Resilient. It’s what you must be to work in the nonprofit world in California. Resilience will carry California, and the rest of the world, through these challenging times. And at California Trout, it’s baked into everything we do.
Long before COVID-19 became a household word, CalTrout had built financial resiliency into the organization with a reserve fund to carry us through dips in the road. Our restoration work is also resilient with its long-term approach and projects that continue relatively unimpeded. As well, we’ve received assurances from government funding agencies (56% of our revenue) that they are processing invoices with little delay.
Our operations are also a model of resilience. Our staff is set up diligently forging ahead from their home offices and, like the rest of the world, are recalibrating to the new normal. Like many of you, our calendars have remained full these last few weeks as we adjust from in-person meetings to virtual collaboration and video conferences. Through these channels, we’re continuing negotiations on the PG&E’s Potter Valley Project, tracking the exciting progress of the Klamath River Renewal Corporation at a virtual Board Meeting, continuing our participation in the Advisory Council to Stanford’s Water in the West program, and leading the quarterly meeting for our Southern Steelhead Coalition quarterly meeting —just to name a few!
Over the coming weeks, we’ll continue to bring you updates and news of our work to support resiliency in our native fish and rivers. We know that, when given the chance, they will recover and come back stronger than before. Resilient.
We hope the same for you and yours: Be strong. Be healthy. Be resilient.
Stay healthy,
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Thank you for your interest in Big Chico Creek and the Iron Canyon Fish Passage Project! We looking forward to sharing project updates, news, and stories with you from the Big Chico Creek watershed as they develop.
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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.