Learn about the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s management of the Crowley Lake fishery

An important focus of the Crowley Fish Foundation is education regarding the sustainability and stewardship of the fisheries at Crowley Lake and its tributatries. CFF science advisor (and CDFW Senior Fisheries Biologist) Nick Buckmaster, CDFW fisheries biologist Rosa Cox, and CFF Board Secretary Chris Leonard, speak about the creel counts and the data collection efforts that are being conducted at Crowley Lake in order to monitor fish populations as part of the management of the fishery. Watch this video to learn more about the latest happening at Crowley Lake from the CDFW biologists who are working on these important efforts, and the challenges and successes they are facing. Credit: Sierra Wave Media, Laughing Parrot Productions (June 29, 2026).