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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I’m perplexed why CalTrout would use a photo of a dead trout with a finger thrust through its gills as a promotion of enhanced fisheries work on the Truckee. I might understand the subliminal message that you intend to kill non-native trout to enhance the native fishery; however, that message is lost when you misidentify the brown trout as a Lahontan Cutthroat.
Ralph is so right; How on earth can your efforts to restore native trout be taken seriously, when you can’t identify them? It’s particularly egregious when the Brown Trout you show is so radically different from a Lahontan Cutthroat, never mind its clearly being an ex-trout!
Please fix this, before you lose your reputation.
Stephen: Thanks for noticing. We pulled the report until we can get the right picture in place.
We hope you realize that a single mistake on a photograph doesn’t negate all CalTrout has done (and will continue to do) for native trout. You can read more about the extent of our imperiled native trout programs by clicking here.
Or read the SOS: California’s Native Fish Crisis report CalTrout commissioned, which suggests that if current trends continue, upwards of 65% of California’s native trout, salmon and steelhead could be extinct in less than 100 years.
The single mistake made with a photograph notwithstanding, We take native trout recovery very seriously.
Ralph: Thanks for the head’s up. Looks like one snuck through, so until we can get the right picture in place, I’ve pulled the report.