James B. Waldvogel
Sea Grant Extension Program
586 G Street
Crescent City, CA
95531- 3735

Email: jbwaldvogel@ucdavis.edu
Tel: (707) 464-4711

Fax: (707) 464-7520

Website

 

Specialty: Fisheries

Jim Waldvogel, M.S.

Marine Advisor, Del Norte (California)
and Curry (Oregon) Counties

 

Waldvogel works in Del Norte and Curry Counties, both deeply impacted by salmonid fishery issues and renowned throughout the nation for salmon and steelhead rivers such as the Klamath, Smith, Chetco, Rogue and Elk.

In 2006 Waldvogel completed a 23-year analysis of chinook salmon spawning escapement in the Smith River. This documented that Mill Creek has the highest spawning density of native chinook and coho salmon of any of the Smith River tributaries. It proved critical in preventing Caltrans’ 1994 plans to relocate a section of Highway 101 and was the fishery basis for the 2002 purchase of 25,000 acres of the Mill Creek watershed by Save the Redwoods League—property that was subsequently donated to California State Parks.

Waldvogel has also focused on sportsfishers' use of the Chetco and Smith Rivers and ocean sport-salmon fishers in the Klamath Management Zone. In addition, he has conducted marine-safety training for the commercial fishing industry and studies the adaptation of commercial fishing families to change.

He is active in watershed-habitat enhancement, serving as chairman of the Smith River Advisory Council and as technical team member to the Curry County watershed councils and the Klamath Management Zone Coalition.

More about Jim Waldvogel may be found at:

Long-Term Study of Chinook Salmon Spawning on a Smith
River Tributary

23-Year Smith River Chinook Spawning Study