Department of Fish and Wildlife Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK STAGING

October 20, 2026

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Groundwater basins can serve as large underground reservoirs, storing water during wet periods for use in drought years. When...

CDFW: Functional flows: Working with nature’s rhythm to keep California’s rivers healthy

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

October 20, 2026

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Visit a California river in January and again in August, and you’ll see...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Can hatchery reforms help California’s troubled salmon?

Robin Meadows

Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

September 28, 2026

By Robin Meadows Rivers in the Central Valley are so degraded by dams and water diversions that the tens of...

CDFW: Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW announce historic fishery restoration partnership

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

September 9, 2026

From the California Department of Fish and Wildlife: The Hoopa Valley Tribe (Tribe) and the California Department of Fish and...

USBR: Trinity River weir consolidation streamlines salmon monitoring and opens new chapter for Tribal partnership

Bureau of Reclamation News

Fish and wildlife

September 9, 2026

From the Bureau of Reclamation: A new chapter for Trinity River salmon begins this fall as the California Department of...

CDFW: Scientists keeping an eye on river conditions to protect winter-and-fall-run salmon

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

September 5, 2026

From the Department of Fish and Wildlife As California continues to feel the impacts of a heat dome that is...

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition sues over illegal delays for SF Bay white sturgeon protections

San Francisco Baykeeper

Policy and regulation

August 11, 2026

A nonprofit coalition is suing the California Department of Fish & Wildlife for stalling the state Endangered Species Act process...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As commercial salmon fishing resumes in California, the industry faces a murky outlook

Inside Climate News

Fish and wildlife

July 21, 2026

State restoration efforts and federal disaster funding are helping the fish and the people who depend on it, but ongoing...

NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Wild vs. hatchery: Charting California’s fisheries path forward

Maven

Best of the Notebook Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features Science

April 27, 2026

Hatcheries are a complex issue, tasked with meeting diverse demands that are often at odds: producing large numbers of fish...

CDFW research links California’s Nutria invasion to Pacific Northwest population

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

April 8, 2026

Study also informs eradication efforts, offers toolkit for future research worldwide From the California Department of Fish and Wildlife: Scientists...

CDFW: ‘Salmon Everywhere’ One Year After Klamath Dam Removal

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Fish and wildlife

November 19, 2025

Press release from the Department of Fish and Wildlife: A little more than a year after the historic removal of...

SJV WATER: Revamping Kernville hatchery could cost $27 million – or more – on top of $7 million already being spent on siphon

SJV Water

Fish and wildlife

November 7, 2025

By Lois Henry, SJV Water It could cost $27 million, or more, to revamp and reopen the Kernville hatchery as a...

NOAA FISHERIES: Salmon habitat restoration priorities in the Lower Russian River

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

September 29, 2025

The Lower Russian River Salmon Habitat Restoration Priorities Action Plan identifies priority restoration actions to recover Central California Coast coho...

NEWS RELEASE: CDFW Releases Beavers into the Wild for First Time in Nearly 75 Years

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ecosystems

December 13, 2023

Beaver Reintroduction Conducted in Cooperation with Local Tribes The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has launched the initial...

NOAA FISHERIES: Tribe, State, and Federal Partners Join To Return Endangered Salmon to Historic Habitat

NOAA Fisheries

Fish and wildlife

May 3, 2023

Three-way collaboration to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California. By NOAA Fisheries The California Department of...