Lower Yuba News Today

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 coldest water of the year occurs during February. Typically it is early in the month but it depends on the storms or lack thereof. A week ago Lake Almanor

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These unseasonable temps, up to 80 degrees in the foothills, have the fish moving into spring spawning mode early. Last week was the full moon for March. Things are shaping up for the major spawn…

The midday air temps are into the 70s, my apricot trees are in bloom and it does not get dark until well after 6 p.m. Whats wrong with this picture? The problem is the date…

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...

Each week we’ll run through the sublime, the trivial and profound issues, decisions and goings on that strike us as Hits or Misses. You can join in, too, by emailing your Hits & Misses to editboard@theunion.com. A big, huge HIT (from reader Christiana Kelly): to Kaleb Bentham, who saved his beloved dog from a bear. And to Motherlode Vet Hospital for working on Buddy the dog for hours to save him. Heroes, all. HIT (from reader George Carter): Home for the holidays is a fervent wish for many, p...