“Water is an issue where we need to reach farther, dig deeper, and dream dreams, particularly when it comes to...
By Steve Martarano, US FWS The rains came, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got to work. Whether it was to release more than a half-million steelhead, making sure rotary screw collection traps on the upper Sacramento River were...
Protection of the Bay-Delta ecosystem is at a pivotal point. The system has endured devastating drought cycles and often competing...
In July, the Natural Resources Agency released the Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy, a set of immediate and near-term management actions...
Drs. Moyle and Baumsteiger lay out a proposal for determining when to declare a species extinct The extinction of a species is a major consideration in balancing water supply and environmental needs. It’s usually regarded as a “yes/no” state but...
Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Reverse Decline in Smelt Population From the Department of Water Resources: The initial monitoring of a...
Studies show the rice-field fish are larger, healthier and more robust than those in the river at the same age...
Staff also presents an overview of Metropolitan’s science efforts in the Delta At the July meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Committee members were briefed on the California Water Fix and the Delta Smelt Resiliency Strategy, as well...
Panel of experts share their visions and options for the future of the Delta and longfin smelt Coverage of the...
Presenters discuss climate change, extinction, artificial propagation and stocking, and tidal marsh restoration Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt...
Could it be water exports, predation, food web, contaminants, drought … ? Coverage of the Delta and longfin smelt symposium, Is Extinction Inevitable?, continues … The first round of presenters at the Delta smelt symposium have shown us that although...
NOAA’s Dr. Sean Hayes reviews the results of studies of salmon predation in the San Joaquin River At the April...
Dr. Peter Moyle lays out a six-point plan for helping salmon adapt to California’s warm future We don’t have to...
Food supplies and temperature refuges are some of the ways habitat restoration can help salmon adapt to climate change, says Dr. Ted Sommer As California’s climate changes, concern grows for the survival of salmon, but research shows that habitat restoration...