The Good Fight: State Regulates Marijuana Cultivation to Protect Rivers State lawmakers approved a bill that establishes a process for regulating the marijuana-growing operations that have sprung up… byTom MartensDecember 1, 2015
The Good Fight: The State Responds to the Drought It’s raining! It’s raining! The trouble is, it’s not raining rain — or at least not very much… byTom MartensJune 1, 2015
The Good Fight: Fish and Game Commission Expands Wild Trout Program At its December 2014 meeting in Southern California, the California Fish and Game Commission designated for wild-trout management… byTom MartensFebruary 1, 2015
The Good Fight: Mining Threatens the Smith, State’s “Most Beautiful River” The Smith is the most beautiful river I’ve ever seen.” That may sound like chamber of commerce hyperbole,… byTom MartensDecember 8, 2014
The Paper Hatch All Fishermen Are Liars By John Gierach. Published by Simon and Schuster, 2014; $24.00, hardbound. Lefty Kreh is… byTom MartensOctober 1, 2014
The Good Fight: Delta Update and Other News Water Bond and Delta Updates Populations of many endangered fish species in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta are on… byTom MartensOctober 1, 2014
The Foraging Angler: Keep It Simple in Camp Henry David Thoreau’s famous advice in Walden, “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity . . . let your affairs be as… byTom MartensOctober 1, 2014
The Paper Hatch Against the Currents: The Unlikely Story of the Southern California Steelhead By John G. Tomlinson, Jr. Published by… byTom MartensAugust 1, 2014
Trout Town: Sonora Last year’s rim fire, the third largest wildfire in California’s history, brought national attention to the Gold Rush-era… byTom MartensAugust 1, 2014
The Good Fight: A Conversation with CDFW’s Charlton “Chuck” Bonham Few state agencies are more complex than the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), where some 2,100… byTom MartensJune 1, 2014