California Golden Trout are celebrated everywhere they’ve been transplanted across the West, but the native range of these beautiful fish is limited to the headwater meadow streams of the Kern River watershed high in the southern Sierra Nevada backcountry.

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Today, these populations are struggling. Generations of habitat loss and hybridization have limited golden trout to a tiny fraction of their historic range and numbers.

Our new film celebrates the incredible work being done to restore this iconic species and their home waters.

Following years of rigorous planning and decades of work by dedicated volunteers, TU and our partners are expanding the scale of our ambitious effort to restore golden trout.

Hooked up to a Golden Trout

In the coming years, we’ll restore 75 stream miles and 7,000 acres of critical headwater habitat, a lifeline for threatened populations of this beloved species of native trout.

Watch “The Golden Trout Project” and support the work by purchasing a hat or shirt.