Studies show salmon double in size with better access to food sources produced on floodplain habitats, improving health during outward migration Press release Marking one of the largest salmon releases of its kind, a coalition of rice farmers, fishermen, water...
USGS and its partners are working tirelessly to monitor suckers and understand why they are disappearing from lakes and streams in the Klamath River Basin By the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center Its early morning as we pass a green...
Ocean data in 2025 points to roughly average conditions. By NOAA Fisheries Juvenile salmon encountered a mixed bag of ocean conditions off the West Coast in 2025, based on an annual analysis by NOAA Fisheries and Oregon State University researchers....
By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC), USGS California’s breeding populations of dabbling ducks have declined and the factors contributing to...
Restored habitat and water management offer prime salmon spawning conditions in Putah Creek by Solano County Water Agency/UC Davis News A record-breaking 2,100 Chinook salmon returned to spawn in Putah Creek this fall. Timely water releases, habitat creation and regional...
By Laurel Neme, Mongabay Key points: California’s green sturgeon and white sturgeon face numerous threats from dams, harmful algal blooms and overfishing. White sturgeon are highly prized for their eggs, which are made into caviar. Their numbers have dropped so...
