COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds must decide on protections for Chinook salmon Courthouse News Service Fish and wildlife June 30, 2025Under the terms of a settlement agreement, there could soon be new federal protections for the Chinook, the largest of...
SFEWS: Traditional knowledge and current science inform conservation and preservation practices in the Delta Guest Contributor Delta science June 30, 2025This edition of SFEWS (Volume 23, Issue 2) includes research on integrating traditional knowledge with science in the Delta, a...
NOAA FISHERIES: Anchovy dominated diets off the West Coast pose new dangers for salmon NOAA Fisheries Delta scienceFish and wildlife June 26, 2025Lack of key vitamin turns fatal for as many as half of salmon offspring. By NOAA Fisheries A vitamin deficiency...
PRO PUBLICA: Trump administration abandons deal with Northwest tribes to restore salmon Pro Publica Policy and regulation June 16, 2025The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric...
MONGABAY: Yurok Tribe restores sacred lands and salmon in historic conservation deal Mongabay Ecosystems June 10, 2025By Justin Catanosa, Mongabay The Pacific Ocean fog hung densely over the narrow mouth of the Klamath River in this...
San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record for returning adult spring-run Chinook salmon San Joaquin River Restoration Program Fish and wildlife June 7, 2025From the San Joaquin River Restoration Program: The San Joaquin River Restoration Program set a new record this year for...
PRESS RELEASE: Stormwater sampling effort in Eureka reveals high concentrations of salmon-killing toxins are being flushed directly from “big box” store parking lots into local waterways Press Release/Notice Water quality May 22, 2025AB 1313, currently under consideration in Sacramento, includes incentives to clean up runoff from large commercial properties Press release from...
PRESS RELEASE: Northern California fishermen and farmers collaborate to boost number of salmon spawning in the Sacramento River Press Release/Notice Fish and wildlife May 16, 2025The Net Pen Project puts hatchery juvenile salmon in river water to decrease straying Approximately 540,000 Sacramento fall-run juvenile salmon...
CDFW adjusts salmon releases to support Sacramento River populations Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife May 6, 2025From the Department of Fish and Wildlife In a significant shift of California’s salmon strategy, the California Department of Fish...
NOAA FISHERIES: Juvenile salmon roam between salt and fresh water while exploring miles of coast and rivers, new research finds NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlifeScience May 1, 2025Tagged fish reveal juvenile salmon search for habitat in varied watersheds. By NOAA Fisheries The migrations that make up the...
PRESS RELEASES: California, federal government, Yuba Water Agency partner up in historic project to reopen North Yuba River to native fish Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Fish and wildlife April 26, 2025Press release from the Office of the Governor: California is working with state, local, and federal agencies in a historic...
PRESS RELEASE: Complaint filed against SFPUC for water mismanagement Guest Contributor Water rights and water law April 23, 2025River advocates call for end to harmful hoarding of Tuolumne River (Hetch Hetchy) water Press release from the Tuolumne River...
CAL MATTERS: Salmon fishing shutdown marks a grim milestone. Why California shouldn’t give up hope Cal Matters CommentaryFish and wildlife April 18, 2025By Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...
CAL MATTERS: Commercial salmon season is shut down — again. Will California’s iconic fish ever recover? Cal Matters Ecosystems April 15, 2025While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for...
THE CONVERSATION: Drug pollution in water is making salmon take more risks – new research The Conversation Water quality April 12, 2025By Jack Brand, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Michael Bertram, Stockholm University “Out of sight, out of mind” is...
