Efforts are underway to strengthen protections for Eel River tributaries to help recover wild steelhead.
Klamath Reservoir Drawdowns: Short-term Costs for much larger long-term gains
The Klamath dam removal process is well underway and has received a lot of attention – both positive and negative. In some cases, outright misinformation has been spread by opponents of dam removal.
Bringing the salmon (and steelhead) home
The Klamath River dam removal is well underway. With one dam removed and three more to go, by this fall, the Klamath River will be reconnected for the first time in over a century.
There’s hope for endangered salmon and steelhead
Trout Unlimited’s North Coast Coho Project receives NOAA’s Partners in the Spotlight Award.
New plan aims to recover native salmon and steelhead in California, reflects TU restoration and policy priorities
On January 30, Governor Gavin Newsom released a plan for reversing the decline of native salmon and steelhead in California. This plan, California Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future, affirms that actions and policies long supported by TU, tribes, and fishing and conservation groups are key to recovery of native salmon and steelhead and their fisheries, and that strategic, sustained collaboration will be needed to implement these actions and policies.
A Holiday Gift on Dry Dock Gulch
In September 2023, after years of planning and fundraising, TU’s North Coast Coho Project and their partners completed a fish passage and habitat improvement project on Dry Dock Gulch, a tributary of Northern California’s Big River.
The Way Forward for the Eel River
This month, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) released the initial draft of its plan to remove two old, fish-killing dams on the Eel River.
Extraordinary measures
TU and partners sue Pacific Gas and Electric to restore California’s third largest river and its legendary salmon and steelhead fisheries
NOAA recommends an estimated $20M in funding for Trout Unlimited fish passage work
Last week, the NOAA Restoration Center recommended an estimated $20 million in funding for TU’s fish passage work, which includes our steelhead restoration efforts in both Washington and California.
Freeing the Eel
The Eel River is the last, best hope for recovery of wild salmon and steelhead in California. But two old, fish-killing dams on the Eel block access to over 200 miles of high-quality spawning and nursery habitat in the headwaters and, a major factor in the decline of anadromous fishes in California’s third largest watershed.