PRESS RELEASE: Fishing Industry Groups Notify Tire Companies of Intent to Sue Over 6PPD Impacts to Salmon, Steelhead Conservation organizations & coalitions Water quality August 15, 2023From Earthjustice: The Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) today notified U.S....
THE REVELATOR: A lifeline for winter-run chinook salmon The Revelator Fish and wildlife August 7, 2023With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home. By Juliet Grable,...
USGS: Where the rubber meets the road (and river) – Evaluating impacts of stormwater and road runoff on salmon and aquatic ecosystems USGS Water quality August 3, 2023From the USGS What is 6PPD and its toxic variant, 6PPDQ? Stormwater and road runoff are increasingly recognized forms of...
PRESS RELEASE: California Requires Tiremakers to Look for Safer Alternatives to Chemical that Kills Coho Salmon Department of Toxic Substances Control Policy and regulationWater quality July 26, 2023Press release from the Department of Toxic Substances Control: To protect California’s environment and public health, the state Department of...
PRESS RELEASE: US Tire Manufacturing Association mobilizes consortium to conduct 6ppd alternatives analysis under California regulations US Tire Manufacturers Association Water quality July 26, 2023From the US Tire Manufacturing Association The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), which represents several of the world’s largest global...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Moving beyond crisis management for winter-run chinook Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookFish and wildlife July 25, 2023By Robin Meadows Two years ago, California’s winter-run chinook were dealt a devastating blow. These endangered salmon were already struggling...
PRESS RELEASE: Judge: Federal Shasta River “Safe Harbor” coho salmon program violates Endangered Species Act Conservation organizations & coalitions Policy and regulationWater rights and water law July 13, 2023From the Western Environmental Law Center, Friends of the Shasta River, and the Environmental Protection Information Center: Late yesterday, the...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: California’s unnatural river flows threaten aquatic life—here’s a (partial) fix Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesScience July 13, 2023By Robin Meadows As a New York Times columnist once quipped, “California’s water system might have been invented by a...
C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: Why is the Bureau of Reclamation Driving Salmon to Extinction? CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Policy and regulation July 7, 2023Study shows Bureau of Reclamation is denying the state’s salmon the water they need to survive – even in wet...
DWR NEWS: DWR Gets Hands-on with Thiamine Deficiency in Spring-run Salmon Department of Water Resources (DWR) Uncategorized July 7, 2023From the Department of Water Resources: California’s Central Valley is home to four runs of Chinook salmon: spring, fall, late-fall,...
CHICO STATE: New Channel Teeming With Fish Thanks to Impressive Teamwork Chico State Today Fish and wildlife June 26, 2023By Luke Reid, Chico State Today Arthur Garcia, Cultural Resource Manager and Tribal Elder of the Wintu Tribe of Northern...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild baby salmon raised on a California rice farm show stunning survival to the ocean Robin Meadows Best of the NotebookFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features June 22, 2023When Steve Neader’s rice farm flooded last winter after three years of drought, a UC Davis research team checked to...
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Launched Over Failure to Protect Salmon From Toxic Tire Chemical Center for Biological Diversity Water rights and water law June 15, 2023From the Center for Biological Diversity: The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to...
CDFW NEWS: Improved passage lets threatened sturgeon, salmon and other species return to spawn in Sacramento River Department of Fish and Wildlife Delta scienceFish and wildlife June 7, 2023Dozens of adult sturgeon and hundreds of other large fish including threatened Chinook salmon have moved safely from receding floodwaters...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Fight over Oregon’s Klamath water can stay in federal court, Ninth Circuit rules Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law June 5, 2023A Ninth Circuit panel ruled against the Klamath Irrigation District in its attempt to move a dispute over the allocation...
