by Robin Meadows California’s freshwater species are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, and are pushed to the brink of...
The Lower Russian River Salmon Habitat Restoration Priorities Action Plan identifies priority restoration actions to recover Central California Coast coho...
A magistrate judge rejected the agency’s argument that it needed until 2029 to complete an assessment that was due 12 months after the petition to list the species was brought in late 2023. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service A...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water The state is poised to spend a little more than $7 million to get the...
From the Department of Water Resources: Since abundant running water first began flowing through the Sierra Nevada foothills to form...
By Bobby Bascomb, Mongabay A new study links widespread deficiency of vitamin B1, or thiamine, among California Chinook salmon to their deaths. This adds yet another challenge for this iconic species whose population is already imperiled by climate change, habitat...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Plans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory...
This is the fourth year the Winnemem Wintu has co-led the reintroduction of endangered salmon into the river, and they...
Historically, millions of salmon returned to California’s rivers each year. Today, those numbers have plummeted to a fraction of their former levels, with hatcheries now playing a vital role in sustaining the remaining populations. A decade of severe drought, punctuated...
Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor?...
New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to...
Synthesis is central to the Delta Science Program‘s mission, as outlined in the Delta Reform Act, which mandates providing unbiased science to guide water and environmental decisions in the Delta. To advance this, the program partnered with the National Center...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish...
Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of...
Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency likely killed as many as half of newly hatched fry of endangered winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River in...