Friends of Butte Creek

Keep the creek wild.
Keep the salmon coming home.

Butte Creek holds California's strongest run of wild spring-run chinook. Your gift buys water, restores habitat, and defends the creek year-round.

29 years of fighting for this creek — and counting

Make the money flow

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Become a Friend Forever — steady support means less fundraising, more creek.

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$40 a month keeps a year-round voice for the creek in every hearing room that matters.

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Friends of Butte Creek is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible.

Give at any stage of the run

Our giving tiers follow the salmon's own journey — from gravel to ocean and home again.

$25 · AlevinJust hatched, still carrying the yolk sac. Where every run — and every donor — begins.
$40 · FryFeeding and growing in the cold water. Our most popular monthly gift.
$50 · SmoltHeaded for the ocean. A great fit for local businesses, too.
$100 · Steelhead protectorStrong, persistent, hard to stop. Funds a season of stewardship work.
$250 · King salmon benefactorThe big fish. Supports water rights and habitat restoration directly.
$1,000 · Lifetime friendHome to spawn. Your name in the creek's story for good.

More ways to give

Donate by check

Skip processing fees entirely. Mail to: Friends of Butte Creek, 2024 West Sacramento Ave., Chico, CA 95973.

Fish Flow Forever Fund

Help grow the endowment behind one of the first nonprofit-held instream water rights in California.

Michael Smith Salmon Water Endowment

Honor a founding friend of the creek through the North Valley Community Foundation.

Stock, estate, and land gifts

Write to friends@buttecreek.org to give through estate planning, stock, or Butte Creek lands and water.