Endangered Species Act protections move salmon toward recovery. From NOAA Fisheries Most Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act have increased in abundance over the past 25 years, arresting earlier declines. These findings were published in...
Across all of California, perhaps no other fish has as great of a cultural, economic, and ecological impact as that of salmon. These fish, who migrate incredible distances from mountain headwaters to the vast oceans and back again, have formed...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water It could cost $27 million, or more, to revamp and reopen the Kernville hatchery as a Kern River rainbow trout breeding facility, according to a report commissioned by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Costs...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and its partners have initiated a second year of spring-run Chinook salmon reintroduction efforts into historic habitat in the North Yuba River. Roughly 350,000 spring-run...
The Lower Russian River Salmon Habitat Restoration Priorities Action Plan identifies priority restoration actions to recover Central California Coast coho...
A magistrate judge rejected the agency’s argument that it needed until 2029 to complete an assessment that was due 12 months after the petition to list the species was brought in late 2023. By Edvard Pettersson, Courthouse News Service A...