Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 12:01AM 
Join the Deschutes River Conservancy for an evening of great food, spirits, and fly fishing lore. Bid on fishing packages throughout the west, unique art, and other items including a few exclusive fly fishing packages. The featured speaker for the evening will be Brian O'Keefe.
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 12:00AM 
The federal government is considering spending $7.5 million to design and build a new fish ladder to help steelhead trout negotiate Santa Paula Creek in Southern California.
LINK (Via: Scripps News)
Santa Paula Creek, located in southwest Ventura County, California, is one of three main historical spawning tributaries for endangered southern steelhead.
conservation, steelhead in Conservation Monday, February 1, 2010 at 12:00AM These World Trout Grants are in addition to over 398 other grants totaling $3,816,750 given to organizations in 2009 through the Patagonia Environmental Grants Program. Since the program started in 1985 Patagonia has given 34 million dollars in grants to nonprofits working on the front lines of the environmental crisis.
WORLD TROUT ISSUES FINAL GRANTS FOR 2009
Eight Global Grassroots Groups Receive $75,000 for Fish and Habitat Enhancement
Ventura, CA (January 12, 2010) Patagonia, Inc, the outdoor gear and technical apparel company announced today their World Trout initiative has issued eight grants totaling $75,000 to global grassroots groups whose diverse efforts to protect and enhance fish and their habitat around the world exemplify the philosophy of World Trout.
Grant recipients include the Wild Salmon Center at $10,00 for their Koppi River Salmon Diversity project; Pacific Rivers Council at $8,000 for their Umpqua River Legacy Program; Truckee River Watershed Council, who’s efforts on Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Restoration received $15,000; Takshanuk Watershed council was allocated $10,000 for completion of their water rights reservations initiatives; Bahamian-based Friends of the Environment was the recipient of $8,000 for their sustainable crawfish campaign, Henry’s Fork Foundation’s film, Watershed, which is about impressive hands-on projects completed over the past 25 years, was allotted $3,000 to help distribute this informative film to anglers and other grassroots groups in the hopes these efforts can be replicated; Bonefish and Tarpon Trust’s research on critical tarpon habitat received $15,000 and Italian group Societa Valsesiana Pescatori Sportivi was sent $8,000 for enhancement of their threatened grayling habitat.
World Trout was founded by Patagonia owner Yvon Chouinard and author/artist James Prosek, who believed that immediate, hands-on action through local grassroots groups can begin to address multiple threats facing our fish and their habitat. Educating the public about these groups’ efforts and raising money to support their vitally important activities was the goal. As a result, original artwork by such renowned artists as James Prosek, Tim Borski and Alan James Robinson, has been used to create unique t-shirts, with $5 from the sales of each shirt set aside to fund these groups. Since 2005, World Trout has successfully generated over $400,000 that has been allocated to 30 local grassroots groups.
Because of increasing requests for support and the significant amount of dollars that have been raised, Patagonia has made the World Trout Grant application process easier. Go to www.patagonia.com/worldtrout and the grant guidelines in the lower left corner will walk you through the process. "This grant process allows us to receive applications from groups worldwide, allowing us to react more rapidly to fund those working tirelessly to protect and enhance fish and habitat," noted Bill Klyn, Patagonia’s international fishing development manager.
www.patagonia.com
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:00AM conservation in Conservation Friday, January 8, 2010 at 12:00AM From Way Upstream -
This Androscoggin River segment is from the film ExNE, produced by Gray Ghost Productions LLC. It's an 8 minute piece which chronicles a river born pure that gets infected by industrialization and then is nurtured back to a healthy set of vital signs.
conservation, take me to the river, video in Film and Video Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 12:00AM 
“Banning the use of gill nets and tangle nets and using selective gear that allows for the release of wild fish is an effective, achievable way to create a sustainable commercial and recreational fishery for the citizens of Oregon,” said Dave Schamp, chairman of Coastal Conservation Association’s Oregon board of directors and a chief petitioner of the initiative.
The hope is to have the initiative on next November's ballot and the law would not effect tribal fishing.
LINK (Via: Oregon Live)
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