MEET THE AUTHORS
Peter Moyle is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and Associate Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, at UC Davis. He is author or co-author of more than 240 publications, including the definitive Inland Fishes of California (2002). He is co-author of the 2017 book, Floodplains: Processes and Management for Ecosystem Services. His research interests include conservation of aquatic species, habitats, and ecosystems, including salmon; ecology of fishes of the San Francisco Estuary; ecology of California stream fishes; impact of introduced aquatic organisms; and use of floodplains by fish.
Robert Lusardi is the California Trout/UC Davis Wild and Coldwater Fish Researcher focused on establishing the basis for long-term science specific to California Trout’s wild and coldwater fish initiatives. His work bridges the widening gap between academic science and applied conservation policy, ensuring that rapidly developing science informs conservation projects throughout California. Dr. Lusardi resides at the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences and works closely with Dr. Peter Moyle on numerous projects to help inform California Trout conservation policy. His recent research interests include Coho salmon on the Shasta River, the ecology of volcanic spring-fed rivers, inland trout conservation and management, and policy implications of trap and haul programs for anadromous fishes in California.
Patrick Samuel is the Conservation Program Coordinator for California Trout, a position he has held for almost two years, where he coordinates special research projects for California Trout, including the State of the Salmonids report. Prior to joining CalTrout, he worked with the Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum, a non-profit that supports the eight federal regional fishery management councils around the country. Patrick got his start in fisheries as an undergraduate intern with NOAA Fisheries Protected Resources Division in Sacramento, and in his first field job as a crew member of the California Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Wild and Heritage Trout Program.
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About time Stanford is taken to task on their destructive dams. Thanks Cal Trout for staying on these bad actors!.Searsville Dam next!
About time Stanford is taken to task on their destructive dams. Thanks Cal Trout for staying on these bad actors!. Searsville Dam next!
Actually, your short note in the CalTrout e-newsletter, and the slightly longer note above, are not accurate. Did you read the court documents?? Also, CalTrout was apparently not a party to the litigation, but the e-newsletter note and the note above seem to try and imply that CalTrout made this happen. That all strikes me as both sloppy, and arguably disingenuous, and not up to CalTrout standards….
The court order does force Stanford to stop dragging their feet and stay on the path towards removing this dam; a path we have spent over a decade working on with CalTrout and others. CT has been a key partner in making this removal happen and has been supporting this and our Searsville Dam removal effort for over a decade, far longer than the groups that just recently (and rightly) filed the suit above and engaged in the watershed. In fact, the lawsuit was inspired by and extensively utilizes the years of studies, public comments, legal arguments, and watershed data compiled by us, American Rivers and CT. CT can and should rightly take some credit for this success and other projects we have carried out together over the past decade plus. Thank you CalTrout for being such a strong partner in our work to restore San Francisquito Creek!