Thursday February 19, 2026
California Trout —
At California Trout, we know that the climate crisis is real. Climate change is the primary threat to our organization’s mission of revitalizing waters for resilient wild fish and a better California — and human activity is the principal cause. The endangerment finding has long reflected the best available science showing that climate pollution poses risks to public health and welfare. Rolling it back does not align with the realities Californians are already experiencing: more extreme heat, intensified droughts, floods, and wildfires, shrinking snowpack, and warming waters.
“The endangerment finding reflects decades of rigorous scientific research showing that climate change poses clear risks to both human and ecological systems,” said Darren Mierau, Director of Science at California Trout. “Science continues to demonstrate that warming temperatures, altered hydrology, and declining snowpack are already reshaping California’s rivers and with them our native wild fish. Moving forward, it’s critical that we continue to rely on sound science to guide climate and water policy to protect California’s freshwater ecosystems and the animals and people that depend on them.”