Friends of Butte Creek

09/10/2026

Earlier this week, Friends of Butte Creek joined hosts Stephen & Susan Tchudi on their weekly EcoTopia show on KZFR 90.1. We spoke with them about our upcoming film festival, new guided field trips on Butte Creek, and our flood plain restoration project on Butte Creek.

Interview is available now on the show archives:

KZFR 90.1 FM is Chico’s community radio station, providing local news, music, and public affairs programming.

09/09/2026

Don't miss our incredible line up of environmental, action, and adventure films at our Mobilize Film Night on 9/26 at the Paradise Performing Arts Center!

Tickets at: https://buttecreek.eventive.org/

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour is coming to Paradise, CA!

Friends of Butte Creek is bringing the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour to Paradise, CA on September 26, 2026 at the Paradise Performing Arts Center. A delightful night of inspiring short films! 120 minutes of compelling stories of hopefulness, adventure, and innovative wildlife and habitat conservation.

Learn more by going to https://buff.ly/nrcBXXg

09/08/2026

Tune into KZFR tonight (90.1 FM) to hear Allen Harthorne, Executive Director of Friends of Butte Creek, speak with Ecotopica hosts's about our current exciting projects in the works (including our flood restoration project on Butte Creek, our film festival, available field trips, and more!

09/06/2026

Enjoy the Salmoncam preview

This is "Morning with salmon" by Allen Harthorn on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

09/04/2026

Come visit us at the Chico Farmer's Market on Saturday! We'll be spreading the word about our current projects on Butte Creek and our upcoming Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Come buy tickets to our 9/26 Saturday show in person and avoid the fees!

We'll also be sharing information about the upcoming flood restoration project on Butte Creek to protect and increase habitat for Chinook Salmon. We'll also have copies of the new free guide 'Wildlife & Wildfire in Butte Creek Canyon Guide' compiled by Butte County Fire safe Council.

09/04/2026

We’re less than one month away from Friends of Butte Creek’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival on tour in Chico and Paradise! Take a sneak peek at this year's festival by watching the festival trailer from the flagship SYRCL’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival's event in Grass Valley and Nevada City.

SYRCL is letting us take the show on the road, and many of the short films featured in the trailer will be shown at our film festival! Join us for Mobilize Film Night on Saturday, September 26 at the Paradise Performing Arts Center and Flock of Films Night on Thursday, September 24 at the Pageant Theatre.

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival inspires environmental activism and a love for nature–through film. Join us for 120 minutes of environmental short films with compelling stories of hopefulness, adventure, and innovative wildlife and habitat conservation. You won’t want to miss it!

Plus, you will be able to learn more about what you can do locally to help protect one of the last self-sustaining wild populations of Spring-run Chinook salmon (that call Butte Creek home)! Locally all proceeds from the festival go towards habitat restoration projects on Butte Creek conducted by Friends of Butte Creek.

Buy tickets to the festival here: https://buttecreek.eventive.org/

08/28/2026

Support Our Salmon Stronghold and get your tickets today! We're less than one month away from our 20th Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival Sept 24-26!

Join us for two nights of spectacular films! Night one 9/24 is our 'Flock of Films' night at the pageant theatre with films all about bird conservation and research.
Night two 9/26 is our 'Mobilize' film night at the Paradise Performing Arts Center. Featuring films that inspire environmental activism and a love for nature.

Each night will feature different films, so join us for both nights to see all the films!

Buy Tickets here: https://buttecreek.eventive.org/events

All proceeds from the festival go towards our work to protect, restore and enhance the natural habitats of wildlife in the Butte Creek Watershed.

05/04/2026

The Salmonid Restoration Federation held several workshops and field trips as part of the annual conference last week in Redding . I was able to attend the Clear Creek and Battle Creek restoration field trips where agencies and practitioners are reconnecting floodplains and reshaping old mining tailings into functional riparian habitat, all good lessons for our restoration project on Butte Creek at the CDFW ecological reserve.