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Best of Blue Dot: California's wild and scenic Eel River and California Fly Fisher magazine

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Show Notes

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Charles Schneider, a Connectivity Program Manager for California Trout, to discuss the human and natural history of California's third-largest watershed, the Eel River.

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