California's Golden Treasure... Lake South America Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Our State Fish Sequoia & Inyo National Forests AW eek K E Cr - AH ce N lla Gold can still be found high in ER R Wa K IV ER y Cree k the southern Sierra Nevada! ne it Mount Whitney h W The fabulous "golden trout" SEQUOIA-KINGS CANYON Crabtree Lakes B i of this region is represented g Ar ro NATIONAL yo C ck Creek r Ro by two subspecies: the e e k PARK California golden trout and K E R N the Little Kern golden trout. k e The Kern River rainbow, a e k r e re C k Rattlesnake C R e t e Inyo Cr I u y V o r e E k T l close relative, is also native R u n e M d l o to the upper Kern River. G National r r e e r g g e n k n i reek g WILDERNESS C e i r le r e n if Coy Cr t t o i R te S k S r t r e t k e e h S a g r g e in i t r C P t R f S Kern Lake e n is k r ew The exceptional c L L e Dry a R aw C r ou K tr be re S k gh Cre S rr ek o a e ek y d m e C a a r TROUT re T ek S C k p Creek e Kern Peak w Kern Lake e r i o r k beauty and brilliant n l l Creek C i ure k e g S or e Forest W e F w r C ll e GOLDEN e o C r r H d Olancha Peak e gget Le t Creek C a k e k ee e c k r M o C on d R color of golden trout i l L o Alpine C d e C r R r e k e g e e L d in e k D l r r t k I o e C e S e T M e ou C n r g led to their designation n p a C t T a n e in C h S k o e e C g c e e L n a r L o n r C r ine Mi o o e N le L d E C M e re a ek k C KE r as our State fish in 1947, R eek k N Cree S s u k m c i l ek m C re R C o i u t sh n i d r C and is one of the primary F e M g r o in e L R u r n t e l t S k o I ain y V d H M E o e R reasons for the creation of n a d e o y w b s e e C Sequoia C r r e e e SOUTH e the Golden Trout Wilderness. k k eeman Cr C r e r F e a k F g i k s C e h r e e J r C e C a SIERRA k N r c e h L e k c e The Needles o e a a k e s d B s t l s e r C The continued existence of oc C k R Cr a r r e t e P ek t e le e e Cre s e w ek k pp o n WILDERNESS e d ak k rm a e i e ek n M C re t h r California golden trout are C t C r e r o y e e N n e k Dome Rock k o g o k h e K Durw o a e Dr od threatened by y r r E e C M Bitt Cree M r k C R e e e n a k N o d y o n w F a i interbreeding with C C s r h g e n e C o k R re L e I k introduced trout. A V E National R Tr out Cr outh k Bru Creek e P S Cree sh ek in major effort is underway e C re ek to prevent the loss of this DOMELAND k ee S Ti r pe bbets C as C r e valuable resource. More e k Salmon C reek R ek re M E C a information on recovery nt V s Cree er ia e C I b g r o ed e R T Cold L e k Cor efforts to conserve our ra l C WILDERNES S ree k Baker Point Ta "golden treasure" can be y lo r Fa k lls e C re ree C k y e found at S B n c u m h l i u l k h l R C t e Can z u nell e r F www.californiagoldentrout.org. n C C a r y N e C e r R ee k B k ar E to l ek k a K Needle Cre C s e h e s a i r n l C a f Forest C p C r S w e C r o e e k r C e e k e k Caneb r e a k C r K e R e O k F Little Kern River Golden Trout UTH SO Lake Isabella Kern River Rainbow Trout California Golden Trout 5 10 15 20 miles Trout Illustrations provided by Joseph Tomelleri.