Flashback Friday: Winter-Run Salmon and Temperature

In today's Flashback Friday, we explore the delicate dance required to keep water cool enough for winter-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento Read More…

Fatty Acid Gene May be Key to Life in Freshwater

The ocean provides a smorgasbord of foods to humans and fish alike. Modern marine species of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygians) evolved Read More…

Ocean Acidification Alters Salmon’s Sense of Smell

Melting glaciers, drought-stricken deserts, and catastrophic wildfires may have become the face of climate change, but one significant Read More…

Photo Friday – Snorkel Search

We recently completed a snorkel survey of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve to count rainbow trout – and snapped this shot of the Read More…

Fish lost and found: Lahontan cutthroat trout

The story of Lahontan cutthroat trout is one of loss and redemption. These fish are endemic to rivers, lakes, and streams in northern Read More…

A Diverse Delta: Integrating Social and Natural Sciences

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has been extensively studied in terms of its biology, chemistry, and physics, but this wealth of data Read More…

Flashback Friday: Feminized Fish and the Power of Pollution

Today's Flashback Friday reveals how pharmaceutical products in our waterways have the power to feminize male fish – even inside protected Read More…

Fieldwork to Brew-work

It’s the time of year when much of our regular fisheries fieldwork slows down and we get time in between analyzing data and synthesizing Read More…

An Ocean Away: The Genetics of Yosemite’s Trout

It’s been over 150 years since the rivers in Yosemite National Park flowed freely to the ocean without interruption by dams and Read More…

Film Friday – Gone Salmon Fishing

We spend most of our time studying salmon, but when salmon season rolls around, we Read More…