A week ago I posted news of a “triple matching grant” aimed at helping recover the hanging-by-a-thread McCloud Redband trout.

If you missed it, Orvis and the National Fish and Wildlife Federation would match your CalTrout donation dollar for dollar — so your $50 would triple to become $150 in the pocket of a McCloud Redband trout.

McCloud Redband Trout
Hey buddy — can you spare a dime?

OK, we’re lying; the trout don’t see the money (and they’re notorious spenders anyway, buying candy, booze and cigars by the truckload), but they do see much improved habitat — and they gain a shot at recovery.

I beat on CalTrout because they didn’t have a donation page, but they’re a fast-moving bunch, and the Redband-specific donation page is now available on their Web site.

If you haven’t yet donated, take a second and do so onlie — even just a few bucks.

Because of the triple matching grant, you don’t have to be a spoiled hotel heiress to do some good — $25 bucks will go a long way.

It’s 100% certain that one of my movie ideas will become the next Hollywood blockbuster — enabling me to singlehandedly save the redband with my millions — but until that happens, a little bit from each of us will accomplish pretty much the same thing.

See you at the “Save the Redband” CalTrout page, Tom Chandler.

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