Tuolumne River Trust

Central Valley Program: TRT continued to build our base of support within the communities along the river for the Tuolumne River Parkway. We offer programs that connect children and families to the river through save and fun river-based recreational activities, education programs, and river cleanups and other projects to improve these communities. We promote the completion of parks that are part of the Parkway, and seek funds to build projects in partnership with the City of Modesto, Stanislaus County, and other stakeholders.

Bay Area Program: TRT promotes progressive water management strategies to improve water use efficiency in the Bay Area. Working in concert with this campaign, we are engaged in the relicensing of Don Pedro Dam and the update of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan where we advocate for increased water releases from dams on the Tuolumne River to improve the health of the river for fish, wildlife, and recreation.

Sierra Nevada Program: To support recovery from the massive Rim Fire, which burned 257,000 acres of the watershed, we have secured State funding to reforest, conduct ecological thinning, and re-introduce prescribed fire to thousands of acres of forest. We also manage the restoration of meadows, streams, and wildlife habitat.