DATELINE : January 22, 2008
 Celebrate
the Return of Wild Steelhead to the Russian River
Three day festival of Fish, Food and Fun!
The first Annual Wild Steelhead Festival brings public
awareness to this threatened species. Celebrate the annual
return of our wild Steelhead and learn of the benefits they
bring to our community and the efforts being made to enhance
their natural habitat through many fun and educational
events during the three days.
www.healdsburgsteelheadfest.org
Click here for flyer
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DATELINE : July 11, 2006
 TU applauds Schwarzenegger’s action to protect roadless CA backcountry
Trout Unlimited on Tuesday lauded Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for full protection of California’s inventoried roadless areas, a move that will help ensure quality fishing and hunting in the Golden State for future generations. MORE...
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DATELINE : May 2, 2006
WANTED: Public Lands Organizer, in California
Trout Unlimited (TU) seeks to hire a qualified individual in California to educate and organize California’s sportsmen and women about the value of public lands to fish and wildlife and the future of hunting and fishing, and to engage sportsmen in the conservation of backcountry areas and wilderness in the state. Click the icon for full detail on this job opportunity, in PDF... |
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DATELINE : March 28, 2006
TU/NOAA Nat'l Marine Fisheries see Coho
 TU, NOAA, Bohan and Canelis, the California Department of Fish and Game,
University of California and the Sonoma County Water Agency, working
together, installed a rotary screw fish trap last Friday on lower
Austin Creek. The first fish to emerge after our first
night fishing was a coho smolt. An auspicious beginning and a great
omen for the success of our trapping season! Additional coho passed through on subsequent days. MORE...
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DATELINE : November 18, 2005
2 years of TU action will culminate in
return of steelhead to 13 miles of Santa Ana Mountains habitat
Stepping up efforts to help endangered steelhead trout make a comeback
in Southern California, a state wildlife agency on Thursday agreed
to pay for a $l.2-million fish ladder in Orange County that will enable
the trout to swim upstream and spawn.
The ladder will help fish migrating from the ocean to swim through
a concrete culvert under Interstate 5 on Trabuco Creek in San Juan
Capistrano. Currently, fish swimming upstream can go only as far
as a large pool at the bottom of the culvert. Get
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DATELINE : August 17, 2005
Feds' Critical Habitat Rule strikes another
blow to Pacific salmon recovery
Bush administration's recently-announced habitat
rule will remove longstanding protections for the rivers and streams
where salmon live and, harm the people and communities that care about
salmon, as detailed in the White Paper released today by Trout Unlimited,
National Wildlife Federation and Earth Justice. Click the thumbnail
for a copy. MORE
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DATELINE : July 20, 2005
DFG still seeking to de-list beleaguered Central
Valley Steelhead |
In the face of strenuous protests over its reliance on “junk
science,” the CA Dept of Fish and Game continues
to ask the federal government to remove its Endangered Species Act
protection from diminished runs of Central Valley sea-run rainbow
trout (Steelhead), according to a consortium of sport fishing conservation
organizations. What’s up, more water exports? To
Press Release and Background info...
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DATELINE : July 8, 2005
Paiute cutthroat will get help! |
On July 6th, the
State Water Board heard TU's petition...and approved the NPDES permit
for CA Dept of Fish and Game to rotenone Silver King Creek below
Llewellyn Falls. "This is a great victory for the restoration of
the Paiute Cutthroat Trout! The North Bay Chapter has been working
on the restoration of the Paiute for twenty years..." MORE...
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DATELINE : Early Spring, 2005
Coho (l) and steelhead (r) on the move |
Monitoring
traffic at TU's Lower Austin Creek Migration Improvement
Project on this tributary to the Russian River, about 4 miles
from the ocean. MORE...
 State:
North Coast coho endangered, effective
March 30.
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DATELINE : March 17, 2005
Audubon & TU address North
Coast stream issues at SWRCB workshop |
 Pursuant
to last October's petition by
TU and the National Audubon Society's Peregrine Chapter asking for
a process to be undertaken to assure that adequate water is left
in streams for steelhead and coho salmon, the State Water Resources
Control Board held a workshop on 11:00 am, Thursday,
March 17 in Sacramento.
Click thumbnail to get statement submitted by TU/Audubon at
workshop, along with SWRCB Public Notice, in PDF...FULL
STORY on site
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DATELINE : January 17, 2005
Don't let feds toss years of restoration work! |
Just when the scales may have a chance to tip in the
favor of the magnificent salmonids, the Bush administration is
proposing to dramatically reduce critical habitat protections
from Southern California to the Canadian border, by an estimated
80 to 90 percent. Hearings on the proposed new Critical Habitat regulations
will be held from 6:30
p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday, January 13 in
Arcata; on Wednesday, January 19 in Rohnert Park,
on Thursday January 20 in Sacramento, and Tuesday
February 1 in
Santa Barbara...FULL
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