… [Brian] LeNeve is the former president and current treasurer, conservation chair, and board member of the Carmel River Steelhead Association (CRSA), based in Monterey, California. The organization has one simple mission: Save the federally threatened South Central California Coast population of steelhead trout. … Due to the excessive pumping of the river for municipal water, parts of the Carmel River that once brimmed with life dry up every summer. When the river dries, young steelhead become trapped and die by the thousands from suffocation, heat, or lack of water. California steelhead populations are already threatened by dams, invasive predators like catfish and bass, agriculture, and more. Without intervention, a Carmel River die-off could lead to the end of this subspecies.

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