The Current Magazine Fall 2016 | Page 56

OSA MEADOW RESTORATION

Osa meadows is a long-term study site for the CalTrout-spearheaded assessment of greenhouse gas fluxes in Sierra Meadows, which aims to answer whether restored meadows are sequestering a significant amount of carbon compared to degraded meadows.

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NO GOING BACK

We've effectively concurred the California landscape. Wildlife abundance has been replaced by agricultural abundance. But what if it doesn't have to be that way? What if we can put nature back into the mix? steelhead on the Eel. With appearances by Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia and Shane Anderson, director of Wild Reverence: The Wild Steelheads’ Last Stand, the two discover a river that holds hope for one of California’s great remaining wild fisheries.

CALTROUT VIDEO VAULT

Conservancy section of the McCloud River.