H.R. 1 Threatens Klamath Dam Removal – And Many Other Salmon, Steelhead Projects
Take Action Now to Ensure The Removal of the Klamath Dams! Last week we asked for your help in stopping the House of Representatives from passing H.R. 1 – a bill loaded with provisions that will make...
View ArticleStanford University Needs to Protect Steelhead; Here’s How You Can Help
San Francisquito Creek represents prime habitat for the SF Bay Area’s few remaining endangered steelhead trout. Stanford University is avoiding bringing Searsville Dam into compliance with the...
View ArticleTrout Clout Alert: Urge Governor Brown to Regulate Suction-Dredge Mining
We need your help to ensure Governor Brown signs AB120 into law. Here’s why: Suction Dredge Mining Threatens California’s Streams & Rivers Suction dredge operations use gas powered pumps to...
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Help recover the Klamath River’s fabled steelhead and salmon runs
In thirty seconds, tell your elected officials you want the Klamath River restored The fight to remove the four aging dams that have throttled the Klamath River’s once-great salmon and steelhead runs...
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Thirty Seconds To Better Steelhead & Salmon Fishing in California (and a...
The facts are clear: The four lower Klamath River dams (which are currently throttling the salmon and steelhead populations on what used to be the west coast’s third-most productive salmon fishery) are...
View ArticleDecember Water Talk Rescheduled
The December 15 Water Talk (The KBRA and KHSA) has been rescheduled to January 19 (click for more information).
View ArticleTake 30 Seconds To Fight Stanford’s Plan To Harm Endangered Steelhead
Stanford University is proposing a controversial Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) that continues to ignore the effects Searsville Dam has on endangered species like Steelhead trout. In less than a...
View ArticleUrgent! Contact Senator Feinstein — Tell Her She Needs To Preserve Funding...
As I post this, it’s 10:42 Pacific Time (3/14/2013). In just a few hours, the Senate will likely vote on an amendment that would strip funding for steelhead and salmon restoration projects all over the...
View ArticleSave the Smith from Mining
CalTrout let you know earlier this year about a nickel mine being proposed in the headwaters of the Smith River in Oregon. We published an op-ed in May in the San Francisco Chronicle highlighting the...
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CalTrout Approves of $7.5 Billion Water Bond
Tuesday’s meeting with the Governor. CalTrout’s Curtis Knight seated far left CalTrout has been actively involved over the past few weeks, and especially over the last couple of days, in the water bond...
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Protect Smith River From Strip Mining – Support Proposed Mining Closure
Mining companies plan to excavate a series of nickel strip mines in the pristine tributaries of the Wild and Scenic Smith River and other rivers in the heart of California and Oregon’s much loved Wild...
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Comments being accepted on NF Smith mineral withdrawal
Action Needed Now Last month, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission voted 3 to 1 in favor of initiating a process to designate the North Fork Smith in Oregon as an Outstanding Resource Water...
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3 things you need to know about the ESA Rollbacks and 2 actions you can take
Endangered and threatened species need our help. Recently the Trump administration unveiled a proposal that would strip the Endangered Species Act of key provisions which will weaken a law enacted...
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Our Last Chance to Protect the Endangered Species Act
Last month, the current administration unveiled proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposal would weaken the law enacted 45 years ago to keep plant and animal species that are...
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Trout Clout – Your comments needed now to ESA list Klamath-Trinity spring-run...
Salmon need our help. California Trout is proud to support the Karuk Tribe and the Salmon River Restoration Council efforts to list Upper Klamath-Trinity Rivers spring-run Chinook on California’s...
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Potter Valley Project Update – PG&E Withdraws From Relicensing and Auction...
PG&E announced last week that it was withdrawing from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing process as well as the effort to sell the Potter Valley Project. California Trout...
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Seeking a Two-Basin Solution for the Potter Valley Project
Scott Dam from the Potter Valley Project (Photo by Mike Wier) *Update 3/16/19: Press Democrat Article published “CalTrout wants old Scott Dam on Eel River removed to help salmon and steelhead“ Located...
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Trout Clout: Your Voice Needed – CDFW Trout Regulations
Photo: Gayle Soskolne Open for Public Comment: CDFW Proposed Changes to Statewide Trout Fishing Regulations The California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) acknowledges that existing trout...
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Trout Clout – Vote NO on SB 386
California Trout is a member of the California Hydropower Reform Coalition and strongly opposes SB 386 (Caballero), which modifies California Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) Program for irrigation...
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A Path Forward for the Potter Valley Project
California Trout, Mendocino County Inland Water & Power Commission, and Sonoma Water announced today that they have entered into a planning agreement to explore pathways to relicense the Potter...
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