McCloud River winter-run salmon reintroduction

DWR: Four years of innovation and teamwork: DWR applies science and engineering to support winter-run chinook salmon on the McCloud River

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Fish and wildlife

January 23, 2026

From the Department of Water Resources: On the waters of Northern California, just off of Shasta Reservoir, a bold four-year...

PRESS RELEASE: The Winnemem Wintu Tribe welcomes 80,000 salmon eggs to McCloud river this summer

Press Release/Notice

Fish and wildlife

July 26, 2025

This is the fourth year the Winnemem Wintu has co-led the reintroduction of endangered salmon into the river, and they...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: New hope for saving salmon: Weaving together Indigenous and Western sciences to restore California’s winter-run chinook

Robin Meadows

Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

March 12, 2025

By Robin Meadows Jamie Ward grew up hearing the stories his people have told for countless generations on the slopes...

NOAA Fisheries: The Original Salmon Stewards

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

October 29, 2024

How the Winnemem Wintu tribe helped return endangered Chinook salmon to the homeland they share By NOAA Fisheries The original...

NOAA FISHERIES: Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon remain endangered, review finds

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

February 5, 2024

Recent progress offers hope for recovery but serious threats continue to affect species. By NOAA Fisheries Partners have pulled together...

DWR NEWS: Innovative collection system supports reintroducing winter-run salmon to the McCloud river

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Fish and wildlife

February 2, 2024

From the Department of Water Resources The Department of Water Resources (DWR), along with its Tribal, state, and federal partners,...

THE REVELATOR: A lifeline for winter-run chinook salmon

The Revelator

Fish and wildlife

August 7, 2023

With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home. By Juliet Grable,...

NOAA FISHERIES: Tribe, State, and Federal Partners Join To Return Endangered Salmon to Historic Habitat

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

May 3, 2023

Three-way collaboration to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California. By NOAA Fisheries The California Department of...

CDFW: Tribe, state and federal partners join to return endangered salmon to historic habitat

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

May 1, 2023

By CDFW News The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe signed agreements to...

CAL MATTERS: Saving salmon: Chinook return to California’s far north — with a lot of human help

Cal Matters

Fish and wildlife

December 19, 2022

Urgently trying to help an endangered species devastated by drought, biologists hauled 40,000 eggs to the McCloud River this year,...

FIVE QUESTIONS: John McManus, Golden State Salmon Association

Maven

Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features

June 21, 2022

Welcome to Five Questions, a new (hopefully) weekly series that will pose five questions to folks working on California water...

US FWS: Endangered California salmon returned to safer waters after more than a century

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

May 5, 2022

State and federal agencies join to save native salmon from drought, climate change State and federal biologists have begun moving...