Ah Di Na Campground Restoration Project

On behalf of the Northern California Council, Fly Fishers International (NCCFFI), and the McCloud River, we are inviting you to participate in the Ah Di Na Restoration Project 2025 –The Kirston Koths Memorial Ah Di Na Restoration Project (Phases I & 2). 

NCCFFI is partnering with the US Forest Service and numerous stakeholders to give this campground on the storied McCloud River a fresh start. Ah Di Na is located on the Lower McCloud, home of the Wintu people for centuries. It is now managed by the US Forest Service.

Due to the Forest Service budget and staffing shortages, campground maintenance has suffered. It is in disrepair, with rotted picnic tables, damaged fire rings, and a lot of overgrowth at the campsites themselves. We want to give this important fly-fishing resource a much needed restoration and need your help to make it happen! 

All the stakeholders have something to bring to the table; expertise, financial resources, materials, and/or volunteers. We’re counting on the fly fishing clubs whose members use this campground and love this river to get engaged in the project.

There are two ways to participate: 

1. Become an Organizational or Individual Sponsor by donating money for materials--lumber, hardware, paint, and other supplies. We have a goal of raising $8000, We have different levels of contributions: $250+ Brown Trout, $500+ Rainbow Trout, $1000+ Golden Trout. Sponsors will be recognized with an onsite plaque. Even small donations help! Donate to the Ah Di Na Restoration Project

2. Be a Supporter by reaching out to your membership for 5-10 volunteers per session (see below) to help set up/repair picnic tables, replace fire rings, remove overgrowth from campsites, put fresh paint on the bathrooms and perform maintenance on existing trails to the river. 

This is a summary of what we propose to do. More details will be provided after a thorough site assessment is completed in late March.

Talents and Tools! From hand tools to chain saws, generators and ingenuity too! Everyone has something to contribute. We look forward to seeing your talents. We will supply the dinners. Bring your instruments and sheet music. Polish your story telling.

Three work sessions are planned—one in April and two in May. All volunteers working on the project will be covered by US Forest Service insurance.

Work Session dates:

Session 1: April 24-26 (Thurs - Sat) Register for Session #1 - 4/24/2025 This session is Cancelled due to weather and conditions

Session 2: May 1-3 (Thurs – Sat) Register for Session #2 - 5/1/2025

Session 3: May 15-17 (Thurs – Sat) Register for Session #3 - 5/15/2025

This will be a fun, meaningful, and collaborative effort, with time spent working up a sweat to restore the Ah Di Na campground, sitting around a campfire and getting to know other fly fishers from around Northern California, and of course, wetting a line.

More details will follow as we solidify plans with the Forest Service. In the meantime, if you have any questions or comments, please contact Scott Harrison, the NCCFFI Project Lead, at mccloudcamp@gmail.com

or 510-704-0402.