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Conservation Program

The focus on conservation within the Tri-Valley Fly Fishers is primarily targeted at the ever-present decline in the quality of the fisheries in our little corner of the world. We actively support projects to rehabilitate, restore, and/or enhance the fish habitat of the rivers, streams, and lakes in our area. We monitor reports of problem areas with our fisheries, and when necessary, actively petition the applicable officials to take whatever action is required to ensure that fish are provided water conditions that will support their survival and reproduction. We support most of the conservation efforts of groups like the Federation of Fly Fishers, Cal Trout, California Sport Fishing Alliance, Trout Unlimited, and others. We feel it important to do our part to provide opportunities for our grandchildren, and their grandchildren, etc. to enjoy a great fly-fishing experience, and we fear that if we do nothing a fly-fishing experience will not even be an option for them.

Derrell Bridgman: Conservation Chairman with Trout In The Classroom aquarium.

We feel that one of the most effective ways to promote fisheries conservation in the future is to get the children of our communities (the voting citizens of tomorrow) involved in fisheries issues. Education programs are an excellent way to accomplish this. The Tri-Valley Fly Fishers has established a very successful "Trout In The Classroom" (TIC) program that has proven to be an excellent way to get kids enthusiastically involved in learning about our fisheries and hopefully developing into future stewards of them. For a detailed description of our TIC program go to the "Education" section of this web page.

In our local area we have actively participated in the efforts of The Alameda Creek Alliance to restore the steelhead trout fishery to the Alameda Creek watershed. This, once great, fishery has been all but extinct for several years, because of urbanization projects that made it impossible for the fish to return to their spawning beds to reproduce. The fishery is now in the process of being scheduled for a complete restoration, thanks mainly to the efforts of this group. The Tri-Valley Fly Fishers are proud to be a part of accomplishments like these. One of our goals is to repeat successes like this in other endangered fisheries.