Cramer Fish Sciences News Today

After five years of work, the Hallwood side channel and floodplain restoration project is complete, effectively restoring the habitat, spawning and rearing grounds for native salmonids.

A habitat restoration project in the lower Yuba River is complete. The project not only helps the local fish population but also those who live along the river's banks.

The Hallwood Side Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project includes nearly two miles of restored side channels and alcoves.

KELSO — A legacy of obsolete logging practices popularized more than a century ago remains etched in the way the Coweeman River moves.

Both Chinook and steelhead salmon populations have struggled for decades throughout California. Researchers tracking them in the American River say their work informs efforts to boost their numbers.

Revolutionary Techniques Using Environmental DNA Are Analysing Entire Ecosystems 26/04/2021 Representative image of an underwater ecosystem. Photo: Hung Tran/Pexels Hilary Starks couldn’t wait to get her first three samples of the day. She was standing expectantly on the deck of the 117-foot research vessel Western Flyer in 2015, searching the waters of California’s Monterey Bay below. The winch on deck started moving as pulleys and wires slowly lifted what she was waiting for: ...

Columnist Our central valley runs of salmon and steelhead are cyclical in nature. We get good years like the last couple for steelhead on the Lower Yuba and we get poor years such as the recent salmon runs. Despite the up and down nature of the returns the overall trend is down. There are a lot of factors that affect the fish returns such as winter precipitation, water diversions, predation of the migrating juveniles, ocean temperatures and food chain … some of these factors we can affect and...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Salmon Restoration Effort Gets Go Ahead Council Approval Oakdale City Council members unanimously approved moving forward with Phase II of the Stanislaus River Salmonid Habitat Restoration Project at Monday night’s council meeting, April 5, which will put an additional $361,400 of grant funding into play for t...