Fisheries Biologist Cyril Michel discusses recent predator manipulation studies done in the Delta and efforts to develop a predictive model for predation Over the past century, populations of salmon in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have declined drastically, with at least one...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water An unexpected number of Chinook salmon swam up the San Joaquin River last spring, prompting surprise and giddy pronouncements that the river’s long dead spring-run population had been resurrected. The 500 or so fish were...
The Feather River Fish Hatchery is a State Water Project facility that was built in conjunction with the construction of Oroville Dam. The fish hatchery is a joint operation of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of...
Robert Barker, a fish culturist at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, had just helped complete something historic and he knew it, spontaneously raising his arms in touchdown-like fashion. “I was thinking “yeaaaa! We did it!” Barker said. Barker’s enthusiasm was...
State Resiliency Strategies Show Significant Promise to Improve Conditions for Fish in California Innovative and Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Improve Co-Equal Goals in Delta From the Metropolitan Water District, Northern California Water Association, Westlands Water District, and the San Joaquin...
