Written by Robin Meadows for Maven’s Notebook The Mokelumne River is on the modest side, running 95 miles from the Sierra Nevada and accounting for less than 3% of flows into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. But the river’s impact...
The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and development. By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Most summer...
Urgently trying to help an endangered species devastated by drought, biologists hauled 40,000 eggs to the McCloud River this year, then brought the young fish back again to migrate. So far, it’s gone well. By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Chinook...
At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen presented the results of a synthesis study using multiple fish surveys, implementation of the 2022-26 Science Action Agenda, and peer review of the Sacramento River...
Welcome to Five Questions, a new (hopefully) weekly series that will pose five questions to folks working on California water issues. The series kicks off with John McManus, president of the Golden State Salmon Association, which bills itself as California’s...
