San Bernardino Forest
The San Bernardino National Forest is where the FRVC began with
Don Stehsel walking beside Deep Creek and thinking that someone should help to protect this creek. Don would fish DeepCreek regularly and thought, “Someone should do somethingabout this”. With this in mind Don formed the FRVC in 1994 to help protect the creek he loves.
The San Bernardino National Forest is comprised of three Ranger Districts spanning 671,686 acres in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.The FRVC patrols only a small portion of thisunique forest, concentrating our efforts and patrols on five streams: Bear Creek, Deep Creek, Lytle Creek, Mill Creek and the Santa Ana River.
The San Bernardino National Forest does not receive as many visitors as the Angeles National Forest. The visitors in the San Bernardino National Forest camp, hike, fish and hunt. Access to the four streams is not as easy as in Angeles National Forest. Mill Creek and the Santa Ana River have an unpaved road along the stream, while Bear Creek, Deep Creek and Lytle Creek are accessed by dirt roads.The California Department of Fish and Game has designated Bear Creek and Deep Creek as and Wild Trout streams, being two of the five designated Wild Trout streams in Southern California. These streams are not stocked by the California Department of Fish and Game.
The recent fires in the past few years have played havoc with the San Bernardino National Forest. Forest closures have been enacted and enforced the past few years. With the drought in Southern California fire restrictions have beem enacted every summer to help protect the forest. Forest visitors still come to enjoy the hiking, fishing and camping in the San Bernardino National Forest.
The San Bernardino National Forest is where the FRVC began
with Don Stehsel walking beside Deep Creek and thinking that
someone should help to protect this creek. Don would fish Deep
Creek regularly and thought, “Someone should do something
about this”. With this in mind Don formed the FRVC in 1994 to help
protect the creek he loves.
The San Bernardino National Forest is comprised of three
Ranger Districts spanning 671,686 acres in San Bernardino and
Riverside counties.The FRVC patrols only a small portion of this
unique forest, concentrating our efforts and patrols on five
streams: Bear Creek, Deep Creek, Lytle Creek, Mill Creek
and the Santa Ana River.
The San Bernardino National Forest does not receive as many
visitors as the Angeles National Forest. The visitors in the San
Bernardino National Forest camp, hike, fish and hunt. Access to the four streams is not as easy as in Angeles National Forest. Mill Creek and the Santa Ana River have an unpaved road along the stream, while Bear Creek, Deep Creek and Lytle Creek are accessed by dirt roads.The California Department of Fish and Game has designated Bear Creek and Deep Creek as and Wild Trout streams, being two of the five designated Wild Trout streams in Southern California. These streams are not stocked by the California Department of Fish and Game.
The recent fires in the past few years have played havoc with the San Bernardino National Forest. Forest closures have been enacted and enforced the past few years. With the drought in Southern California fire restrictions have beem enacted every summer to help protect the forest. Forest visitors still come to enjoy the hiking, fishing and camping in the San Bernardino National Forest.
San Bernardino National Forest
Due to recent forest closures, limited access during winter weather conditions and a smaller visitor population in the San Bernardino Forest, stream patrols are less frequent. Each of these streams has its own problems from illegal fire rings, to people fishing without a license or using bait or an artificial lure with a treble hook instead of a single barbless hook on a wild trout stream.
Due to recent forest closures, limited access during winter weather conditions and a smaller visitor population in the San Bernardino Forest, stream patrols are less frequent. Each of these streams has its own problems from illegal fire rings, to people fishing without a license or using bait or an artificial lure with a treble hook instead of a single barbless hook on a wild trout stream.
