Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of all Pacific salmon. By Monique Merrill In a move environmentalists are hailing as an important victory for Chinook salmon conservation,...
The Net Pen Project puts hatchery juvenile salmon in river water to decrease straying Approximately 540,000 Sacramento fall-run juvenile salmon spent three weeks growing in large protective net pens in the Tehama-Colusa Canal forebay so that the fish could imprint...
Tagged fish reveal juvenile salmon search for habitat in varied watersheds. By NOAA Fisheries The migrations that make up the well-known salmon life cycle have long been described as one way at a time. Juvenile salmon hatch and swim down...
Severely dry conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding grounds, wiping out the populations of individual tributaries and even entire watersheds. By Kara Manke, UC Berkeley A single severely...
By Robin Meadows Jamie Ward grew up hearing the stories his people have told for countless generations on the slopes of Mount Shasta, a glacier-capped peak in Northern California. Many of these stories celebrate the bond between his tribe, the...
