DWR launches operations at Big Notch Project, expanding critical salmon habitat Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations November 22, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: Operations have officially begun for the Big Notch Project, one of the largest floodplain...
DELTA DISPATCH: How To Have Our Fish, and Eat Them, Too Estuary News Group Fish and wildlifeScience Podcasts November 22, 2025Across all of California, perhaps no other fish has as great of a cultural, economic, and ecological impact as that...
PRESS RELEASE: Landmark Battle Creek revitalization launches with acquisition of historic Tehama County Ranch Press Release/Notice Ecosystems November 21, 2025Press 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, 2025Press 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, 2025Coho love the newly ‘messy’ streams. by Tanvi Dutta Gupta, High Country News This story was produced with support from Bay...
PRESS RELEASE: Environmental Groups Send Trump Administration Legal Notice for Killing Endangered Species Conservation organizations & coalitions Water project operations November 14, 2025San Francisco Baykeeper, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Friends of the River issue a notice of intent to sue...
UC SANTA CRUZ: A lifeline for salmon: UCSC and NOAA join forces to secure a future for California’s most iconic fish UC Santa Cruz Fish and wildlife October 30, 2025A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance. By Annie Roth, UC Santa Cruz...
CDFW: North Yuba River salmon reintroduction efforts enter second year with spawning, fertilization of 350,000 spring-run chinook salmon eggs Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife October 28, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and its partners have initiated...
NOAA FISHERIES: Salmon habitat restoration priorities in the Lower Russian River NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlife September 29, 2025The Lower Russian River Salmon Habitat Restoration Priorities Action Plan identifies priority restoration actions to recover Central California Coast coho...
DWR: Feather River Fish Monitoring Station provides improved population data on fish species Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife August 26, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: Since abundant running water first began flowing through the Sierra Nevada foothills to form...
MONGABAY: Anchovy-rich diet linked to vitamin deficiency and deaths among salmon, study Mongabay Fish and wildlife August 10, 2025By Bobby Bascomb, Mongabay A new study links widespread deficiency of vitamin B1, or thiamine, among California Chinook salmon to...
CA WATER COMMISSION: California’s Salmon Strategy: Progress, Partnerships, and the Path Forward Maven Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 21, 2025Historically, millions of salmon returned to California’s rivers each year. Today, those numbers have plummeted to a fraction of their...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: A closer look at how predation and flow impact salmon survival Alastair Bland Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 16, 2025Scarce flows, hungry predators, warm water, and politics conspire against salmon in the Delta, but which is the dominant stressor?...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways UC Santa Cruz Fish and wildlife July 15, 2025New ‘facilitated migration’ framework gives water managers a playbook for getting more juvenile Chinook salmon from the Central Valley to...
THE REVELATOR: The Trinity River: Lessons in restoration The Revelator Ecosystems July 15, 2025Science has helped improve management and restoration, but advocates say there still isn’t enough water to go around. By Juliet...
