From the Capitol to California’s Rivers: CalTrout’s 2026 Policy Progress
With California’s 2026 legislative session at an end, we’re taking a moment to celebrate progress for the state’s native fish, rivers, and watersheds and look ahead to the work still to come.
FEATURED STORIES
From the field, in the lab, at the capitol.
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CalTrout Secures NOAA Funding to Advance Multi-Year Restoration of the East Fork Scott River
Read more →: CalTrout Secures NOAA Funding to Advance Multi-Year Restoration of the East Fork Scott RiverCalTrout has been awarded funding from NOAA to restore streams and reconnect floodplains for coho salmon along the East Fork Scott River — a…
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The Barrier Is Gone: Iron Canyon Fish Passage Project Complete on Ótakim Séwi (Big Chico Creek)
Read more →: The Barrier Is Gone: Iron Canyon Fish Passage Project Complete on Ótakim Séwi (Big Chico Creek)After four years, the instream work for the Iron Canyon Fish Passage Project is complete, restoring access to 8.5 miles of critical cold-water habitat…
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CalTrout Receives Wildlife Conservation Board Grant to Advance Habitat Restoration on the Shasta River
Read more →: CalTrout Receives Wildlife Conservation Board Grant to Advance Habitat Restoration on the Shasta RiverBig Spring Ranch Habitat Implementation Grant will fund shovel-ready instream habitat projects at Big Springs Ranch, one of the Shasta River’s highest-priority spring-fed reaches.
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‘O Rew Comes Home: A Community Story
Read more →: ‘O Rew Comes Home: A Community StoryThis summer marks the culmination of a decades-long effort to reconnect people and wildlife with place, and with one other — the gates at…
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Construction Begins on Landmark Elk River Estuary Restoration Project, Creating a More Resilient Future for Fish, Farms, and Communities
Read more →: Construction Begins on Landmark Elk River Estuary Restoration Project, Creating a More Resilient Future for Fish, Farms, and CommunitiesConstruction is officially underway on the Elk River Estuary Restoration Project, marking a major milestone in a decades-long effort to restore one of Humboldt…
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An Aging Dam in Stanford’s Backyard — and Why it Must Go
Read more →: An Aging Dam in Stanford’s Backyard — and Why it Must GoStanford University water experts from the Woods Institute and Center for the West examine the negative impacts of obselete dams and why they must…