The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries is preparing a study on central California coast steelhead, and EBMUD has had workshops with NOAA Fisheries on the subject. It should be noted that San Leandro Creek runs through a heavily urbanized area, that soils within the creek contain toxins from local urban runoff, and that the creek has been channelized for flood control, which causes flashier runoff. These factors severely compromise creek conditions for fishery.