INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As commercial salmon fishing resumes in California, the industry faces a murky outlook Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife July 21, 2026State restoration efforts and federal disaster funding are helping the fish and the people who depend on it, but ongoing...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Longfin smelt surge in the Napa River Alastair Bland Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 16, 2026by Alastair Bland Biologists studying the San Francisco Estuary’s endangered fishes are trying to unpack a puzzling but encouraging uptick...
UC DAVIS: Record returns: 2,100 salmon spawned in Putah Creek UC Davis Fish and wildlife December 18, 2025Restored habitat and water management offer prime salmon spawning conditions in Putah Creek by Solano County Water Agency/UC Davis News...
NOAA FISHERIES: Most Threatened and Endangered Pacific Coast Salmon Populations Increased After Listings NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlife December 5, 2025Endangered Species Act protections move salmon toward recovery. From NOAA Fisheries Most Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead listed under the...
DWR: Feather River Fish Monitoring Station provides improved population data on fish species Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife August 26, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: Since abundant running water first began flowing through the Sierra Nevada foothills to form...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways UC Santa Cruz Fish and wildlife July 15, 2025New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to...
CDFW: Scientific surveys show continued decline in white sturgeon population Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife July 10, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds must decide on protections for Chinook salmon Courthouse News Service Fish and wildlife June 30, 2025Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of...
San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon San Joaquin River Restoration Program Fish and wildlife June 7, 2025From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for...
USGS: Scientists continue their study of the Santa Ana sucker USGS Fish and wildlifeScience April 2, 2025In the ongoing research of the Santa Ana Sucker (Pantosteus santaanae) USGS scientists try out different sampling methods. By the...
SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY & WATERSHED SCIENCE: The State of Bay-Delta Science 2025, part 1 San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Delta science April 1, 2025From the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: The State of Bay–Delta Science: An Introduction to...
NOAA FISHERIES: Endangered salmon move into newly restored habitat on the Mendocino Coast NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems March 10, 2025NOAA partners The Nature Conservancy and Trout Unlimited report that endangered Central California Coast coho salmon are using NOAA-funded restoration...
NOAA FISHERIES: Endangered California coho salmon experience record-breaking spawning season on Mendocino Coast NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems March 5, 2025From NOAA Fisheries: Last winter, Central California Coast coho salmon returned to Mendocino Coast rivers in the highest numbers since...
US FWS: Healthy habitat for hitch: Partnerships with tribe, state, others, critical to efforts US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife September 19, 2024By John Heil, US Fish and Wildlife Service Recovering populations of Clear Lake hitch isn’t just a goal for the...
NOAA FISHERIES: World’s biggest dam removal project to open 420 miles of salmon habitat this fall NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems July 23, 2024With the dams on the lower Klamath scheduled for complete removal by September, salmon will reenter 420 miles of habitat...
