Adult returns Archives

San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon

June 7, 2025

From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for...

UC BERKELEY: Diversity in coho salmon could be key to species survival

UC Berkeley

Fish and wildlife

February 25, 2025

Stone Center researchers uncover new link between species diversity and resilience From UC Berkeley’s Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship New...

CAL MATTERS: Park Fire jeopardizing one of California’s most iconic species: ‘This species could blink out’

Cal Matters

Wildfires and watersheds

July 31, 2024

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HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home

High Country News

Fish and wildlife

November 1, 2023

The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long...

PRESS RELEASE: State and federal fish agencies take urgent actions to save spring-run chinook salmon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

October 12, 2023

UC Davis to safeguard broodstock to conserve threatened species From the Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries: The...

CDFW NEWS: Improved passage lets threatened sturgeon, salmon and other species return to spawn in Sacramento River

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Delta science Fish and wildlife

June 7, 2023

Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters...

NOAA FISHERIES: Sacramento River pulse flow expected to increase survival of juvenile salmon traveling to the ocean

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems Science

April 24, 2023

Spring surge to benefit spring-run Chinook and fall-run Chinook that support fisheries. From NOAA Fisheries: Researchers from NOAA Fisheries and...

CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

March 15, 2023

The salmon industry, worth about half a billion dollars, is devastated. The culprits: Drought and decades of water diversions and...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Shrinking age distribution of spawning salmon raises climate resilience concerns

UC Santa Cruz

Fish and wildlife Science

February 27, 2023

Study suggests changes in hatchery practices could help increase population stability for Sacramento River fall-run Chinook salmon, the backbone of...