Not Alone in the Fight: Southern Steelhead Symposium 2026
More than 130 scientists, Tribal members, agency staff, advocates, and anglers gathered at the 2026 Southern Steelhead Symposium to share restoration progress, fish count data, and strategies for recovery. With Southern steelhead sightings increasing after recent rains, participants celebrated collaboration while confronting climate change, funding uncertainty, and the risks of the coming wet season.
ALL STORIES
From the field, in the lab, at the capitol.
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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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Southern Steelhead Coalition Nearly Doubles Its Impact Area to Accelerate Watershed Recovery
Read more →: Southern Steelhead Coalition Nearly Doubles Its Impact Area to Accelerate Watershed RecoveryThe Southern Steelhead Coalition is expanding its reach across Southern California, nearly doubling the area it covers to advance landscape-scale restoration efforts for the…
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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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Scaling Floodplain Conservation and Salmon Recovery in California’s Central Valley
Read more →: Scaling Floodplain Conservation and Salmon Recovery in California’s Central ValleyCalTrout’s Fish Food program has been making headlines for its new approach and proven benefits to endangered and declining fish populations, local communities, and California’s…
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The Bay Area is Swimming with Salmon & Steelhead!
Read more →: The Bay Area is Swimming with Salmon & Steelhead!Thank you to everyone who participated in our iNaturalist campaign this past winter to document salmon and steelhead in Bay Area rivers and streams!