Salmon Archives ~ Page 17 of 21 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

April 25, 2019

Presentations highlight the Montezuma Wetlands Project and the Nigiri Project Adaptive management is widely regarded as an effective approach to...

US FWS: Northern Sacramento Valley Hatchery fish released in second year of species reintroduction

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

April 8, 2019

By the US Fish and Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released 185,000 marked juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Dark Carbon and a Return to Abundance: How Detrital Floodplain Food Webs Can Help Recover Endangered Fish

Maven

Delta science

March 7, 2019

In the pre-development Central Valley, winter-spring flooding once created a vast mosaic of productive wetland habitats that teemed with fish...

BAY DELTA SCIENCE CONFERENCE: Harvest, Hatchery Returns, and Straying of Salmon Released at Bay and Delta sites during California’s Drought

Maven

Best of the Notebook Delta Conveyance Project Delta science

January 17, 2019

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coleman National Fish Hatchery is the largest salmon hatchery in California, annually producing 12...

BROWN BAG SEMINAR: California floodplains and the fish that use them

Maven

Delta science

June 18, 2018

How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley...

US FWS: After long absence, endangered winter-run Chinook salmon return to restored Battle Creek

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fish and wildlife

March 28, 2018

Robert Barker, a fish culturist at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, had just helped complete something historic and he knew...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 3: Moving the Delta and the tributaries towards a sustainable future

Maven

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features

February 22, 2018

The Sierra Nevada plays a critical role in California’s water supply: Snowpack in the mountain provides a natural form of...

THE DELTA AND THE TRIBUTARIES, part 2: California’s salmon face challenges, but there are success stories, too

Maven

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

February 21, 2018

In the fall of every year, an incredible phenomenon takes place in the Central Valley: the fall salmon run. Adult...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Briefing on the reconsultation for the operation of the state and federal water projects, Delta ecosystem restoration, and prepping for a major Cal Water Fix announcement

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

January 31, 2018

Briefing on the reconsulation process gives context for recent public meetings to maximize CVP deliveries The January meeting of Metropolitan’s...

THIS JUST IN … California Fisheries Groups Sue State for Failure to Protect Impaired Waterways

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Ecosystems Notebook News and Features Water quality

November 2, 2017

From the Institute for Fisheries Resources: Today four commercial fisheries organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the California State Water Resources...

SCIENCE JOURNAL: Winter-run Chinook salmon, GHG reductions and economics in the Delta, and landscape-scale restoration highlighted in latest issue of San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science

Maven

Delta science

October 2, 2017

The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is now available online. Research highlighted in this month’s...

DR. SARAH YARNELL: Ecological Response to the Unregulated Spring Flow Regime in the Sierra Nevada

Maven

Science

July 16, 2017

Dr. Sarah Yarnell is Associate Project Scientist at the Center for Watershed Sciences, and her presentation was drawn from research...

THIS JUST IN … Fishing and Conservation Groups Sue to Block Delta Tunnels Project

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

June 29, 2017

Federal Agencies Approve ‘WaterFix’ Acknowledging It Will Harm Fish and Wildlife From the Natural Resources Defense Council: Conservation and fishing...

MEDIA CALL: Federal fish agencies and water agencies discuss the California Water Fix biological opinions

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features Water project operations

June 26, 2017

Today, with the release of the biological opinions, federal fish agencies and the water agencies held a media call. On...

Reaction to the State’s resiliency strategy for Sacramento Valley salmon and steelhead

Maven

Fish and wildlife Planning and management

June 5, 2017

State Resiliency Strategies Show Significant Promise to Improve Conditions for Fish in California Innovative and Comprehensive Approach Seeks to Improve...