NOW AVAILABLE: Final Independent Peer Review Report for the Hydrologic Engineering Center Reservoir Simulation Water Temperature Model Delta Stewardship Council Water project operations July 5, 2025At the request of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the Delta Science Program has completed facilitating an independent scientific peer...
NOTICE: Reclamation’s final Shasta Temperature Management Plan now available Maven Water project operations June 27, 2025This notice is to advise that the State Water Board has received the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Final Temperature Management...
PRESS RELEASE: Stormwater sampling effort in Eureka reveals high concentrations of salmon-killing toxins are being flushed directly from “big box” store parking lots into local waterways Press Release/Notice Water quality May 22, 2025AB 1313, currently under consideration in Sacramento, includes incentives to clean up runoff from large commercial properties Press release from...
PRESS RELEASE: Northern California fishermen and farmers collaborate to boost number of salmon spawning in the Sacramento River Press Release/Notice Fish and wildlife May 16, 2025The Net Pen Project puts hatchery juvenile salmon in river water to decrease straying Approximately 540,000 Sacramento fall-run juvenile salmon...
CAL MATTERS: Why a contentious project to raise California’s Shasta Dam could move forward under Trump Cal Matters Policy and regulation May 12, 2025Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites...
CDFW adjusts salmon releases to support Sacramento River populations Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife May 6, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish...
NOAA FISHERIES: Juvenile salmon roam between salt and fresh water while exploring miles of coast and rivers, new research finds NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifeScience May 1, 2025Tagged fish reveal juvenile salmon search for habitat in varied watersheds. By NOAA Fisheries The migrations that make up the...
PRESS RELEASE: Updated operations analysis finds water for more than 3 million people could have been captured if Sites Reservoir were operational today Sites Project Authority Water project operations April 26, 2025Press release from the Sites Project JPA: The Sites Project Authority (Authority) announced that during this wet weather season, Sites...
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, 2025By Robin Meadows Jamie Ward grew up hearing the stories his people have told for countless generations on the slopes...
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...
CAL MATTERS: The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is Cal Matters Wildfires and watersheds January 28, 2025By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In just a single...
US FWS: California hatcheries lend a helping hand to Battle Creek fall run Chinook salmon US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife December 20, 2024California hatcheries lend a helping hand to Battle Creek fall run Chinook salmon. By the US FWS For hundreds of...
COMMENTARY: Farmers should brace for new state water rules, fees Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary December 11, 2024By Alexandra Biering, director of policy advocacy for the California Farm Bureau California farmers and ranchers who divert water and...
NOAA FISHERIES: Recovery through reintroductions for California’s Central Valley salmon NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifeScience November 27, 2024With rising temperatures and a greater demand on water resources, NOAA Fisheries has identified reintroduction, or the intentional movement and...
THIS JUST IN … California’s floodplains at the heart of landmark agreement: State and federal agencies unite to address climate resilience through landscape-scale investment CA Natural Resources Agency EcosystemsPolicy and regulation October 23, 2024MOU to improve communications between agencies, enhance flood protection, create and protect habitat for fish and wildlife, increase long-term health...
