Team Overview
Juvenile white and green sturgeon near Martinez in 1997. CDFW photo by Brad Cavallo.
The Sturgeon Project Work Team provides a technical forum to discuss Central Valley sturgeon issues and encourages, facilitates, and coordinates sturgeon monitoring, research, and information dissemination.
Objectives
- Encourage, facilitate, and assist development of research on life history, distribution, population dynamics, abundance, and ecology of Central Valley sturgeon
- Encourage, facilitate, and assist development of monitoring and research to evaluate the effects of water development/management and other stressors on Central Valley sturgeon
- Identify research questions and data gaps
- Provide technical review of sturgeon research, monitoring, and restoration proposals and recommendations on technical issues related to the protection, restoration, and management of sturgeon
- Promote dissemination of project updates, research results, and current literature among scientists, resource managers, restoration specialists, and constituent organizations
Documents
Join the PWT
To join the PWT or attend one of the meetings, contact the Project Chair(s).
Meeting Frequency & Location
The PWT meets bi-annually via MS Teams.
Project Chairs