From the Department of Water Resources: On the waters of Northern California, just off of Shasta Reservoir, a bold four-year pilot study is wrapping up that could help change the future for one of the state’s most endangered species: winter-run...
By the By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), USGS The Central Valley of California provides important habitat for waterbirds (waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading birds). With more than 90% of the historical wetlands in the Central Valley lost due to agricultural...
By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), USGS California’s breeding populations of dabbling ducks have declined and the factors contributing to these declines have not been identified. However, duckling survival to fledging is a key factor influencing waterfowl population growth. After...
By Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta The idea began in California’s Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of snowpack are transforming ecosystems,...
The Center for Biological Diversity, a group petitioning for the protections, lambasted the Trump administration for the decision. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service The federal government on Monday denied listing the Western Coast Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered...
