol’ of the world! We believe it is our responsibility to teach our children to be environmentally responsible by encouraging them to explore the natural resources in their own backyard. And our hope is to instill the responsibility in them to correct our misuse of the environment.
Videos by Citizen-Scientist Roger Castillo
Join Roger Castillo, San Jose’s own Citizen Scientist, as he explores our local watersheds and wildlife habitats. These videos chronicle the Guadalupe and Coyote watersheds from 1992 and the continuing struggle to preserve wildlife habitats that exist in the surrounding urban environment.
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Draft 120422 Valley Water District failing to manage Fish Ladders
Valley Water District under permits continues to violate it permits to keep fish ladders out of working condition before raining season during end October of each year. Has being using operation to strand, trapping and accidentally take adult and Juvenal Chinook Salmon and early entering Steelhead Trout below the Alamitos Fish ladder and down stream. Valley Water operation creates thermal elevated temperatures that kills off-spring down stream of Alamitos fish ladder every year. The only place Chinook Salmon rearing reproduction occurs is on Los Gatos Creek. A major tributary from the Guadalupe River. Please visit Christmas King Salmon 2021 San Jose Calif. While being informed by Groups like South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition, Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Group and Guadalupe - Coyote Resource Conservation District. A special conservation which help to over see and conducting Scientific studies in earlier years. The fact are Santa Clara Valley Water District conducted numerous scientific studies with Roger Castillo help. Only to hide all of the studies on how large Chinook Salmon population where during the early 1990s and thru about 2006. Chinook Salmon adults numbered in thousands.
Christmas Chinook Salmon 2021 Long Version
Mammoth Discoveries documentary Film Series. 4 minute 4 sec film clip collage dating back 28 years. From as early as 1992 from Roger Castillo historic master tapes, photos and video. A mash lite over view introduction working with all sciences and scientist: biology, hydrology, geology paleontologist, and becoming the leading Urban wild life filming specialist to help explaining urban wildlife adaptation. Roger main mission is to share that human intervention does worked and Federal involvement like the Clean Water Act has work to clean most all the ground water supply that has to sent to Guadalupe River. So much water that animals can't resist. Explain some of the special condition in Santa Clara County within urban water bodies and open spaces. Clips on major discoveries within City of San Jose on Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek Valley. By Roger Castillo receiving not one, but two Congressional Awards. First for finding one the largest fine ever recorded in City of San Jose while conducting report and special investigation for special Conservation office Guadalupe- Coyote Resource Conservation District and rescuing King Salmon from giant pump-station send crystal clear clean water to Guadalupe River. Through out many regions. Through the years Roger Castillo had many regions tested. Some consider to be artesian in nature. Making a 11,000 year old fossil discovery. A baby Columbian Mammoth know as "Lupe mammoth" along Guadalupe River where Roger had conducted studies and filming while performing as fishery Biologist while having full-time job as Computer technical engineer and full time father. But much more need to be done. Roger contacted Dept Fish and Game and geology department San Jose State University Dr. David Andseron to share the remarkable condition that are cause from surface water crossing over giant hidden earth quake faults in City of San Jose. Roger call these location the "Jacuzzi effect" water forced back up to the surface in ripples and deep pools fresh clean water mixed air bubbles pulsation as water move under the ground from high elevation to lower elevation. Water upwells hundred millions of gallon daily.
Roger Castillo also started the first tissue gathering on adult King salmon in year 1993 for genetic studies through the Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University by Dr Jennifer Nielson. To prove unique strains could be found on Guadalupe River. Coordinating with Department of Fish and Games Biologist and Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) or Valley Water District staff biologist David Salsberry by share all key location about unique habitats that are mostly observed in lower River systems. Helping buy documenting all operation including trapping of King Salmon adults and juvenile's during early 1990s to about 2006. Under The Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative Effort (FAHCE) agreement Valley Water District had to monitor and conduct studies how project where or are doing under Adaptive Management Team (AMT) through 2007 to 2013, Roger Castillo monitored these operation on trapping and electroshocking endangered Steelhead Rainbow Trout. Recording affect by Valley Water District or (SCVWD) projects flood controls implementation. Causing abandonment of projects, injuring, death and causing the illegal take on federally protected Steelhead Rainbow Trout and King Salmon. Roger Castillo regarding animals coming back in record number as he started his research in year of 1983. Making major discoveries while documenting and rescuing King Salmon over a 39 year period. Reconnecting the public to water and urban wildlife and special condition that can only be found on both Guadalupe and Coyote River systems.
The main event documentary film is 28 minute long "Christmas King Salmon 2021" with soothing quartet compose music Geoffrey Halgas. Explaining condition during extreme drought about Guadalupe River segments going completely dry since September 2019 to Dec 2021. King Salmon waiting for Rain to materialize while they wait in special habitats. Upwells on the lower river systems. Water that come up from the bottom, Roger Castillo specialize equipment capturing stupendous under water filming Short-River King Salmon behavior and migration to Los Gatos Creek and impact on making the journey throwing them selves on a crumbling man made barrier. Adult survivors soon after spawning in the last remain critical or best habitat that can only be found on Los Gatos Creek. Despite adult receiving injuries from a crumbling concrete jagged barrier. Highlighting the importance on protecting critical habitat. Roger shared some earlier footage from fall run King salmon adult of 2019, and the hatch out from out of nest or redds. Juvenile or baby King salmon during spring of year of 2020, they numbered in tens of thousands on Los Gatos Creek.
Tule Elk found Old Range Land in City of San Jose.
This video is about Tule Elk nearly extinct less than 6 found in 1870s, Several herds split recently found a protected Wild Life sanctuary Along Hellyer County Park. Finding 40 to 50 acres set aside for Spotted Checkered Butterflies in City of San Jose. Rejoice!! Tule Elk cows giving birth in City of San Jose. Several herd in Santa Clara County. It is believed that Tule Elk have being missing for at least 300 or so years maybe even long. When first settlers wipe them out in mid 1700s from in city boundaries and established missions.
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A Mammoth Discovery!
Roger Castillo and his dog Jenna were at the Children’s Discovery Museum to open the new exhibit “A Mammoth Discovery!”. A home for the Mammoth he discovered while exploring the Guadalupe River in San Jose, California.
The very agencies created to protect our environment have been hijacked by the polluting industries they were meant to regulate. It may just turn out that the judicial system, our children and their children will save us from ourselves, Mary Christina Wood, a legal scholar, tells Bill Moyers. Stay tuned in for more from SSRG!
We will be posting new videos regularly. Sign up to our blog posting and we will notify you when they are posted. Keep up to date on what’s happening in the Guadalupe River, Coyote Creek and our environment.
Introducing MEL
We are pleased to announce our newest project, MEL the Mobile Environmental Lab.
We soon will be able to bring this Mobile Lab to local schools and events promoting awareness of and responsibility to the local watersheds it’s wildlife and their habitats. We are currently in development with this project and hope to have our Maiden Run in Fall of 2016. Visit MEL at moenlab.silichip.org
Where did they come from?
We believe our ‘Silichip’ Chinook has been migrating the Guadalupe River for years. We have spoken to residents who have seen salmon in the rivers as far back as 1940. We are looking for people to help us document the history of the river, salmon, trout and its wildlife. If you have any information, stories, or pictures please contact us. We will put them on the website for others to learn from. To learn more visit our Research page.
Our Early History
These videos are from 1992 – 1996 and show a history of the Salmon and efforts to cleanup and restore the river by citizens, with the help of public and private groups. Eventually the blockage was removed and a fish friendly series of waterfalls were constructed to help migration. It shows how we can all get together to improve our local wildlife habitats. It just takes your involvement.So what are you waiting for? Become a member to show that you care. Membership subscription is free. Then give us your ideas, Volunteer your services, Sponsor a page or Host a Clean Up. There is a lot you can do to help.
This article is from Bay Nature Magazine and written by Eric Simons on June 27, 2018. You can view the article here at https://baynature.org/article/the-guadalupe-river-and-the-hidden-heart-of-san-jose/
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For the past 20 years, we have been monitoring management by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) of temporary dams on the Guadalupe and Coyote river systems. The purpose of these dams, which were designed for removal during the flood season and then replaced in late spring, is done to ensure the annual spring […]
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The Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Group is proud to announce our newest adventures. The River Lab Exhibit, the Mobile Environmental Lab (MEL) and soon to be announced Silichip University. Currently our educational services provide learning experiences from grade school to college prep and university level courses with a focus on environmental sciences pertaining to watersheds, […]
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State files water pollution complaint against San Jose for failing to clean up homeless encampments We are pleased that Warden Lt. Byron Jones has moved this action forward. This is a great leap forward in cleaning up our rivers. You can read the full article below or follow the link here http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_25388561/state-files-water-pollution-complaint-against-san-jose We at the […]