Rainbow trout being released into Cachuma Lake - November 2025. Photo by: Thomas Hammond (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Following ...

Following the recent atmospheric river, Cachuma Lake has risen to 77% capacity and just in time for trout season, Santa Barbara County reports. In ...

Wildlife officials feared critically endangered steelhead trout rescued from the Palisades fire burn scar might not be up for spawning after all they’d been through over the last few months. After ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Gaviota, CA – [March 7,2025] – In a significant conservation effort, over 200 critically endangered Southern California ...

More than 260 Southern California steelhead trout were plucked from their stream in the Palisades fire burn scar and moved to a different area, saving them from lethal debris flows. The endangered ...