Hydraulic Egg Injection: Pilot Project Uses Man-Made Salmon Redds To Bring Back Salmon In California River
March 15th, 2025
Salmon are swimming again in California’s North Yuba River for the first time in close to a century. The fish are part of an innovative pilot project to study the feasibility of returning spring-run Chinook salmon to their historical spawning and rearing habitat in the mountains of Sierra County.
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California Wolf Report Show Stable Population With 7 Packs, About 50 Wolves
March 15th, 2025
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that the state currently has seven known wolf families amid changing pack dynamics and areas of new wolf activity. California now has around 50 known wolves, according to the state wolf coordinator — up from around 49 at the end of 2023. That modest increase comes despite 30 pups known to have been born in spring 2024. The report indicates that the nine packs confirmed at the end of September 2024 have declined to seven. The Beckwourth pack no longer exists and another pack, the Antelope pack, merged with the Beyem Seyo …
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Climate Change Adaptation: California Using Diversified Salmon Hatchery Releases, Innovative ‘Parental Based Tagging’
February 25th, 2025
In a collaborative effort to increase the sustainability of California's salmon populations, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has partnered with the Department of Water Resources, as well as ocean and inland fishing groups to continue a pilot project aimed at diversifying salmon hatchery release strategies.
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California Awards $15 Million For Salmon, Steelhead Restoration Projects
February 7th, 2025
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced the selection of 15 projects that will receive funding for the restoration, enhancement and protection of salmon and steelhead (anadromous salmonid) habitat in California watersheds.
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Historic Dam Removal: ESA-Listed Coho Return To Upper Klamath Basin First Time In 60 Years, CDFW Releases 270,000 Hatchery Fall Chinook Yearlings
December 9th, 2024
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has seen the first returns of threatened coho salmon to the upper Klamath River Basin in more than 60 years following historic dam removal completed last month.
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With Klamath Dams Breached, California Issues ‘Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan’
September 13th, 2024
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released the “Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan,” a 60-page blueprint to guide the reintroduction and monitoring of Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey in a newly undammed Klamath River.