MOST JOINED
CALTROUT GIVING CIRCLES
Where leadership
giving begins — and the river gives back.
Golden Trout Circle members are our leading partners in conservation. For $1,000 a year — about $85 a month — you fund the science and advocacy that keep California’s rivers flowing, and earn a standing invitation onto the water with our team.
$1,000
/yr
or $85/mo
Golden Trout Circle
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Your gift opens the door to the work — and the water.
CalTrout-led fly-fishing trips
Guided days on the Trinity, the McCloud, and other storied wild-trout
waters, rod in hand beside the biologists and advocates doing the work. The benefit Golden Trout members come back for.
Priority access to the CalTrout Speaker Series
Hear directly from the scientists, Tribal partners, and advocates shaping
California’s water future — before the public.
Invitations to regional field trips
Get out to active project sites across the state and see restoration in
progress, up close.
Events with CalTrout leaders & fellow members
Connect with our leadership and a community of donors who care
about California’s rivers as much as you do.
Insider updates
Behind-the-scenes briefings on the projects your gift makes possible,
straight from the field.
Golden Trout Circle
$1,000
/yr
or $85/mo
Join the Golden Trout Circle.
Give $1,000 a year — about $85 a month — and you’re one of CalTrout’s leading partners in conservation, on the water with our team and funding the work that brings California’s rivers back.
- Your circle benefits apply automatically at checkout
- Give annually or monthly — same circle, your choice
- $85/mo also makes you a Stronghold (monthly) donor
- Tax-deductible · CalTrout is a 501(c)(3)
Join the Golden Trout Circle
Annual or monthly — your benefits are the same.
$1,000
/yr
That’s about $85/mo billed annually.
- CalTrout-led fly-fishing trips
- Priority Speaker Series access
- Regional field trips
- Events with CalTrout leaders + insider updates
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Tax-deductible · 501(c)(3)
FIND YOUR LEVEL
Not sure this is the right circle?
Every circle is a way onto the water and into the work. Higher circles include everything below them.
Golden Trout Circle
$1,000
/yr
Our leading partners in conservation — fly-fishing trips, the Speaker Series, and a seat in the room.
Current circle
Steelhead Circle
$5,000
/yr
Everything in Golden Trout, plus Shasta
Springs Trout Camp and members’
Patagonia merch.
Watershed Circle
$10,000
/yr
Everything in Steelhead, plus the annual Watershed Evening and a Patagonia backpack.
GOOD TO KNOW
Questions about the Golden Trout Circle
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SOS · A ONCE-A-DECADE REPORT
The only statewide assessment
of California’s native salmon,
steelhead, and trout.
CalTrout, in partnership with UC Davis, has produced two once-a-decade State of the Salmonids reports — comprehensive scientific assessments of all 32 native salmon, steelhead, and trout species in California.
These reports are the only analyses of their kind. Their message is clear: without action, California risks losing its native fish.
In 2027, CalTrout will release SOS III, building on assessments from 2008 and 2017 to track trends over time — using a proven, peer-informed methodology trusted by
agencies and academic institutions.
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SPECIES ASSESSED
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BY ACADEMICS, LEGISLATORS, POLY MAKERS, FOUNDATIONS, AND NON-PROFITS
2nd
EDITION · 2017 · SOS III IN 2027
In their Words
“The State of the Salmonids has become the gold standard for understanding the condition of California’s native salmon, steelhead, and trout. At a moment when our rivers are changing faster than ever, SOS III will give decision makers, communities, and partners the clear-eyed science they need to focus resources where they can still make the biggest difference.”
Curtis Knight/Executive Director of California Trout
FISH AFFECTED
Native fish that depend on the Elk River.
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Upper Klamath-Trinity Rivers Spring-Run Chinook Salmon
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Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon
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Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon
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Upper Klamath-Trinity Rivers Fall-Run Chinook Salmon
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Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Chinook Salmon
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Central California Coast Coho Salmon
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Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon
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Central Valley Late Fall-Run Chinook Salmon
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Central Valley Fall-Run Chinook Salmon
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California Coastal Chinook Salmon
FISH AFFECTED
Native fish that depend on the Elk River.
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Cedar Creek and Elder Creek Legal Protection
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Woodman Creek Project
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Baduwa’t Estuary Restoration
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Bull Creek, Hamilton Reach Restoration Project
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Prairie Creek Floodplain Restoration
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Redwood Creek Estuary Restoration
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Cedar Creek Barrier Removal
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Cochran Creek Fish Passage and Channel Restoration
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Eel River Forum
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Eel River Watershed Restoration & Conservation Program
ACTION ALERT
Speak up for cold water protections.
Submit a public comment before the deadline.
Restoration In Practice
Reconnect habitat, restore flow, and give native fish room to recover.
From meadow restoration to dam removal, CalTrout works across whole watersheds so each project strengthens the system around it.
12 – Make a gift
Your gift puts science in the field and dams out of rivers.
Every dollar funds the people, monitoring, and advocacy work that keeps California’s rivers connected.
- Fully tax-deductible. CalTrout is a 501(c)(3)
- Every gift directly funds field operations
- Charity Navigator 4-star rated for 8 consecutive years
Make your gift
A monthly gift of $100 funds 20 hours of field monitoring per year.
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FIELD NOTES
Signals from the field.
Cold water refuge
Protecting deep pools, springs, and shaded tributaries.
Cold water refuge
Protecting deep pools, springs, and shaded tributaries.
Cold water refuge
Protecting deep pools, springs, and shaded tributaries.
Reconnecting California’s rivers
Much of the infrastructure built in California’s rivers is now aging, obsolete, and at times unsafe.
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Where We Work
Four regions. One watershed state.
California holds more native salmon, steelhead, and trout diversity than any state south of Alaska – and more pressure on the rivers that hold them.
From the rainforest streams of the North Coast to the hot dry rivers of Southern California, CalTrout organizes its work by watershed, not by political boundary. Four regional teams. One mission: keep California’s rivers, fish, and the communities that depend on them whole.
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Average age of a California dam, in years
25%
Of California’s dams are more than 93 years old
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Watersheds remain on CalTrout’s Top 6 Dams Out list
400+
Miles of habitat reopened on the Klamath alone