Faces of Restoration: California North Coast

NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities
NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities
Fly fishing on both coasts for striped bass wouldn’t be the same without Bob Popovic’s Surf Candy. It’s one of the best patterns anglers can use for stripers that are crushing bait in the salt, and even for fish that are migrating upriver en route to spawning water. Above, Tim Flagler ties up a new,…
TU is working in six of 10 landscapes highlighted for attention by White House CEQ Contacts: Trout Unlimited media resources: https://tu.org/about/media WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House Council on Environmental Quality this week highlighted “for focused attention” a group of 10 Transformational Fish Passage Projects, major watershed restoration projects across the country that are helping ecosystems recover…
TU’s sticktuitiveness at work on a Priority Water in California
March 11, 2014 Contact: Brian Johnson, California Director (510) 528-4772 Sam Davidson, Communications Director, Trout Unlimited California/Nevada (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Big Win for Salmon and Steelhead on Californias North Coast Trout Unlimited Applauds National Monument Designation for Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands BERKELEY, Calif.Todays designation of the Point Arena-Stornetta complex of public lands as…
04/09/2008 Sportsmen support permanent protection of Conservation System lands April 9, 2008 Contact: Rod Mondt, Trout Unlimited, (520) 207-2883 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sportsmen support permanent protection of Conservation System landsBLM lands support some of the best hunting and fishing in the country WASHINGTON, D.C. Today sportsmen across the country applaud the U.S. House of Representatives…
For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Halligan, Trout Unlimited ahalligan@tu.org, (707) 734-0112 Conservation partnership restores salmon habitat along Skunk Train railroad Trout Unlimited-led effort replaced old culverts blocking fish passage along the Skunk Train’s famed Redwood Route between Willits and Fort Bragg. December 15, 2020—FORT BRAGG, Calif. Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project announced today the…
Brian Stranko has joined the Trout Unlimited staff as its Maine program manager. TU has many projects and initiatives under way in Maine, including enhancing streams with strategic wood additions and advocating for better fish passage for endangered Atlantic salmon. He will work closely with TU’s Maine Council and chapters. Stranko succeeds longtime TU staffer…
William Conrad as Marshall Matt Dillon By Chris Hunt Years ago, when I worked as a journalist on the North Coast of California, I got into the habit of falling to sleep to the sounds of old-time radio. Stan Freberg—a Radio Hall-of-Famer—hosted a nightly show on one of the AM stations we could pick up…
May 12, 2014 Contact: Mary Ann King, Director, Water & Wine Program, (510) 507-0097 Sam Davidson, Communications Director, California/Nevada, (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trout Unlimited, BottleRock Festival Announce Partnership Will benefit projects in Californias Wine Country that improve water supply reliability for wine grape growers and protect salmon and steelhead BERKELEY, Calif.Trout Unlimited and…
A blue-collar angler tangles with permit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2024 Contact: Healthy River Advocates Urge Support for Bill to Improve Climate Resilience in Coastal WatershedsAB 1272 would advance the Governor’s Salmon Strategy SACRAMENTO, CA—The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition, a partnership comprised of California Trout, The Nature Conservancy, and Trout Unlimited, is calling on Governor Newsom to support Assembly…
Christy Fischer was born and raised on California’s central coast. Some of her “earliest and happiest” memories involve public lands.
03/19/2008 Wine Industry Leaders and Trout Unlimited Announce Water and Wine Program to Enhance Stream Flow and Improve Water Supply Reliability in Sonoma County March 19, 2008 Contact: Brian J. Johnson, Trout Unlimited, 415-385-0796, bjohnson@tu.org Duff Bevill, Sonoma County Winegrape Commission, 707-529-7349, duffbevill@earthlink.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wine Industry Leaders and Trout Unlimited Announce Water and…
Another award highlights TU’s good work on coho populations and steelhead benefit too.
Squaw Creek restoration area, Truckee River watershed. Recently Trout Unlimited’s California Program received major grant awards for eight projects that improve fish passage or dry season streamflows in steelhead, Coho, and trout streams around the state. The Fisheries Restoration Grant Program (FRGP), administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife), and the California Wildlife…
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding supports projects in Washington State, California, Michigan, and Wisconsin
Photo by Arne Johnson By: Mark Hieronymus The mighty Chinook salmon, the largest of the Pacific salmon species and the state fish of Alaska, is shrinking, according to a recent article in Fish and Fisheries (2018). Fisheries researchers from Alaska and Washington analyzed several databases spanning more than 40 years and looked at over 1.5…
By Sam Davidson I came across a video recently, on sockeye salmon migrating to the spawn in the Lake Iliamna area in Alaska. The productivity of this region for salmon is nothing short of amazing—and makes the proposed Pebble Mine, looming like the guillotine over the entire Bristol Bay ecosystem, that much more troubling. Watching…
3/15/2007 Report: Ground Water Pumping Poses Serious Threat to the West’s Fish and Wildlife Resources and Senior Surface Water Right Holders EMBARGOED UNTIL: March 15, 2007 10:00 A.M. (MST) Contact: Melinda Kassen (303) 440-2937 x100 David Stillwell (303) 440-2937 x105 CA — Brian Johnson (510) 528-4772 ID — Kim Goodman (208) 552-0891 x712 MT —…