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Please leaf: We need new ways to control aquatic weeds:  "Weeds may be annoying to gardners, but they can prove devastating for ecosystems once they escape into the environment, leaving no space for native plan... Read More...

Butano Creek restoration reopens habitat for salmon in California:  "For decades, sediment buildup in California’s Butano Creek caused an array of issues for both fish and people. It flooded roads and local com... Read More...

New threat facing Lahontan Cutthroat Trout at Independence Lake: hybridization:  "The news out of UC Davis last spring knocked California native fish biologists for a loop.  Genetic testing of native Lahontan c... Read More...

A new planting palette for Sierra meadows:  "Point Blue Conservation Science is excited to share a new climate-smart resource for Sierra meadow restoration: the Sierra Meadow Planting Palette Tool and Tool User... Read More...

Science of an underdog: the improbable comeback of spring-run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River:  ““You can’t design a worse evolutionary strategy for the Anthropocene”  There are many variants on this qu... Read More...

Heart of Santa Cruz: Updates from the State of the San Lorenzo Symposium: "In the shade of the redwoods, a mere stone’s throw away from Lompico Creek, interested citizens, agencies, and organizations gathered o... Read More...

Big Chico Creek: Revisited:  "During the past summer, FISHBIO revisited CSU Chico’s Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve for the fourth time since 2013 to survey the creek’s summertime trout population. The Reser... Read More...

Researchers forecast longer, more extreme wildfire seasons:  "In California, a changing climate has made autumn feel more like summer, with hotter, drier weather that increases the risk of longer, more dangerou... Read More...

Building upon 50 years of interagency ecological science in the Bay-Delta:  "This year marks a significant milestone for the Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) – now nine state and federal agencies that first... Read More...

Environmental flows in California:  "The California Environmental Flow Framework was recently highlighted in the 2020 Water Resilience Portfolio to address the seemingly impossible task of establishing of how m... Read More...

Is the Sacramento Splittail an Endangered Species?  "The Sacramento splittail is a lovely, silvery-white fish that lives primarily in Suisun Marsh, the north Delta and other parts of the San Francisco Estuary (... Read More...

Don’t be salty: Operating the Suisun Marsh tidal gates to benefit Delta smelt:  “As delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) continue to decline throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, with recent population... Read More...

Spinal deformities in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fish linked to toxic mineral selenium, new research shows:  "Native fish discovered with spinal deformities in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 201... Read More...

Exploring the secrets of marsh happiness:  "NOAA research reserve scientists and partners recently published a study that examines the secret to marsh happiness. The team learned that “happy” marshes shared sim... Read More...

Unloved and unstudied: Learning more about Lamprey:  "Lamprey may tread the line between ugly and downright frightening, but these underappreciated fish play similar ecological roles as the salmon that always s... Read More...