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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It’s Not Too Late To Preserve Southern California Steelhead — But We Have To Stop Ignoring Them…
Read more →: It’s Not Too Late To Preserve Southern California Steelhead — But We Have To Stop Ignoring Them…Southern California is home to a surprising number of steelhead streams, most of which are imperiled in one form or another. California Trout’s Southern…
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PG&E Says McCloud River Flows About to Increase
Read more →: PG&E Says McCloud River Flows About to IncreaseThe McCloud River has been quite fishable so far this spring, but an end to the unseasonably cool springtime weather in the northern end…
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Warm Weather Spikes Flows in Califoria’s Pit River
Read more →: Warm Weather Spikes Flows in Califoria’s Pit RiverThe arrival of warmer weather (finally) in California is having the anticipated effect on the snowpack, and the Pit River — very popular among…
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Cold Spring, High Snowpack Means Late Runoff For Anglers
Read more →: Cold Spring, High Snowpack Means Late Runoff For AnglersCalifornia’s snowpack remains stubbornly opposed to melting, and the latest figures are startling; the Northern Sierra snowpack/wetpack is at 465% of normal for this…
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June 16 Water Talk: Local Fish and Fishing
Read more →: June 16 Water Talk: Local Fish and FishingJoin us for our June 16 Water Talk (another in our series) — this one focused on fish and fishing. What: Water Talks: Local…
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Stanford University Needs to Protect Steelhead; Here’s How You Can Help
Read more →: Stanford University Needs to Protect Steelhead; Here’s How You Can HelpSan Francisquito Creek represents prime habitat for the SF Bay Area’s few remaining endangered steelhead trout. Stanford University is avoiding bringing Searsville Dam into…