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...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Pharmaceutical contamination alters wild salmon behavior Courthouse News Service Water quality April 11, 2025By Lily Roby, Courthouse News Service As Atlantic salmon face growing migration challenges due to climate change, a new obstacle...
DWR: Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback Project shows early signs of success for juvenile salmon Department of Water Resources (DWR) Planning and management April 9, 2025From the Department of Water Resources: Since the 1950s, California’s salmon populations have dwindled due to lost habitat from a...
UC BERKELEY: A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations UC Berkeley Fish and wildlife April 3, 2025Severely dry conditions during the winter of 2013-2014 blocked some species of salmon and steelhead trout from accessing their breeding...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Historic California drought harmed salmon, research shows Courthouse News Service Ecosystems April 1, 2025The 2013-14 winter season, which came during historic drought conditions in California, inhibited salmonids from reaching their breeding grounds and...
CDFW: California reports progress in supporting healthy salmon populations and habitat Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife March 26, 2025Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced today the...
UC DAVIS: Restored stream supports new wild salmon run UC Davis Ecosystems March 21, 2025Study confirms salmon of Putah Creek origin for first time By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Almost everywhere in California, salmon...
