By Lois Henry, SJV Water Plans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory are detailed and exacting. They are also more than a decade, if not decades, old and, for the most part,...
Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor? Reporter Alastair Bland interrogates the science. By Alastair Bland As California’s Chinook salmon fishing season sits on pause for the...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) suggest the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) population has continued to decline. CDFW fisheries biologists now estimate there...
From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon: 448 – the highest number of captured returns recorded since the Program started reintroducing spring-run...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has made the difficult decision to cease hatchery operations at the Mad River Fish Hatchery in Humboldt County. A combination of increased regulatory burden and...
