Join us in Arcata for the first-ever Fish Water People Film Festival, hosted by California Trout – an evening of storytelling, connection, and celebration of the lands and waters that shape us and our state!
Join the derby and help us recover native fish and restore the Eel River watershed!
Experience what it would have been like to see the Beach Boys live, in concert, in their prime. Come early to check out all the booths including MCERP’s for project updates and a sticker!
Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is hosting the fourth annual RiverFest – a FREE open-air environmental arts and community festival celebrating the culture, history, and people that shape the LA River. Be sure to stop by the MCERP table featuring CalTrout!
The Five Rivers Challenge, an epic fishing contest benefiting California Trout, will take place September 14-18, 2025 at Circle 7 Ranch on the Fall River, Fall River Mills, California.
Drop in and join the Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Collective and CalTrout for hands-on fly casting lessons and Q&A about local clean water reclamation and steelhead conservation efforts. No experience necessary!
Celebrating World Rivers Day at Sunol Regional Wilderness 📅 Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025🕘 Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM📍 Location: Sunol Regional Wilderness Preserve, next
Kick off autumn with us with a Deadwood Shasta for an evening of science, community, and drinks on October 9th! Discover the incredible story unfolding on the Klamath River following the largest dam removal project in U.S. history.
Join us for a morning of family-friendly activities celebrating the waterways in our backyards, featuring a creek clean-up, community science training, interactive talks, and fish crafts!
Enjoy an afternoon on the beautiful Big Springs Ranch Wildlife Area, where you can watch spawning Chinook and learn all about the work being done to improve habitat in our Mt. Shasta community. All ages welcome!
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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.
