Unperturbed, the scientists started wading out into Scott Creek each day in search of answers. “There are no coho south of Santa Cruz; we’re at the southern end of their range,” Michel said. “We’re probably going to see the impacts of...
“After declines in sea star numbers of up to 84% in 2014, we quickly saw an 8,000% increase in young sea stars landing on shore,” Gravem said. “Populations are now large enough that sea stars are on the way to...
"That round trip can cover more than 2,000 miles. It’s one of nature’s most impressive migrations, and it’s what connects communities hundreds of miles apart. Anglers in San Francisco Bay rely on the same fish that begin their lives in the...
Roughly 350,000 spring-run Chinook salmon eggs were collected and fertilized recently at the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville. The eggs will be hydraulically injected into the North Yuba River’s gravel substrate next month, as was done successfully last fall....