Survivor Salmon that Withstand Drought and Ocean Warming Provide a Lifeline for California Chinook NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifeScience October 28, 2021NOAA Fisheries recovery goals include reintroduction to save the late-migrating fish In drought years and when marine heat waves warm...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Survivor salmon that withstand drought and ocean warming provide a lifeline for California Chinook UC Santa Cruz Delta scienceFish and wildlifeScience October 28, 2021Late migration of outgoing juvenile fish is a crucial life history strategy for survival of spring-run Chinook salmon during drought...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: Salmon predation in the Delta; Fact sheets on steelhead trout and chinook salmon; and the activities of the Delta Science Program Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlife October 21, 2021At the September meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article on salmon...
Increased Hatchery Production Aims to Boost Chinook Salmon for Endangered Killer Whales NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlife October 4, 2021State, tribal, and federal hatcheries seek to increase Chinook by 4–5 percent From NOAA Fisheries: Federal, state, and tribal salmon...
COMMENTARY: The true fish story: How farmers are helping salmon Ag Alert AgricultureCommentaryFish and wildlife September 22, 2021By Danny Merkley, California Farm Bureau Federation As a fourth-generation Sacramento Valley farmer and the California Farm Bureau’s director of...
BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Insights into the life history and habitat use of historical salmon in the Bay-Delta Watershed Maven Best of the NotebookDelta science September 16, 2021Chinook salmon have long thrived in California’s variable climate, including prolonged drought periods, by utilizing the historical Delta’s vast habitat...
DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: Delta Conservancy update: Analysis of juvenile salmonid habitat in the Delta Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features July 22, 2021At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Campbell Ingram, Executive Officer of the Delta Conservancy, updated the council...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Delta smelt monitoring, new research on salmon survival and flow volume Estuary News Group Delta scienceScience June 3, 2021This month, Pearls digs into some nuances of Delta smelt monitoring—and how we can get more bang from our sampling...
UC SANTA CRUZ: Survival of migrating juvenile salmon depends on stream flow thresholds UC Santa Cruz Delta scienceEcosystemsScience May 20, 2021New understanding of relationship between stream flows and salmon survival provides a critical tool for balancing water needs in the...
US FWS: Long-term Clear Creek restoration project completed US Fish and Wildlife Service Ecosystems May 5, 2021From the US Fish & Wildlife Service: Phase 3C of the Lower Clear Creek Floodway Rehabilitation Project has been completed,...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Thiamine deficiency in salmon; Restoration tradeoffs; Salmon life histories and strategies; Mudflats and shorebirds; Bird biodiversity Estuary News Group Delta scienceEcosystems April 26, 2021Estuary News sent reporters to the 11th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference, held virtually earlier this month. The theme of this...
ESTUARY PEARLS: Diversity in Bay Delta science, Art and science, Delta smelt – a scapefish, Connectivity on all levels in the Delta, and Consensus on salmon Estuary News Group Delta scienceScience April 22, 2021“People underestimate the risk of staying the same,” said Melissa Jones, environmental equity activist and director of a coalition of...
AG ALERT: Use of rice fields as salmon habitat shows promise Ag Alert Ecosystems March 17, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert Salmon reared in rice fields grow faster and larger than those from a hatchery and...
DELTA LEAD SCIENTIST REPORT: How different genetically are fall-run and spring-run chinook salmon?; Social science in the Delta; and activities of the Delta Science Program Maven Delta scienceFish and wildlife February 4, 2021At the January meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen discussed the recent science publication,...
CA WATER COMMISSION: Implementation of the State Water Project’s Incidental Take Permit Maven Notebook News and FeaturesWater project operations December 23, 2020At the December meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners heard a briefing on the implementation of the Incidental...
