Salmon Archives ~ Page 16 of 22 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

September 22, 2021

By 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 Notebook Delta science

September 16, 2021

Chinook 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 science Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

July 22, 2021

At 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 science Science

June 3, 2021

This 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 science Ecosystems Science

May 20, 2021

New 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, 2021

From 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 science Ecosystems

April 26, 2021

Estuary 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 science Science

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, 2021

By 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 science Fish and wildlife

February 4, 2021

At 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 Features Water project operations

December 23, 2020

At the December meeting of the California Water Commission, the commissioners heard a briefing on the implementation of the Incidental...

THIS JUST IN … Governor Newsom, Oregon Governor Brown, Tribal Leaders and Klamath Dam Owner Announce Agreement to Advance Historic Salmon Restoration Plan

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Ecosystems Policy and regulation

November 17, 2020

From the Office of the Governor: California Governor Gavin Newsom today joined with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, leaders of the...

US FWS: Restoration brings salmon, people back to Clear Creek

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ecosystems

November 12, 2020

Decades-long program overhauled ‘thrashed’ mining site Clear Creek has been transformed multiple times in the past two centuries, but the transformation...

UC SANTA CRUZ: Spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon aren’t as different as they seem

UC Santa Cruz

Ecosystems Science

October 29, 2020

Genetic analysis of Klamath River Chinook salmon finds a simple genetic variant determines the timing of migration, and seasonal runs...

US FWS: 700 winter-run Chinook salmon return to Battle Creek

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

October 22, 2020

At least 700 sub-adult and adult winter-run Chinook salmon (winter Chinook) returned this year to Battle Creek. Although monitoring efforts...