California hatcheries lend a helping hand to Battle Creek fall run Chinook salmon. By the US FWS For hundreds of years fall Chinook salmon in the Central Valley of California have been abundant and thrived in the rivers and tributaries...
By NOAA Fisheries The San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) is a long-term collaborative program to restore flows in the San Joaquin River, from Friant Dam to the confluence of the Merced River. One of the SJRRP’s two primary goals...
With rising temperatures and a greater demand on water resources, NOAA Fisheries has identified reintroduction, or the intentional movement and release of endangered salmon back into their historical upstream habitat, as the only way to ensure their long-term conservation and...
By Sarah Whichello, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Research Participant with EPA. Estuaries are waterbodies where freshwater from the uplands mixes...
A balanced approach is key to benefiting California’s endangered fish species through habitat restoration, improved flow measures, monitoring, and hatchery production From the Department of Water Resources: Addressing the dual challenges of climate change impacts and endangered species protections, the...
From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is excited to announce that adult fall-run Chinook salmon have begun occupying and spawning in newly accessible habitat behind the former dam locations on the...