COURTHOUSE NEWS: Judge finds feds violated law by favoring irrigators in the Klamath Basin Courthouse News Service News and Features September 12, 2023 135Monday’s order upholds the notion that irrigators’ rights come after the Bureau of Reclamation’s obligations to protected fish species and...
THE REVELATOR: A lifeline for winter-run chinook salmon The Revelator News and Features August 7, 2023 160With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home. By Juliet Grable,...
AGU: Many of California’s threatened species live in reused water — for better or worse American Geophysical Union Science July 27, 2023 163From the American Geophysical Union In the parched west, reusing water is a must. But scientists are still working to...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Moving beyond crisis management for winter-run chinook Robin Meadows Science July 25, 2023 461By Robin Meadows Two years ago, California’s winter-run chinook were dealt a devastating blow. These endangered salmon were already struggling...
PRESS RELEASE: Judge: Federal Shasta River “Safe Harbor” coho salmon program violates Endangered Species Act Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other July 13, 2023 275From the Western Environmental Law Center, Friends of the Shasta River, and the Environmental Protection Information Center: Late yesterday, the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California’s unnatural river flows threaten aquatic life—here’s a (partial) fix Robin Meadows News and Features July 13, 2023 1138By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Why is the Bureau of Reclamation Driving Salmon to Extinction? Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other July 7, 2023 452Study shows Bureau of Reclamation is denying the state’s salmon the water they need to survive – even in wet...
DWR NEWS: DWR Gets Hands-on with Thiamine Deficiency in Spring-run Salmon DWR News Science July 7, 2023 143From the Department of Water Resources: California’s Central Valley is home to four runs of Chinook salmon: spring, fall, late-fall,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds move forward on introducing imperiled species outside historic habitat Courthouse News Service News and Features July 1, 2023 46The Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a plan that will give it more flexibility in helping species recover when...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Fight over Oregon’s Klamath water can stay in federal court, Ninth Circuit rules Courthouse News Service News and Features June 5, 2023 5A Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the Klamath Irrigation District in its attempt to move a dispute over the allocation...
NOAA FISHERIES: Tribe, State, and Federal Partners Join To Return Endangered Salmon to Historic Habitat NOAA Fisheries News and Features May 3, 2023 14Three-way collaboration to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California. By NOAA Fisheries The California Department of...
CDFW: Tribe, state and federal partners join to return endangered salmon to historic habitat Department of Fish and Wildlife News and Features May 1, 2023 10By CDFW News The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe signed agreements to...
DFW NEWS: CDFW Using Winter Storms to Help Increase Survival of Hatchery Released Chinook Salmon Department of Fish and Wildlife News and Features March 15, 2023 12By CDFW News Anticipating good conditions for the survival of hatchery-produced Chinook salmon throughout the Sacramento River and tributaries, the...
CAL MATTERS COMMENTARY: How climate change altered a longstanding Central Valley water reform Cal Matters Commentary November 7, 2022Faced with a warming climate, lawmakers must update a 1992 federal law that established water and wildlife regulations for the...
FIVE QUESTIONS: Jon Rosenfield, Senior Scientist at the Baykeeper and longtime Delta scientist Maven 5 Questions July 19, 2022 662After completing degrees from Cornell University, University of Michigan, and the University of New Mexico, Dr. Jon Rosenfield returned to...