California Redband Trout Status Update Little Kern golden trout Kern River rainbow trout 2004 Conservation Assessment and Strategy for the California Golden Trout California Department of Fish and Game Inyo National Forest Sequoia National Forest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service McCloud River redband trout Sheepheaven Creek McCloud River 2007- 2008 Sites visited Upper McCloud Basin Abundance 1986 electrofishing surveys Avg density(#/mi) Upper McCloud River 1,363 Trout Creek 1,121 Swamp Creek 231 Sheepheaven Creek 949 Trout Creek 2001 1,560 McCloud Redband Trout Conservation Agreement • I. PURPOSE • This Conservation Agreement has been prepared to provide for genetic integrity, secure populations and long-term viability of the upper McCloud River redband trout (McCloud redband) while respecting existing land uses, resource uses, and private property rights, and while providing for angling and other recreational opportunities. The purpose of this document is to provide specific direction that will conserve this species and minimize or remove the threats that could cause it to be listed as threatened or endangered. This will be done through an adaptive management process of implementing, monitoring and adjusting conservation measures by the Upper McCloud River Redband Trout Core Group (Redband Core Group). • The Redband Core Group is a collection of agency and private landowner representatives charged with the management and protection of the McCloud redband trout. The group was established in 1994 when the trout was recommended for elevated listing status. The goal of the Redband Core Group is to minimize or remove threats in order to promote the recovery of McCloud redband and reduce the likelihood that McCloud redband would require listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. • Signatories to this Conservation agreement agree to implement the conservation and monitoring actions specified herein. The threats listed in this strategy do not necessarily reflect the views of all signatories to this agreement. Goose Lake Fishes Working Group Pine and Fitzhugh Creeks-- Tributary to S.F. Pit, abundance surveys Redband Genetics Aspects: Hybridization Phylogenetics Diversity McCloud River Goose Lake/Upper Pit, Warner Lakes Next Steps Additional genetics information Additional distribution/abundance Formulate new strategies and management .