PRESS RELEASE: Salmon habitat project along Sacramento River to improve access on and off Red Bluff floodplain Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Ecosystems October 29, 2026Three-acre project to keep fish connected to productive floodplain habitat while reducing number of juvenile salmon becoming stranded each year...
PRESS RELEASE: Tire-derived pollutant found at elevated levels in critical fish habitats Guest Contributor Water quality October 22, 2026From the American Chemical Society: “Potentially Lethal Concentrations of 6PPD-Quinone Occur in Endangered Species Act Listed Aquatic Habitats of Central...
FRESNOLAND: Historic return of salmon to California’s once-dry San Joaquin River is spawning toward recovery, one egg at a time Guest Contributor Fish and wildlife October 15, 2026by Marek Warszawski, Fresnoland This story was originally published by Fresnoland, a nonprofit news organization It’s salmon squeezing time at...
DWR: Getting under the skin of salmon science Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife October 13, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: This is not a job for the squeamish or faint-hearted, but the goals of...
MONGABAY: Chinook salmon return to historical habitat following removal of four US dams Mongabay Fish and wildlife October 13, 2026By David Brown, Mongabay The Klamath River in the U.S. was heavily dammed over the 20th century, blocking spawning Chinook...
SFEWS: Regional studies of algal blooms, Delta smelt habitat, Hydrodynamic conditions for Chinook juveniles, Adaptation of rainbow trout, and considerations for long-term monitoring programs San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Delta scienceResearch article October 5, 2026In the latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science Journal: Regional Variability in Conditions Favoring Cyanobacterial Harmful...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Can hatchery reforms help California’s troubled salmon? Robin Meadows Fish and wildlifeNotebook News and Features September 28, 2026By Robin Meadows Rivers in the Central Valley are so degraded by dams and water diversions that the tens of...
DWR: Feather River gravel project supports chinook salmon and steelhead spawning Department of Water Resources (DWR) Fish and wildlife September 17, 2026From the Department of Water Resources: Throughout California’s Central Valley, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout migrate between the ocean and...
NOAA FISHERIES: Start-up beaver dams transform parched California creeks into salmon havens, new research finds NOAA Fisheries Ecosystems September 10, 2026Juvenile survival rose and adult returns surged in the Klamath Basin. By NOAA Fisheries Battered by early gold mining and...
CDFW: Hoopa Valley Tribe and CDFW announce historic fishery restoration partnership Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish and wildlife September 9, 2026From 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, 2026From 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, 2026From the Department of Fish and Wildlife As California continues to feel the impacts of a heat dome that is...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: 20,000 Salmon Return to the Klamath—but Challenging Conditions for Recovery Remain Inside Climate News Fish and wildlife August 28, 2026In the two years since dam removal on the Klamath River in California and Oregon, fall-run chinook salmon have come...
UC DAVIS: A secret to survival for California’s most endangered salmon UC Davis Fish and wildlife August 24, 2026By Michael Milstein, UC Davis A secret to the survival of juvenile salmon as they form in their eggs is...
NOAA FISHERIES: The 15-day window that may decide salmon survival NOAA Fisheries Fish and wildlife August 24, 2026Chinook need cold water in first weeks for their eggs to survive. By NOAA Fisheries Traditional field research combined with...
