- California Trout
California Trout is a
San Francisco -based501(c)(3) conservation group dedicated to “protecting and restoring wildtrout and steelhead waters throughoutCalifornia ”.Initially organized as a local unit of
Trout Unlimited , the founders formed CalTrout duringChristmas week of 1970 and filed papers of incorporation the following January. Among its officers and board members was a doctor, an insurance broker, a public relations executive, a tackle shop owner and a real estate agent.Today the organization boast over 7000 dues-paying members, four regional offices and a full-time presence in
Sacramento .Organizational highlights include:
1972 - Led the charge for the creation of the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
1979 - Sponsored the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Act. Signed by Governor
Jerry Brown , the law made wild trout management state policy.1990-91 - Won two lawsuits to return water to four tributaries of
Mono Lake . This water had been diverted toLos Angeles for decades, depleting several blue-ribbon trout fisheries and dropping water levels forMono Lake . In legal circles, these precedent-setting rulings are known as CalTrout I and CalTrout II.2001 - Helped craft the Heritage Trout Program within the
California Department of Fish and Game . The program protects California's eleven native trout species.
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