Goose Creek, Smith River Watershed - One of Western Rivers Conservancy's top priorities is the Smith River on California's northern coast, which is considered to be the finest river ecosystem in the state. California's last major undammed river, the Smith's clear, cold waters flow through redwood and Douglas fir forests, supporting the state's healthiest wild runs of chinook salmon, steelhead and coastal cutthroat trout. More...

Big Chico Creek - Western Rivers Conservancy helped create a magnificent new nature preserve in the Sierra Nevada foothills just east of the city of Chico. The 4,000-acre Big Chico Creek Ecological Preserve now serves as an outdoor classroom and laboratory for California State University at Chico, which owns and manages the preserve. More...