Habitat restoration Archives

July 15, 2025

Wetlands provide freshwater, food, storm protection and climate regulation. Yet over the last 50 years, humans have destroyed one-fifth of...

USFWS: Seeds of change: A Central Valley collaboration for people and pollinators

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ecosystems

June 19, 2025

By Mara Koenig, US Fish & Wildlife Service In the heart of California’s Central Valley – where fertile soil and...

EDWARD RING: To save ecosystems, sometimes hands-off is not enough

Edward Ring

Commentary Ecosystems Policy and regulation

June 7, 2025

By Edward Ring One of the biggest debates over environmental stewardship is whether a degraded ecosystem is best left completely...

COMMENTARY: California’s restoration bottleneck deepens biodiversity debt

Guest Contributor

Commentary Ecosystems Policy and regulation

June 3, 2025

Guest commentary by Becca Madsen, director of the Restoration Economy Center at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) California’s water...

PRESS RELEASES: California, federal government, Yuba Water Agency partner up in historic project to reopen North Yuba River to native fish

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Ecosystems

April 26, 2025

Press release from the Office of the Governor: California is working with state, local, and federal agencies in a historic...

DELTA DISPATCH: Restoration, reciprocity

Estuary News Group

Ecosystems Science Podcasts

April 26, 2025

If you had the ability to influence the story of an ecosystem as it was being penned, how would you...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: How a new wetland restoration could expedite transforming the Delta from a carbon source to a carbon sink

Robin Meadows

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

April 23, 2025

By Robin Meadows Staten Island lies in the heart of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and exemplifies the woes of...

CDFW: Cutting the Green Tape Update: A new and improved Restoration Management Permit; Little Butano Creek Fish Passage and Habitat Enhancement; Regulatory strategies to advance restoration; and more …

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

April 15, 2025

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Staff from CDFW’s Cutting the Green Tape program have been working hard to...

NOAA FISHERIES: Endangered salmon move into newly restored habitat on the Mendocino Coast

NOAA Fisheries

Ecosystems

March 10, 2025

NOAA partners The Nature Conservancy and Trout Unlimited report that endangered Central California Coast coho salmon are using NOAA-funded restoration...