“I’m hopeful that the state’s highest court will recognize that Kern River water is a public asset that shouldn’t be monopolized, so corporate agricultural water users need to leave something for fish and people downstream,” said John Buse, a senior counsel...
“These are 20,000 fish born in the wild, whose genetic characteristics have helped them survive in this highly modified ecosystem,” said Burford, an adjunct faculty member in UC Santa Cruz’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. “Also, California is at the thermal...
“I am extremely excited we are going to have a river salmon season,” Abernathy says. “It is something that I am very passionate about. It’s just something I like to do and I look forward to it every year. Even though...
Each applicant may only apply for one area and must include all required information on the application. If an individual’s name and GOID# appear in the drawing on any other applications, that individual will be disqualified from all drawings. Junior hunting...
Harris, who is now a three-time winner of California’s Duck Stamp Art Contest, was excited for this year’s stamp. He had never painted a cinnamon teal before, though they had been on his radar for some time.
“Over the last few years,...
The surveys utilize a “mark-recapture” technique combined with statistical analyses to estimate population size. Each spring, baited setlines (lines with multiple baited hooks) are used to capture sturgeon. The fish are then measured, scanned for existing tags, tagged if necessary, and...
