In September 2023, Patagonia’s Holdfast Collective awarded California Trout $1 million over three years to support work to remove dams on the Eel River, Battle Creek, and San Francisquito Creek. This includes PG&E’s Potter Valley Project dams, PG&E’s Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project dams, and Searsville Dam on Stanford University campus. California has thousands of dams, many of which provide critical water supply, flood control, and hydroelectric power. Most of these dams were constructed between the 1930s and 1960s with little consideration for their effects on fish. Today many have outlived their functional lifespans. California Trout is focused on reconnecting habitat for native fish and removing obsolete dams for ecosystem repair.