A study found that the genetic code of spring-run Chinook salmon, like these in California’s Butte Creek, vary from fall-run salmon only in the DNA variance governing migration times. (Courtesy of ...
Officials say the reintroduction effort is part of the Yuba River Resilience Initiative, a partnership among Yuba Water, CDFW ...
In an extreme drought year where nearly all juvenile Sacramento River winter run Chinook salmon are expected to die before spawning due to alleged water mismanagement by the state and federal ...
Typically, now is the time when creeks along the Sacramento River are filled with young spring-run Chinook salmon preparing to make their journey downstream to the Pacific Ocean, where they will ...
Feds May Look at Spring-Run Chinook Salmon as Genetically Distinct Wildlife conservationists have been long making the case that spring-run Chinook salmon are a genetically distinct species from the ...
Spring-run fish are a variant of Chinook salmon, who return to rivers much earlier than the more abundant fall-run salmon. They return in the spring from the ocean to coastal freshwater rivers, ...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries biologists are pursuing urgent measures in northern California this fall to ...
More than 1,200 adult spring-run Chinook salmon meant to return to the San Joaquin River ended up in the Tuolumne River instead, prompting a five-part rescue operation. The fish were originally ...
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Native Fish Society and Umpqua Watersheds filed a notice today of their intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to force it to decide ...