USBR: Building a defense against extinction Bureau of Reclamation News Fish and wildlife March 13, 2024Reclamation, partner agencies continue extraordinary effort to save Delta smelt By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation The group of low-slung,...
CAL MATTERS: ‘Simply catastrophic’: California salmon season to be restricted or shut down — again Cal Matters Fish and wildlife March 11, 2024Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fishery managers are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Ramping up releases of hatchery Delta smelt to the wild Robin Meadows Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features January 29, 2024By Robin Meadows It’s a lovely December morning in Rio Vista, a town of 10,000 in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta....
USBR: Building a defense against extinction: Reclamation, partner agencies continue extraordinary effort to save Delta smelt Bureau of Reclamation News Fish and wildlifeScience January 23, 2024By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation The group of low-slung, nondescript buildings in a remote corner of San Joaquin County...
THE REVELATOR: ‘Like a Dead Zone’: Undoing Decades of Environmental Harm on a California River The Revelator EcosystemsFish and wildlife December 11, 2023A major restoration effort by a coalition of Tribes and government agencies could help imperiled fish and other animals on...
NOAA FISHERIES: New funding and coordinated action to help bring California salmon back from the brink NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlife November 6, 2023NOAA and its partners are implementing dozens of projects to benefit endangered Central California Coast coho salmon. By NOAA Fisheries...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Sturgeon Arose During the Jurassic—Can They Survive the Anthropocene? Robin Meadows Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features May 31, 2023Written by Robin Meadows Sturgeon have been around far longer than humans—a jaw-dropping 200 million years to our comparatively short...
NOAA FISHERIES: Central California Coast Coho Salmon Need Restored Habitat to Improve Resilience to Climate Change NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifeScience May 2, 2023Endangered Species Act review says salmon species still endangered and vulnerable to drought and climate change. By NOAA Fisheries Although...
SJV WATER: Valley salmon are riding high in the high flows of the San Joaquin River SJV Water Fish and wildlife March 25, 2023By Jesse Vad, SJV Water Life is good for spring-run salmon in the San Joaquin River. As Friant Dam in...
CAL MATTERS: No California salmon: Fishery to be shut down this year Cal Matters Fish and wildlife March 15, 2023The 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 wildlifeScience February 27, 2023Study suggests changes in hatchery practices could help increase population stability for Sacramento River fall-run Chinook salmon, the backbone of...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: Analyzing Delta fish data using multiple fish surveys Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeScience August 25, 2022At the July meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen presented the results of a...
DWR NEWS: DWR and CDFW Release Fish Into the Wild Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife June 28, 2022From DWR News Oroville’s Feather River Fish Hatchery (FRFH) released over 11.3 million young Chinook salmon smolts into the waters...
FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 21, 2022Welcome to Five Questions, a new (hopefully) weekly series that will pose five questions to folks working on California water...
ESTUARY NEWS: Reorienting to Salmon Recovery Estuary News Group Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 13, 2022by Alastair Bland, Estuary News Group The days when salmon and steelhead teemed in California’s coastal watersheds faded away last...
