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California

  • Advocacy

    A healthy stream thanks to roadless area forest treatments

    Caples Creek Roadless Area provides a good example of the benefits of fuels treatment projects in Roadless Areas.

    Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…

  • Conservation

    ConHydro hits the century mark

    TU’s Conservation Hydrology program has built the largest non-governmental stream gage system in California At its core, Trout Unlimited’s restoration work is dedicated to improving flow, water quality and stream connectivity for trout and salmon. In the West, this effort is accomplished largely by working in partnership with landowners, agricultural operators and water agencies. Those…

  • Dam Removal

    The path forward for the Eel River’s fish and communities

    As dam removal moves ahead, an innovative collaborative plan to share the basin’s water and restore its iconic salmon and steelhead runs is finalized On California’s mighty Eel River, Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) plan to remove the two dams comprising the Potter Valley Project continues to move forward. On Friday, July 25th, the utility…

  • Public Lands

    This Land Is Your Land: Jason Barr

    Jason Barr, born and raised in the shadow of Mt. Shasta at the tail end of the Cascade Range in northern California, has, you might say, an appetite for risk.

    Our public lands are the foundation of healthy watersheds and strong communities. From remote trout streams to working forests and rangelands, these places provide clean water, vital trout habitat and public access for all Americans. But pressures like efforts to sell off and privatize public land threaten what makes them so valuable. This blog series…

  • Restoration

    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…

  • Conservation

    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…