the Kingfisher Flat / Big Creek Restoration Hatchery. For additional information on coho salmon, go to Salmonids of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Chinook SalmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha (CSC) Chinook are large salmon of larger north coast and Central Valley streams, with separate fall, late-fall, winter and spring spawning runs. Spring and winter runs are federally listed. Anecdotal records indicate that Chinook were originally present in some south Bay streams, at least occasionally (such as during wet periods). The marginal original stocks were probably eliminated by diversions, dam building and severe pollution in south San Francisco Bay. However, runs of several hundred fall-run fish now annually enter Coyote Creek and the Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County. The recent runs apparently originated as strays from Central Valley streams and hatcheries, and muchof each run is probably still strays. However, some successful spawning and smolt production has occurred in both streams. For additional information on Chinook salmon, go to Salmonids of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

SteelheadOncorhynchus mykiss (FT) Steelhead are still present in most coastal and some San Francisco Bay streams (San Francisquito, Stevens and Penitencia creeks and the tributaries of the Guadalupe River), although numbers have been substantially reduced by sedimentation, water diversion and dam construction. They are able to use steeper, faster habitats than coho, and can also use warmer stream habitats if fast-water riffles are present as feeding areas. Summer lagoons and some seasonal on-channel ponds can often provide important rearing habitat if water temperatures are not too warm and food is abundant. Poor access and reduced stream