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) Fish and wildlife 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...
DWR News: DWR Uses Genetic Technology to Help Identify Endangered Fish Department of Water Resources (DWR) Water project operations June 1, 2023From DWR News: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is using the latest genetic technologies to more accurately identify endangered...
US FWS: Tribes on the Klamath River struggle to save their salmon and way of life in the face of a changing climate US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and wildlife May 24, 2023By Susan Sawyer, US Fish and Wildlife Service Stretching from the volcanic Cascades of Southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: California touts $60 million plan to revive Yuba River for salmon Courthouse News Service Ecosystems May 16, 2023By Natalie Hanson, Courthouse News Service California’s Yuba River, a vital breeding ground for salmon and other fish, could enjoy...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Environmentalists sue PG&E for damage to Eel River fisheries Courthouse News Service Water rights and water law May 16, 2023PG&E can’t demolish two dams on the Eel River fast enough for Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. By Eric Burkett,...
NEWS RELEASE: Agreement reopens Yuba River to salmon and sturgeon, launching ambitious river restoration Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife May 16, 2023Upgraded facilities and protections promote the return of Chinook to North Yuba River By CA Department of Fish and Wildlife...
USBR NEWS: Reclamation takes advantage of full Shasta reservoir to release flows for migrating salmon Bureau of Reclamation News Delta scienceEcosystems May 8, 2023Scientists aim to increase their data set from spring pulse flows By Gary Pitzer, Bureau of Reclamation Prior to the...
