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...
San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon
From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for...
The Net Pen Project puts hatchery juvenile salmon in river water to decrease straying Approximately 540,000 Sacramento fall-run juvenile salmon...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has begun releasing juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon from CDFW-operated hatcheries into the main stem of the Sacramento...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has made the difficult decision...
Tagged fish reveal juvenile salmon search for habitat in varied watersheds. By NOAA Fisheries The migrations that make up the...
Press release from the Office of the Governor: California is working with state, local, and federal agencies in a historic project to repopulate the North Yuba River with native fish and help protect the state’s waterways and ecosystems. Governor Gavin...
By Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...
Severely dry conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding...
In the ongoing research of the Santa Ana Sucker (Pantosteus santaanae) USGS scientists try out different sampling methods. By the California Water Science Center The Santa Ana Sucker (SAS) is listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The...