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Celebrating a banner year for Mendocino coho salmon
Last year, CCC coho salmon returns surged to their highest numbers since extensive monitoring began!
Each year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) carefully counts juvenile and adult coho salmon in North Coast rivers and streams. This work is especially important for tracking the status of endangered populations of Central California Coast (CCC) coho. Last winter, CDFW staff realized they were seeing exceptional numbers of adult salmon returning…
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Breakthrough for the Eel
A new agreement promises to resolve decades of conflict over water use on California’s third largest watershed––and a legendary salmon and steelhead river California’s mighty Eel River once produced so many salmon and steelhead that it sustained a commercial canning operation. But for over a century, conflicts over water use have plagued the basin. The…
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TU’s North Coast Coho Project awarded four major grants
Funding from the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Fund will support at least 75 local jobs Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project (NCCP) has an impressive record of success in restoring and reconnecting streams north of San Francisco Bay for salmon and steelhead. NCCP staff with project partners Among other achievements, the NCCP has reopened more…
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Sáttítla Highlands now a national monument
New monument designation permanently protects the source waters of the Fall River and other famous trout streams in northern California © 2024 Kimberley Hasselbrink Coldwater conservation work sometimes takes one to places far from actual trout water. For example, it recently took me to Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley east of Palm Springs––Indio is…
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A note from Chris Wood on elections and the work ahead
In 2016, Donald Trump defied the polls and became president. Some of you may recall what I wrote to you back then: This was an uncommon and rancorous election, but the outcome was not. As is the case every four years, many are excited about the prospects for the new administration, and many are afraid…
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In California, TU takes down another dam
Reconnecting prime spawning and rearing habitat for Central Coast steelhead If April is the cruelest month, October is the least cruel. The summer heat finally breaks, trees explode in color, big orange caddis bounce around and salmon and steelhead are pushing into rivers. October is also the end of the construction season for many Trout…
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Seeking blue, seeing gold
Meadow and watershed restoration in the Golden Trout Wilderness The Kern Plateau features a chain of meadows that serve as headwaters for the Kern and Owens Rivers, making it a crucial ecosystem for California’s water supply. Nestled within this stunning landscape just south of Mount Whitney, the Golden Trout Wilderness is home to small streams…
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