is the province of hunters and fishermen, who’ve combined to restore Coho salmon habitat in Marin County that was once threatened by the kind of people who raised Jihad Johnny. Big salmon run in Marin / Record number of fish spawning in county’s creeks
The local restoration effort began in the early 1980s when a group called Trout Unlimited began lobbying the county to stop the decline of the fishery. That work eventually led to a decision by the state to make the Marin Municipal Water District implement a series of restoration programs to mitigate for the raising of Peter’s Dam.
Trout Unlimited is a model of grass-roots political activism, using a variety of strategies including lawsuits and legislation to advance their cause, good fishing.