Habitat restoration Archives

January 15, 2026

From the Department of Water Resources: In the last five years, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its partners...

BLM: Nine years of partnership pays off: Fitzhugh Creek Meadow restoration achieves dramatic results

Guest Contributor

Ecosystems

January 6, 2026

By Jennifer Mueller, Natural Resource Specialist The BLM Applegate Field Office is celebrating a remarkable transformation at Fitzhugh Creek Meadow,...

DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST: The role of wetland restoration in reviving Delta food webs

Maven

Delta science

January 5, 2026

Historically, the Delta was a vast network of tidal wetlands interwoven with meandering channels. However, widespread land use changes beginning...

CDFW: Naturally reproduced coho salmon found in Russian River’s upper basin for the first time in decades

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

December 19, 2025

Discovery in isolated pool prompts fish rescue by Pinoleville Pomo Nation and CDFW From the Department of Fish and Wildlife...

SF ESTUARY AND WATERSHED SCIENCE: Winter-run salmon, Delta restoration, wetland availability, Delta smelt foraging, pesticides in the Delta, and more …

San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science

Delta science

December 19, 2025

In the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: RESEARCH MONOGRAPH Synthesizing Relationships Between Winter-Run Chinook Salmon...

NOW AVAILABLE: San Francisco Bay Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap

Guest Contributor

Ecosystems

December 14, 2025

From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF...

EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL: Yurok Tribe welcomes back salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty to a former lumber mill site in Northern California

Earth Island Journal

Fish and wildlife

December 12, 2025

By Teddi Lynn Chichester, Earth Island Journal This story originally appeared in Earth Island Journal. Bright-yellow excavators, swathes of ocher...

PRESS RELEASE: Landmark Battle Creek revitalization launches with acquisition of historic Tehama County Ranch

Press Release/Notice

Ecosystems

November 21, 2025

Press release from River Partners Today, a major milestone in the revitalization of Battle Creek was achieved through River Partners’...

CDFW: ‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

November 19, 2025

Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife: A little more than a year after the historic removal of...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon

High Country News

Fish and wildlife

November 15, 2025

Coho love the newly ‘messy’ streams. by Tanvi Dutta Gupta, High Country News This story was produced with support from Bay...

PRESS RELEASE: New assessment of the health of the San Francisco Estuary released

Guest Contributor

Ecosystems

November 6, 2025

Press release from the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) Scientists have released an updated report card for the San Francisco...

PRESS RELEASE: San Francisco Bay State of the Birds Website Offers Insight into Health of the Bay

Maven

Fish and wildlife

October 29, 2025

New dynamic report updates 2011 version, presents recommended conservation actions, success stories The San Francisco Bay Joint Venture and Point...

NOAA FISHERIES: Salmon habitat restoration priorities in the Lower Russian River

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

September 29, 2025

The Lower Russian River Salmon Habitat Restoration Priorities Action Plan identifies priority restoration actions to recover Central California Coast coho...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How Karuk ceremonial leader Ron Reed used Western science to take down the Klamath dams

Robin Meadows

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

August 26, 2025

by Robin Meadows The Karuk people have lived in the thickly forested mountains along the Klamath River in Northern California...

CA WATER COMMISSION: California’s Salmon Strategy: Progress, Partnerships, and the Path Forward

Maven

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 21, 2025

Historically, millions of salmon returned to California’s rivers each year. Today, those numbers have plummeted to a fraction of their...