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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Iron Canyon Fish Passage Project on Big Chico Creek Enters Construction Phase
Read more →: Iron Canyon Fish Passage Project on Big Chico Creek Enters Construction PhaseCalifornia Trout, the Mechoopda Indian Tribe, the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve, and the City of Chico celebrated the start of the Iron Canyon…
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Yurok Tribe, Farmers Ditch Company, and California Trout Break Ground on Scott River Restoration Project
Read more →: Yurok Tribe, Farmers Ditch Company, and California Trout Break Ground on Scott River Restoration ProjectConstruction kicks off on a river restoration project that will restore degraded fish habitat, improve fish passage, and enhance river flows within a section…
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Under Construction: A Fish Nursery on the Scott River
Read more →: Under Construction: A Fish Nursery on the Scott RiverCalTrout is wrapping up its restoration project on the South Fork Scott River, reconnecting this Klamath River tributary its historic floodplain, and increasing much-needed…
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PG&E Makes it Official – Submits Plan to Remove Potter Valley Project Dams and Modernize Water Infrastructure
Read more →: PG&E Makes it Official – Submits Plan to Remove Potter Valley Project Dams and Modernize Water InfrastructureToday marks a defining moment for California’s third-largest watershed, the Eel River, as PG&E officially submitted its License Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan for…
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Monitoring Confirms Baduwa’t Estuary (Mad River) Restoration Project Succeeds in Creating Critical Habitat for Threatened Species
Read more →: Monitoring Confirms Baduwa’t Estuary (Mad River) Restoration Project Succeeds in Creating Critical Habitat for Threatened SpeciesExciting results from over two years of post-restoration monitoring in the Baduwa’t (Mad River) estuary reveal that over 17 species have utilized the restored…
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CalTrout and PG&E Kick Off Construction on Alameda Creek Fish Passage Project
Read more →: CalTrout and PG&E Kick Off Construction on Alameda Creek Fish Passage ProjectCalifornia Trout and PG&E kicked off construction on a project that will remove the last unnatural barrier to fish passage on mainstem Alameda Creek,…