Managing a Mussel Menace
We recently renewed our annual Mussel Fee stickers with our boat registration at FISHBIO, which are required for all freshwater Read More…
Flashback Friday: Bad Kitty
With Feral Cat Awareness Day around the corner, today's Flashback Friday highlights the impacts of feral cats on biodiversity around the Read More…
An Opossum Problem
When staff at our office in Oakdale arrived one morning to find a dead chicken in our coop, we wondered who the culprit could be. The Read More…
Flashback Friday: Lingering Legacy
This week's flashback goes all the way back to the Gold Rush era, and describes how mining practices significantly transformed the rivers of Read More…
Bryozoan Blobs
What is this gelatinous, slippery blob that a homeowner recently pulled out of Lake Tulloch, California? Spend enough time in nature and you Read More…
Photo Friday: Beaver Cam
Reviewing video footage from our automated monitoring cameras is usually all about counting fish, but every once in a while we get a Read More…
Not Your Average Pond
With the dog days of summer quickly approaching and temperatures rising across the state, our heavy winter rains might seem like a distant Read More…
Out in the Open: The Horned Lark
Sometimes you might see a songbird where you least expect it. Unlike many bird species, the Horned Lark is most comfortable in open fields Read More…
Springing from Karst
Water can enter a river in a number of ways: melting from a mountaintop, falling from the sky, or bubbling up from the ground. In Read More…
Photo Friday: Baby Hawks
Today's photo Friday is a peek at a nest full of baby Red-Shouldered Hawks. Our staff enjoyed checking in on this raptor family while Read More…