The AIDS ride, Ride for the Cure, Ride for Kids … all across America people are getting outside, getting in shape, and getting the word out for the cause most meaningful to them.

These bicycle tours – ranging from 60 to 1,000s of miles – bring high visibility and raise money for these important issues. That’s why California Trout is launching the first Trout on Tour – a 1,400-mile bike ride to deliver an urgent message: Cold, clean water is the most important resource of the 21st century and fish are the best indicator of a healthy watershed.

CalTrout’s Outreach Manager Shannon Moon is cycling the state from Aug. 23-Sept. 29.

Along the way she’ll be hosting events, offering presentations, distributing information and highlighting top water and fisheries issues through CalTrout’s new blog, Twitter and Facebook. Visit www.caltrout.org/blog for more info.

The goal is to raise $10,000 to cover the costs of the education and awareness events and materials along the route.

For more information, email smoon@caltrout.org or call (415) 392.8887, ext. 107 or visit www.caltrout.org.

Route and date:

* August 19 – Event in San Francisco

* August 21 – Event in Mammoth Lakes

* August 22 – Spot the Trout riding around Mammoth Lakes

* August 23 – First day of the Ride: Mammoth to Bridgeport

* August 24 – Bridgeport to Topaz Lake

* August 25 – Topaz Lake to South Lake Tahoe – Event in Tahoe

* August 26 – Spot the Trout riding around South Lake Tahoe

* August 27 – Sierra Nevada Alliance Event – Tahoe to Sierraville

* August 28 – Sierraville to Quincy

* August 29 – Quincy to Lake Almanor

* August 30 – Lake Almanor to Lassen

* August 31 – Lassen to Fall River

* September 1 – Fall River to Mount Shasta

* September 2 – Event in Mount Shasta

* September 3 – Event in Mount Shasta

* September 4 – Mount Shasta to Cecilville

* September 5 – Cecilville to Orleans

* September 6 – Float to the Mouth of the Klamath with Yurok tribe

* September 7 – Float to the Mouth of the Klamath with Yurok tribe

* September 8 – Float to the Mouth of the Klamath with Yurok tribe

* September 9 – Requa to McKinleyville

* September 10 – Event in McKinleyville

* September 11 – McKinleyville to Weott

* September 12 – Weott to Legget

* September 13 – Legget to Mendocino

* September 14 – Mendocino to Gualala

* September 15 – Gualala to Jenner

* September 16 – Jenner to Calistoga

* September 17 – Calistoga to Napa – Event in Napa

* September 18 – Petaluma to San Francisco

* September 19 – Event in San Francisco

* September 20 – San Francisco to Big Basin

* September 21 – Big Basin to Pajaro

* September 22 – Pajaro to Monterey

* September 23 – Monterey to Limekiln

* September 24 – Limekiln to San Simeon

* September 25 – San Simeon to Pismo Beach

* September 26 – Pismo Beach to Santa Barbara

* September 27 – Santa Barbara to Ventura

* September 28 – Event in Ventura