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State officials, conservation leaders watch as Round Valley Indian Tribes President Joseph Parker signs a water rights agreement at the California Natural Resources Agency headquarters in Sacramento.

Natural Resources Agency Thanks Tribal Leaders, Northern California Counties and Conservation Groups for Their Leadership as Historic Agreement Announced to Secure Water Reliability in the Russian River, Benefit Salmon on the Eel River

13 February | by Peter.Tira@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham today joined with the Round Valley Indian Tribes, supervisors from Humboldt, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, California Trout, Trout Unlimited and other state and local leaders to announce a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a water agreement that will ensure water reliability for 600,000 or more of coastal Californians, farmers and ranchers while allowing the Eel River to again flow free to benefit salmon, environmental health, tribal and local communities.

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Staff with CDFW and partner agencies use electrofishers to stun Southern California steelhead trout in Topanga Creek and then collect the fish for transport to the Fillmore Hatchery. CDFW photo by Krysten Kellum

Endangered Southern California Steelhead Trout Rescued from Fire-Impacted Topanga Creek

4 February | by Krysten.Kellum@Wildlife.ca.gov | 0 Comment

As part of statewide efforts to help Californians and wildlife recover from the Southern California fires, on Jan. 23 the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and its partners rescued 271 endangered Southern California steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from Topanga Creek, the last known population of this species in the Santa Monica Mountains.

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