NOAA FISHERIES: Unsettled pacific ocean offers few clear indicators for salmon success in 2024 NOAA Fisheries Agency News January 12, 2024 119By NOAA Fisheries Want to learn how the Pacific Ocean is likely to change and affect salmon survival in the...
SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: Mapping Priority Bird Conservation Areas in the Delta Maven Delta scienceMeetings and EventsScience January 12, 2024 146The December meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council included the first Delta Lead Scientist report given by Dr. Lisamarie Windham-Myers,...
SJV WATER: Judge limits Bakersfield’s take of Kern River water and orders all sides to the drawing board over fish flows SJV Water News December 29, 2023 121By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp issued a modified injunction on Kern River flows...
PRESS RELEASE: Baykeeper Sues Federal Agency for Failing to Meet Endangered Species Act Requirements Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other December 26, 2023 1327Fish and Wildlife Service Missed Congressional Deadlines to Protect Longfin Smelt From the San Francisco Baykeeper: San Francisco Baykeeper late...
NEWS RELEASE: CDFW Releases Beavers into the Wild for First Time in Nearly 75 Years Department of Fish and Wildlife News December 13, 2023 175Beaver Reintroduction Conducted in Cooperation with Local Tribes The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched the initial...
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental, fishing, and community organizations petition California and feds to protect SF Bay white sturgeon under endangered species laws Maven Press Release/Other November 30, 2023 166North America’s largest and oldest fish are declining fast, as more threats loom. Press release from the SF Baykeeper: Today,...
USBR NEWS: Watering up a major piece of the Pacific Flyway Bureau of Reclamation News Agency News November 21, 2023 121Reclamation funding improves delivery system at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area From the Bureau of Reclamation: In the shadow of the...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: With toxic chemical runoff, tiremakers kill protected fish, lawsuit says Courthouse News Service News November 8, 2023 98Conservationists say that a chemical used by the 13 largest car-tire manufacturers in the U.S. — including Bridgestone America, Goodyear...
NOAA FISHERIES: New funding and coordinated action to help bring California salmon back from the brink NOAA Fisheries Science November 6, 2023 266NOAA and its partners are implementing dozens of projects to benefit endangered Central California Coast coho salmon. By NOAA Fisheries...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists accuse Caltrans of dewatering creek with endangered steelhead Courthouse News Service News November 3, 2023 620The lawsuit accuses state transit agency Caltrans of killing endangered Southern California steelhead trout as part of a repair project...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Heat waves strike rivers too—can prescribed burns and beavers cool streams for salmon? Robin Meadows Science November 2, 2023 272By Robin Meadows While marine heat waves are well known, a 2022 study was the first to document aquatic temperature...
HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home High Country News News November 1, 2023 185The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long...
Army Corps fishes for data to help save Green Sturgeon Press Release/Notice Agency News October 31, 2023 85By Ken Wright, Army Corps Sacramento District As cool Autumn air flows along the winding Sacramento River, thousands of sleek...
PRESS RELEASE: Ignoring veto threat, House passes spending bill that terminate the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other October 30, 2023 1117From the Hoopa Valley Tribe: Within hours of taking up the gavel, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Johnson,...
AG ALERT: Saving rice land as habitat can help wildlife, farmers Ag Alert News October 25, 2023 66By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As California agriculture braves a roller coaster of climate extremes, one sector—rice— faced a dramatic...