This widely acclaimed independent flyfishing movie about the “way rivers used to be”, was a big success. This incredible film was shown at Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room. The Sacramento River Preservation Trust and Friends of Butte Creek hosted nearly 200 guests for dinner and this great movie. Thank you all for your support and … Read more
Sept. 17, 2009Big RoomSierra Nevada BreweryChico, CA Over 250 friends joined us for the SYRCL Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, in the Big Room. It was an exciting evening of film and fun, great prizes, silent auction, and special guests, MaMuse! The event was a great success … Read more
CHICO — The state Department of Fish and Game wants PG&E to put more water in Butte Creek to benefit salmon. The stream has one of the last remaining runs of naturally spawning spring-run salmon in California. It’s believed more water would contribute to keeping the run viable, and it might help prevent fish from … Read more
April 19, 2008Paradise Performing Arts Center777 Nunneley RoadParadise Check out what you missed in the 2008 program.
CHICO — More than 300 spring-run salmon got a helping human hand to make it home Wednesday. The big fish were in two pools in Butte Creek, just west of Highway 99, and probably would have died when the water got too warm, officials from the state Department of Fish and Game said. Altogether, 359 … Read more
The May 26, 2008 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle featured the article Salmon resurgence in Butte County. Here’s a snippet: The number of spawning fish returning from the ocean to Butte Creek increased 10 percent from 2006 to 2007, Harthorn said. By the look of things, he said, even more fish are returning this … Read more
For Immediate Release April 15, 2008 Contact:Emily Nucholsemily@wildsalmon.org Allen HarthornFriends of Butte Creekallen@buttecreek.org Dwindling Salmon Returns on West Coast Rivers, Plight of Fishermen Drives Renewed Push for Long-term solutions – Including the Removal of Four Lower Snake River Dams WHAT: A coalition of commercial and sports fishermen and conservationists will arrive in Chico Friday to … Read more
May 11, 2007Paradise Performing Arts Center777 Nunneley RoadParadise Friends of Butte Creek is bringing the Patagonia Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival to the Butte Creek Watershed! Join us on Friday, May 11 from 4:30 to 10:30 PM at the Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. The festival will introduce a selection of … Read more
About 200 spring-run salmon, swimming in Butte Creek just south of Chico, will apparently die this summer before they can spawn. Action to try to save the big fish has been suggested. However, Tracy McReynolds, a fisheries biologist with the state Department of Fish and Game, said her agency has decided it’s best to leave … Read more
Chico Enterprise Record – 8/1/06 By Larry Mitchell, staff writer Let them eat salmon. That’s the wish of Allen Harthorn, one of the directors of Friends of Butte Creek, a local conservation group. He was among 30 people who spent Thursday through Saturday crawling over the Butte Creek watershed and noting the success of efforts to … Read more
