Managing Water Stored for the Environment During Drought Maven Science News November 7, 2021From the California Water Blog: Storing water in reservoirs is important for maintaining freshwater ecosystem health and protecting native species....
USGS Scientists Study Habitat Features in the San Francisco Estuary to Better Inform Conservation Efforts for Aquatic Species Maven Science News November 4, 2021From the USGS: Due to human activity, over 90% of tidal wetland habitat in San Francisco Estuary has been lost....
What the Science Says: Fish Eyes Maven Science News November 4, 2021Fish Eyes: the Hidden Diet Journal From Cal Trout: It might sound strange to think of an eye as a...
Hot and Hungry: Effect of Temperatures and Multiple Invasive Predators on Migrating Salmon Maven Science News November 1, 2021From FishBio: Nearly any predator that can get its claws, beak, or teeth on a juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)...
Survivor Salmon that Withstand Drought and Ocean Warming Provide a Lifeline for California Chinook Maven Science News October 28, 2021NOAA Fisheries recovery goals include reintroduction to save the late-migrating fish From NOAA Fisheries: In drought years and when marine...
Nature’s power to restore: Using process-based restoration in the Sierra foothills Maven Science News October 27, 2021From the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: For millions of years, nature has been designing and building river and...
Increased Hatchery Production Aims to Boost Chinook Salmon for Endangered Killer Whales Maven Science News October 4, 2021State, tribal, and federal hatcheries seek to increase Chinook by 4–5 percent From NOAA Fisheries: Federal, state, and tribal salmon...
FLOATing Away – Testing for links between fall outflow and Delta Smelt – A play in three acts Maven Science News September 28, 2021From the Interagency Ecological Program’s Science Stories: Adventures in Bay-Delta Data: Act I It was a dark and stormy night....
Reconsidering IEP Sampling Programs Maven Science News June 6, 2021Article by Steve Culberson The Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) has been monitoring in the San Francisco Estuary for a long...
Assessing portfolios of actions for winter-run salmon in the Sacramento Valley Maven Science News May 29, 2021We may be entering a time when more mechanistic understanding can be used to estimate effects of habitats and flows...
SCIENCE NEWS: Adventures in Bay-Delta data; Survival of migrating juvenile salmon depends on stream flow thresholds; Effects of artificial lighting on salmon survival; Steelhead workshop summary now available; and more … Maven Science News May 21, 2021Science Stories: Adventures in Bay-Delta data “One of life’s greatest joys is playing with data. However, not everyone has the...
SCIENCE NEWS: Reopening a NorCal creek to steelhead; It’s tern up time in CA; How 100-year old salmon scales help better manage salmon populations; and more … Maven Science News April 9, 2021Reopening a Northern California creek to threatened steelhead—part 2: using natural sediment to benefit fish “Most dam removal projects view...
SCIENCE NEWS: Study finds warm water important for salmon and trout; Miscounted fish may be skewing population sizes; Reopening a Northern California creek to threatened steelhead; and more … Maven Science News April 2, 2021Warm water important for cold-water fish like salmon and trout, study finds “Warm river habitats appear to play a larger-than-expected...
SCIENCE NEWS: Heating up salmon migration pathways; When ‘eradicated’ species bounce back with a vengeance; Researchers reveal the extent to which rivers across the country are losing flow to aquifers; and more … Maven Science News March 19, 2021Heating up salmon migration pathways “Climate change is turning up the water temperature along migration paths used by anadromous fish...
Shiny Things Maven Science News March 17, 2021From the Interagency Ecological Program’s Science Stories: Adventures in Bay-Delta Data “One of life’s greatest joys is playing with data....
