blog post Commentary: Klamath Basin Dam Removal Needs a Science-driven Oversight Plan By Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle May 31, 2022 May 31, 2022 ... Removal of the dams will be an important first step—albeit with many steps to go—in improving salmon and steelhead stocks in the basin.
blog post Commentary: Four Strategies for Managing California’s Crucial Watershed By Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 23, 2022 May 23, 2022 ... ... these reservoirs to meet other needs, including protecting cold-water salmon habitat and supplying communities elsewhere in the state.
Fact Sheet The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 18, 2022 ... the watershed still supports a recreational and commercial fishery, keystone species—including several runs of salmon—are threatened with extinction.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Greg Gartrell, Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak May 16, 2022 Competing needs in the Delta include supplies for public health and safety and senior water right holders, cold water for salmon, and low salinity for water ...
blog post Water Trading Can Help California’s Struggling Freshwater Ecosystems By Ellen Hanak, Gokce Sencan Apr 4, 2022 Apr 4, 2022 ... Delta flows (29% of purchases), known as the Environmental Water Account, acquired water for endangered salmon and smelt in the Delta ...
blog post Standing at the Cusp: The Klamath River Edges Closer to Dam Removals By Sarah Bardeen Feb 8, 2022 Feb 8, 2022 ... If we see the kinds of salmon recovery we expect, the “flushing flows” that help remove disease might not be needed, so a block of water that ...
blog post A Freezer Full of Eyeballs (and Other Oddities) Animate the Quest to Save California’s Salmon By Sarah Bardeen Jan 18, 2022 Jan 18, 2022 ... Many are seeking to restore California's crashing salmon populations—but is the battle to save this iconic fish working?
event Seizing the Drought: Water Priorities for Our Changing Climate Nov 15, 2021 ... and endangered species, including developing the Bull Run Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan for threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead trout.
blog post The Current Drought: Time to Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak Nov 8, 2021 Nov 8, 2021 ... ... and high water temperatures in the Sacramento Valley and North Coast have caused severe stress to salmon and other endangered species.
blog post Last Week’s Storm: the Good, the Bad, and the Inconclusive By Jeffrey Mount Nov 1, 2021 Nov 1, 2021 ... It also lowered water temperatures, which can harm salmon eggs if too warm. Birds got a break. The Central Valley is a critical link in the ...