Photo: California is debating the future of the Merced River and others. (Steve Payer/California Department of Water Resources) [Pub. date:...
Northwest dams agree to spill more water to help salmon, orcas survive
The survival of Puget Sound’s orca population depends on the migration of endangered Chinook salmon. (USFWS) (Courthouse News) Dam operators...
Salmon surge: Habitat improvements paying off on one California river
A chinook, also called king salmon, attempts to jump up the fish ladder to the hatchery on the Mokelumne River...
California Court Finds Public Trust Doctrine Applies to State Groundwater Resources
Photo: Scott River, http://www.westernrivers.org/projectatlas/scott-river/ Court Rejects Claim That SGMA “Displaces” Public Trust’s Application to California Groundwater The California Court of...
Fraser River so warm it may kill migrating sockeye salmon
Photo: A worker with Fisheries and Oceans Canada tosses a sockeye salmon back into the water during tagging on the...