MAY 2022 Dear Friends of the Fall River Conservancy, We write to report on our progress at the FRC over the past two years. While the pandemic has curtailed some of our activities, it has been a very busy and productive period for the FRC and its board of directors. We were blessed to have …Read More
The Fall River Conservancy submits comments to the Commission regarding the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s proposed changes to the California inland trout angling regulations. FALL RIVER CONSERVANCYPost Office Box 395Fall River Mills, CA. 96028 September 29, 2020 To: California Fish and Game Commission (the “Commission”) Re: Proposed Changes to California Inland Trout Angling …Read More
Cal Trout submits comments to the Commission regarding the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s proposed changes to the California inland trout angling regulations; includes comments specific to the Fall River Complex. 30 September 2020 President Eric SklarCalifornia Fish and Game CommissionPO Box 944209Sacramento, CA 94244-2090 RE: California Inland Trout Fishing Regulation Change/Simplification Process Dear …Read More
Updated: April 27, 2020 Working closely with UC Davis, our PIT wild trout monitoring program, which began in 2013, continued into 2019. During the program’s life, we have tagged some 3,000 fish. The science developed clearly benefits our efforts to preserve and protect the river, as noted above in our comment letter to the CDFW …Read More
Update April 27, 2020 The FRC continues to monitor our major project of a few years ago in which the fencing on about five miles of the river was restored with funds provided by the Fall River Conservancy, Cal Trout, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the Department of Agriculture. We believe that this …Read More
In 2013, the Fall River Conservancy, California Trout, the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife launched the Fall River Wild Trout Pit Tagging Program. It’s been three years since the PIT tagging program was launched and thus far it has provided a wealth of interesting data that …Read More
History of the Wild Trout Monitoring Program: In 2013, the Fall River Conservancy, California Trout, the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife launched the Fall River Wild Trout Pit Tagging Program. To date, the team has tagged and collected genetic analysis on 1561 Fall River rainbow trout …Read More
Stream-bank Restoration: River and stream restoration involves the modification of a disturbed condition to re-establish physical channel and bank features of riparian plant communities bordering a particular river or stream reach. On the Fall River, stream-bank restoration is a priority conservation issue due to the severity and frequency of highly degraded and eroding stream-banks through-out …Read More
Partners in Conservation The Fall River Conservancy partners with a variety of organizations to leverage conservation dollars, and ensure the best scientific minds are tackling the issues at hand. One important relationship is with the USDA Western Regional Research Center who has been partnering with the Fall River Conservancy to analyze the food web dynamics …Read More
Recently the Fall River Conservancy’s Wild Trout Monitoring Program and our partnership with UC Davis, CalTrout and CDFW has received some great coverage. Check out the feature article on the Fall River Conservancy in CalTrout’s Spring 2015 issue of The Current (click on the picture below): Watch this time-lapse video of what 45 minutes of …Read More