Field Notes

May 31, 2024

Ghost-Hunting for Salmon and Steelhead in Santa Cruz

May 31, 2024
In the Santa Cruz Mountains, at the southern edge of where salmon spawn along the West Coast, sightings of critically endangered coho salmon are rare and sightings of threatened steelhead are even less frequent — but conservationists are working to conjure more of these fish back into the region.
April 29, 2024

Field Note: Releasing Fry with Trout in the Classroom

April 29, 2024
Each year, CalTrout partners with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to bring their Trout in the Classroom program to Bay Area classrooms! Hear from our Outreach & Engagement Coordinator Rachel McDermod on how the program went this year.
March 29, 2024

Field Note – Cracking the Code: Tracking Trout Habitat Through Temperature Patterns

March 29, 2024
Join CalTrout SoCal Ambassadors Bernard Yin and Rebecca Ramirez as they share their efforts in the San Gabriel River watershed.
January 31, 2024

Field Note: Creek Geeking with California Academy of Science Interns

January 31, 2024
Join CalTrout staff Will Ware and CalTrout-UC Davis Grad Student Alex Johanson as they share their work at Walker Creek with California Academy of Science interns.
December 19, 2023

Field Note: Restoration on the Resilient Truckee River

December 19, 2023
We recently completed a bank stabilization and angler access project on the Truckee River. Hear from CalTrout Field Reporter Michael Wier on his experience managing this project and why it is so important.
September 28, 2023

Field Note: Where There is Water, There are Fish

September 28, 2023
This summer, Stanford University student Emily Winn joined our Mt. Shasta/Klamath region's team as an intern focused on the Source Water Springs Study. During her internship she had the opportunity to help out with a fish removal process along with many other field visits. We are so grateful that Emily chose to spend her summer with us!
August 10, 2023

Field Note: A Day of Pikeminnow Suppression

August 10, 2023
CalTrout, in collaboration with our partners, operates a weir on the South Fork Eel River to interrupt the migration of pikeminnow and conducts pikeminnow suppression activities to give native salmonids a better chance at recovery. Follow along with Project Manager Matt Metheny as he spends a day on the the South Fork Eel.
July 26, 2023

Field Note: Native Fish Weekend at Big Chico Creek

July 26, 2023
At the 2023 Native Fish Committee meeting of the American Fisheries Society Cal Neva Chapter, 25 attendees from state and federal resource agencies, universities, and private organizations came together to learn and converse about native fish and land stewardship of the Big Chico Creek watershed.
June 14, 2023

Field Note: Women’s Trip on the Lower Sac

June 14, 2023
It’s late May, and a group of six women are floating down the Lower Sacramento River as the sun beats down. Six women, six very different stories.
April 19, 2023

Field Note: Marin County’s Working Watershed

April 19, 2023
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