Friends of Butte CreekAllen HarthornMichael Smith StreamindersRoger Cole Sacramento River Preservation TrustJohn Merz Private IndividualsEric Ginney

October 21, PGE flume operations dump sediment on spawning spring run salmon. No one at PGE even noticed the spill. Regional Water Quality Control Board and National Marine Fisheries Service are investigating. Serious slaps on the hand are expected.

August 12, thousands of dead spring run salmon are littering upper Butte Creek Canyon, results of a failure to do anything for the fish. These fish are not dying naturally as PGE claims. Water temperatures delivered by PGE hit 68° in July when cooler water was available. In the low – flow holding area where temperatures topped 70°, a rapid … Read more

There are several organized groups doing watershed work in the Butte Creek Watershed. Protect our Watershed was formed in 1994 to develop a grassroots effort to reduce runoff and sediment pollution of Paradise Lake and Magalia Reservoirs. The Butte Creek Watershed Conservancy was formed in 1995 and has evolved to represent primarily lartge landowners and … Read more

Unprecedented recovery of threatened spring run chinook Years of efforts initiated by Fish and Game are reaping huge rewards on Butte Creek in the form of Spring Run Chinook Salmon. Since 1995 the runs have been consistenly successful at spawning and juveniles have been very successful passing the maze of diversions to return to the … Read more