Faces of Restoration: California North Coast

NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities
NOAA habitat restoration investments are boosting salmon numbers and creating jobs in coastal communities
Christy Fischer was born and raised on California’s central coast. Some of her “earliest and happiest” memories involve public lands.
Last year, CCC coho salmon returns surged to their highest numbers since extensive monitoring began!
TU’s sticktuitiveness at work on a Priority Water in California
On Oregon’s North Coast rivers, NOAA restoration investments are helping reconnect critical habitat for salmon and farmers.
March 11, 2014 Contact: Brian Johnson, California Director (510) 528-4772 Sam Davidson, Communications Director, Trout Unlimited California/Nevada (831) 235-2542 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Big Win for Salmon and Steelhead on Californias North Coast Trout Unlimited Applauds National Monument Designation for Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands BERKELEY, Calif.Todays designation of the Point Arena-Stornetta complex of public lands as…
In a recent episode, OpenRoad visited one of California’s newest parks, the San Geronimo Commons, to learn about how a former golf course is being transformed into a hub for the local community.
Strengthening protections for Eel River tributaries ensure continued fishery health
For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Halligan, Trout Unlimited ahalligan@tu.org, (707) 734-0112 Conservation partnership restores salmon habitat along Skunk Train railroad Trout Unlimited-led effort replaced old culverts blocking fish passage along the Skunk Train’s famed Redwood Route between Willits and Fort Bragg. December 15, 2020—FORT BRAGG, Calif. Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project announced today the…
The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition celebrates ten years, legislative leaders for coastal streams and water policy
Years ago, in my former life as a newspaper journalist, I lived on California’s North Coast in the shadows of coastal redwoods, shielded from the rest of the country by a near-constant marine layer and the understanding that, at any moment, one of the few roads into the region could be covered in mud and…
On the Mendocino Coast in California, an historic railway line is at the heart of a suite of restoration projects completed this year that will help imperiled fish species in one of the most important river systems on California’s North Coast for Coho Salmon and steelhead.
Soda Creek, tributary to the upper Eel River. Large wood structure project directed by TU’s North Coast Coho Project. The Eel River is the beating heart of California’s “Lost Coast,” a swath of rugged country famous for its steelhead a nd salmon streams. Historically, the Eel was the third largest producer of salmon and steelhead…
For the past twenty years Trout Unlimited has worked up and down the state to improve in-stream conditions for California’s salmon and steelhead. The tactics we have pioneered and implemented in this effort have proven consistently effective in helping recover salmonids.
TU’s North Coast Coho and Steelhead Restoration Program is clearing the way for salmon and steelhead in coastal streams north of San Francisco.
Another award highlights TU’s good work on coho populations and steelhead benefit too.
11/20/2000 Coho Project Partner Awarded Coveted Timber Management Status Coho Project Partner Awarded Coveted Timber Management Status Mendocino Redwood Co. receives “sustainable” status in part for its work with TU restoring degraded coho salmon habitat on private timber lands Contact: 11/20/2000 — — Contact: Steve Trafton, California Policy Coordinator, Trout Unlimited: 510-528-4772 Alan Moore, Western…
Participants in the 2018 Large Wood Technical Field School, hosted by TU and the Salmonid Restoration Federation. Photo: Dana Stolzman, SRF One of the biggest coldwater conservation challenges in the western U.S. is recovering coho salmon in California, the southernmost extent of the species’ historical range. Coho, one of four species of salmon native to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2018 Contacts: Anna Halligan, Trout Unlimited, 707-734-0112, ahalligan@tu.org Dana Stolzman, Salmonid Restoration Federation, 707-923-7501, srf@calsalmon.org Trout Unlimited and Salmonid Restoration Federation Produce First-ever Large Wood Technical Field School A Tremendous Success for the Restoration Field The North Coast Coho Project of Trout Unlimited (TU) and the Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF)…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2024 Contact: Healthy River Advocates Urge Support for Bill to Improve Climate Resilience in Coastal WatershedsAB 1272 would advance the Governor’s Salmon Strategy SACRAMENTO, CA—The California Salmon and Steelhead Coalition, a partnership comprised of California Trout, The Nature Conservancy, and Trout Unlimited, is calling on Governor Newsom to support Assembly…