In September of 2009, Nestles abruptly dropped its plans to purchase water from California’s McCloud River springs. The international food conglomerate had plans to pump 521 million gallons of that pristine spring water per year. Since these springs provide the pristine waters that form McCloud River, the results would have spelled disaster for the trout habitat on that beautiful fishery. We at Trout University have been following the situation closely and we have blogged on it back in February of this year, so we are delighted with the outcome.
Saving California’s prized river was a clear victory for “Project Our Waters Coalition” formed by Trout Unlimited (TU) and for the McCloud Watershed Council as well as others. My congratulations go out to them!