The following is the full text of the Amicu Brief of California Trout, Inc (aka CalTrout) in support of the plaintiffs in Bring Back the Kern, et al v. City of Bakersfield.
BBTK-v-City-of-Bakersfield-_-CalTrout-Amicus-Brief-20241007California Trout (“CalTrout”) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1971 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. CalTrout’s mission is to ensure healthy waters and resilient wild fish for a better California. CalTrout manages over 60 large-scale freshwater restoration projects throughout the state of California. Our goal is to restore populations of California’s native salmon and steelhead trout and preserve California’s keystone species for future generations. CalTrout’s ten regional offices work to address California’s complex natural resource issues driven by climate change and to protect and restore California’s unique biodiversity.