In this episode, we explore the devastation caused by California's deadliest fires to date - the Camp Fire, and its impact on our local waterways and fisheries. Allen Harthorn (Friends of Butte Creek) and Michael Hellmair (Fishbio) discuss the fire's repurcussions on the environment now, and in the future. We also explore the recovery efforts and ways in which you can help out those impacted and displaced due to the fire.
In this episode, we explore the devastation caused by California's deadliest fires to date - the Camp Fire, and its impact on our local waterways and fisheries. Allen Harthorn (Friends of Butte Creek) and Michael Hellmair (Fishbio) discuss the fire's repurcussions on the environment now, and in the future. We also explore the recovery efforts and ways in which you can help out those impacted and displaced due to the fire.
Allen Harthorn is a lives along Butte Creek near Chico, Ca. He is a conservationist and heads up Friends of Butte Creek, a non-profit who works to protect, restore and enhance the natural habitats of wildlife in the Butte Creek Watershed.
Biologist @ Fishbio Environmental
Mike is a fisheries biologist at Fishbio. In California, he has evaluated juvenile and adult salmonid habitat use in Central Valley streams, investigated fish diet composition, and coordinated observational fish abundance surveys.
Real guides and anglers sharing practical stories, conservation wins, and lessons learned on Western waters.
Chad Alderson is the creator and producer of The Barbless Podcast, a Northern California show focused on fishing, conservation, and science. He’s chased stripers on the Sac River and Delta, trout on the McCloud and Lake Almanor, and carp through the canals of Scottsdale and most of California’s tributaries. His goal: help anglers “Know Better, Fish Better.”
Nick hosted the The Barbless Fly Fishing Podcast with co-host Chad Alderson from 2016 to 2020. Considered by many to be one of Northern California’s most elite anglers, Nick is an expert fly fisherman.
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