Volunteer Opportunity | Monache Meadows Trips
Hello Everyone!
I am recruiting volunteers for two Monache Meadow trips!
I am happy to say we have dates for 2 weekends this summer to help Ken Johnson, CDFW Heritage and Wild Trout Environmental Scientist, conduct population surveys on the South Fork of the Kern River in Monache Meadows.
Ken wants to conduct surveys in the two locations we did last year as well as two new ones.
August 22-24, 2025
September 12-14, 2025
The details are pretty much the same as last year:
- Arrive on Friday
- Car camp at the CDFW Old Cabin site
- Pop Surveys Saturday and Sunday
- Leave Sunday after the survey or Monday
We had a super fun dinner together and hope to do it again. I would like to take the brown trout out of the creek and eat them! They were tasty. We have a problem with voracious brown trout in the Golden Trout Wilderness - they have been found in Ramshaw Meadows, home to the golden trout.
Fishing is allowed whenever surveys are not happening. Bring your significant other, they don’t need to be fishers to join us.
Four-wheel drive is required to get into the meadow. We met up at the ranger station to caravan and carpool folks that couldn’t drive in themselves.
Let me know if you want your name on the team for one or both weekend surveys. Spread the word - share with your clubs/schools/friends.
Sincerely,
Debbie Sharpton
Conservation Field Trips (retired Conservation VP)
Fishing for Conservation - Golden Trout Wilderness and the Malibu Creek Watershed
Southwest Council Fly Fishers International
805-338-8278 cell