STEPping Out: Using Salmon as a Teaching Tool
When it comes to teaching young students complicated ecological concepts, such as life cycles, food webs, and evolutionary adaptations, salmon make an ideal teaching tool. These remarkable Read More…
outreach
Film Friday: Snorkel School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIDUVLcYsKc Today we're going back to school – snorkel school, that is! Our Film Friday highlights outreach work with Chico State University, where we taught students in Read More…
Supporting Women in Fisheries Science
Women have been forging careers in fisheries science since the early 1900s, following in the footsteps of early pioneers such as Rosa Mabel Lee, the first woman Read More…
Endangered Species in the Spotlight
At FISHBIO, we’re big fans of building (slightly) larger-than-life fish puppets to parade at the Butte Environmental Council’s annual Endangered Species Faire. Our truly giant Mekong Giant Read More…
Curiosity in the Classroom
Why do salmon fry have yolk sacs? What do salmon do when they go to the ocean? What do they eat? Why do salmon die when they Read More…
Fish Talk – The Barbless Podcast
For a few hours about once a week, the conference room in our Chico office is transformed into a recording studio. Two fish aficionados, Chad Alderson and Read More…
Run4Salmon: The long way home
For many of us, “going home” consists of getting in a car and driving to reach our houses. For winter-run Chinook salmon that historically spawned on the Read More…
Photo Friday: Job Shadow
Our Oakdale office was happy to participate in a recent job shadow program sponsored by the Oakdale Chamber of Commerce. We hosted a senior at Oakdale High Read More…
Film Friday: Endangered Fishes on Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMPiyiCObyE In honor of tomorrow's Endangered Species Faire hosted by the Butte Environmental Council in Chico, California, today's Film Friday features the larger-than-life Mekong Giant catfish we Read More…
Smell Your Way Home
The Coastal Watershed Council recently asked our Santa Cruz office to lead a tour about river flow and the life of an anadromous fish as part of Read More…