Join us online on September 15, 2022 at 7pm for CalTrout: Fish and Bird Management and Conservation presented by Cliff Feldheim and Molly Ancel. The meeting will be held via ZOOM. You must register for the meeting, but there is no cost to register and you do not have to be a member of the Sacramento Audubon Society.
CalTrout is a non-profit conservation organization that strives to respond to the state’s resource issues while balancing the needs of wild fish and people. CalTrout is driven by science to restore abundance to California’s freshwater ecosystems by working to ensure healthy waters for resilient populations of wild fish. This work is based in the belief that abundant wild fish indicate healthy waters and healthy waters benefit all Californians. Through partnerships in places where wild fish influence the community, CalTrout drives science-based solutions that work for the diverse interests of those communities. With more than sixty large-scale conservation projects underway, in tandem with public policy efforts in Sacramento, CalTrout works tirelessly to support freshwater and estuary ecosystems through a three-pillared approach to conservation – science, advocacy, and restoration.
Locally in the Sacramento Valley, CalTrout works closely with rice farmers, agencies, and other stakeholders to use flooded winter rice fields to grow healthy salmonid fry by providing critical habitat not only for fish, but birds.
Join us for a joint presentation by Cliff Feldheim, CalTrout Central Valley Project Manager and Molly Ancel, Outreach and Education Manager. The presentation will offer an overview of CalTrout’s statewide work, tactics, and vision, with a deeper look at CalTrout’s local Sacramento Valley projects on fish and bird management and conservation.
More About the Presenters
Cliff Feldheim has worked as a fish and wildlife biologist in the Sacramento Valley since 1997. He graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. and M.S. in Wildlife Management. Over the last 25 years, his work has focused on habitat restoration and management, and the development and implementation of species-specific monitoring programs. He is an award-winning waterfowl biologist who has co-authored over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles.
Cliff has worked for California Trout since 2021 where one of his roles is to bring together fish and bird management and conservation in the Central Valley and Suisun Marsh. He represents CalTrout on the Central Valley Joint Venture, a migratory bird conservation partnership, and he is the Central Valley Salmon Habitat Partnership Coordinator.
Molly Ancel has worked in environmental programming since 2015. As CalTrout’s Outreach and Education Manager she works to expand and tend CalTrout’s partner base and to connect CalTrout’s conservation work to the human communities that live in those places through youth programming, educational models and partner collaborations, and communications.
Molly holds a B.A. in Critical Indigenous Studies from the University of British Columbia, where her senior research work was on salmon fisheries co-management between First Nations and the DFO. In the Bay Area she previously co-developed, facilitated, and trained staff on ecology-based programming for youth, including fishing and tidal ecology-based programming. In the mountains of Southern California she developed and directed programming on sustainable agriculture for youth and adults, and led local youth outreach efforts focused on rural community justice.
You do not need a ZOOM account to join the meeting. Registration is required due to space limitations set by Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the meeting. You will also receive email reminders about this event. Please email our Meeting Coordinator if you have any questions about the monthly speaker meetings.