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Butte Creek holds the largest run of wild, naturally spawned Spring Run Chinook in CA. We're here to protect and restore and enhance their habitat.

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Spawn is On! Canyon Cleanup October 3 sponsored by Centerville Recreation and Park District. by @friendsofbuttecreek

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Join us this Saturday at the Chico History Museum!
Allen Harthorn, our founder and executive director, will present a history of Butte Creek through its geology, ethnology, and hydrology, as well as a history of Spring-Run Chinook salmon, and their populations and lifecycle.

📅 Saturday, October 3
10–11 AM
Chico History Museum,
141 Salem St, Chico

$10 ($9 for museum members). Get your tickets today before they sell out! chicohistorymuseum.org/events by @friendsofbuttecreek

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Thanks again to our wonderful 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival sponsors! Your support is integral to making our festival a success and helps us protect and advocate for the salmon of Butte Creek all year round!

Including California Fly Fishers Unlimited, @ss_produce , @altacalbirdalliance ,@wildsalmoncenter , @flowwest_llc Community Foundation of the North State LiveRiffuly Fund, @kzfr90.1fm @butte.365 ,@butteenvironmentalcouncil ,@californiatrout , @fishbiology ,Chico Area Fly Fishers and more by @friendsofbuttecreek

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...And that’s a wrap on our 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Last week was a smashing success, and we’re so grateful to all who attended, became members, volunteered, and sponsored the event!

Whether you came to our ‘Flock of Films‘ night at the Pageant with AltaCal Bird Alliance, attended a guided field trip of the Butte Creek Watershed, or joined us on Saturday for our ‘Mobilize’ Film Festival Night at the Paradise Performing Arts Center – thank you for coming to enjoy these beautiful films, celebrate our natural areas, and learn more about our salmon stronghold and how you can support its survival! We're already looking forward to next year’s festival.

Stay Tuned! We’re planning on having more field trips on the Butte Creek Watershed this fall (including salmon spawning tours), so keep an eye on our socials and join our mailing list to stay in the know!

Join our email list: https://bit.ly/friendsofbuttecreeknews by @friendsofbuttecreek

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🐟 Don’t miss next week’s lecture on the Salmon of Butte Creek!

Come learn the significant and fascinating history of wild Chinook salmon in Butte Creek, and how we, as a community, can impact the future of these unique fish. Presented by Allen Harthorn, founder and executive director for the Friends of Butte Creek, Harthorn will present a history of Butte Creek through its geology, ethnology, and hydrology, as well as a history of Spring-Run Chinook salmon, and their populations and lifecycle.

The Friends of Butte Creek work to protect, restore, and enhance the natural habitats of wildlife in the Butte Creek Watershed. You can learn more or get involved at buttecreek.org.

📅 Saturday, October 3
🕙 10–11 AM
📍 Chico History Museum, 141 Salem St, Chico
🎟️ $10 ($9 for museum members)

Buy your tickets today at chicohistorymuseum.org/events (link in bio) by @friendsofbuttecreek

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Swim upstream to Paradise tomorrow for our Wild & Scenic Film Festival: 'Mobilize' Night at the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC)! Join us for a night of impactful, beautiful short films that inspire activism and a love for nature.

Today is the last day to pre-purchase tickets and save $5. Tickets will be sold at the door for $35.

Doors open at 6pm. Films start at 7pm.

Arrive before the films to enter our membership drawing for cool prizes and bid on silent auction items! Silent auction items include an incredible rafting trip, art from local artists, and more.

See you there! by @friendsofbuttecreek

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We still have tickets left for our Wild & Scenic Film Festival: 'Mobilize' Film Night on Saturday, 09/26 | 6-9 p.m. at the Paradise Performing Arts Center.

Don’t miss out on this relaxing night on the ridge — with films full of stunning wildlife, cutting edge conservation and research tactics, and inspiring storytelling!

Special $10 memberships will be available at the event. Become a Friend of Butte Creek and be entered in our drawing for cool prizes.
There'll be beverages for purchase and a small silent auction.

Film Stills from:
- Bears in Hot Tubs
- Red Wolf in Timeout
- The Yosemite Toad
- Arctic Alchemy

�Get tickets here: https://buttecreek.eventive.org/ by @friendsofbuttecreek

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A huge shoutout to our local sponsors of the 2026 Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour!

Without sponsors, our film festival would not be possible. We are so grateful for their support of Friends of Butte Creek and our Butte Creek Salmon Stronghold!

Thank you Sponsors!

California Fly Fishers Unlimited, @ss_produce , @altacalbirdalliance ,@wildsalmoncenter , @flowwest_llc An Anonymous Fish Biologist, Community Foundation of the North State LiveRiffuly Fund, @kzfr90.1fm @butte.365 ,@butteenvironmentalcouncil ,@californiatrout , @fishbiology ,Chico Area Fly Fishers, Israel Family Foundation, Kathryn Clements Coots, Vic and Kay Simenc, Michael Miller, Dorothy Whitlock, Susan Taylor, Todd and Jenn Harris, Quincy Martin and Katelyn Connolly (Klamath Karuk Descendant), Gregory Will and Marji Thomas-Will, Bill and Carol Helms, Barbara Steinberg, Suellen Rowlison, Terrence Hoffman, Philip LaRocca, Elizabeth Devereaux, and Devereaux Architectural Glass by @friendsofbuttecreek

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If you attend one of our Wild & Scenic Film Festival Nights this week, you can enter a drawing to win one the items shown!

- 9/24 Flock of Films, Chico - Get drawing tickets at the door
- 9/26 Mobilize, Paradise - Purchase a membership to FBC for a drawing ticket!

Thank you @hydroflask @tangledbankhhmi @earthjustice @sierranevada @niaimpactcapital for providing these awesome items and supporting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour!

#HydroFlask #wsffhydroflask #wildhope #rewilding #wildandscenicfilmfestival #WSFFOnTour #wsff2026 by @friendsofbuttecreek

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Enjoy the great outdoors this week on one of our Wild & Scenic guided trips in the Butte Creek Watershed!
Tickets are just $30. See website below for full trip itineraries.

BLM Forks of the Butte Recreation Area — Friday 9/25 - 9am
- Come enjoy the views at the Forks of the Butte! Participants will visit several sites where the Bureau of Land Management is planning forest health thinning projects. In addition, guests will participate in a 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒚 session designed to broaden and deepen one’s appreciation for our forested lands.

Spawning Tour: Butte Creek Canyon Salmon — Saturday 9/26 - 9am
- A trip into the middle reaches of Butte Creek Canyon with Friends of Butte Creek: Come see our wild salmon pools and spawning grounds. A variety of special stops with a mild to medium hiking total of 1 mile.

Floodplain Restoration Project Tour — Saturday 9/26 - 8:30 am
- Participants will visit the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Butte Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve where Friends of Butte Creek is planning a major floodplain restoration project.

For tickets and trip Itinerary visit: https://buttecreektrips.eventive.org/

After Saturday Field Trips, make it a full day and join us for our Mobilize Film Night in Paradise at 6pm. For tickets: https://buttecreek.eventive.org/ taken in Butte Creek Canyon, California by @friendsofbuttecreek

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Don't wait til the last minute! Get your tickets now! by @friendsofbuttecreek

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Come one, come all THIS SATURDAY! We still have plenty of tickets left to our 9/26 Wild & Scenic Film Festival Night in Paradise. Join us for a night of inspiration at the Paradise Performing Arts Center (just 15 minutes from Chico) and support our Salmon Stronghold!

This night’s theme is ‘Mobilize’ and we’ll be showing 120 minutes of short films all about environmental action and the power of communities when they come together for a common goal: to protect, restore, and improve their natural areas for wildlife and people alike. All films were selected from the acclaimed South Yuba City Citizens League (SYRCL)’s annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival for our Butte County festival!

Along with the films, you’ll hear from Allen Harthorn, our Executive Director, about the last, best run of spring-run Chinook salmon in California (right here in Butte Creek), our upcoming Flood Plain restoration project to restore habitat for Salmon, and more.

We’ll also be having a Q & A session with one of the film directors, Michael Weir, the director of ‘Native to the Klamath’, a story told through the voices of the salmon people about the historic recovery of the Klamath River following the removal of four hydroelectric dams. There will also be a membership drawing, beverages for purchase, and a small silent auction.

Don’t miss out on this relaxing night on the ridge — with films full of stunning wildlife, cutting edge conservation and research tactics, and inspiring storytelling!

For more information and tickets – visit http://www.buttecreek.org! by @friendsofbuttecreek

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