Friday, May 14, 2021Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Film Friday: An Introduction to the Calaveras River Habitat Conservation Plan

Today's Film Friday highlights the Calaveras River Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), a 50-year agreement between Stockton East Water District (SEWD) and NOAA Fisheries, that ensures a commitment to Read More…

Monday, March 22, 2021Friday, March 19, 2021

Providing Water for Fish in the Calaveras River

Part of responsibly managing a watershed is efficiently using a limited water supply to balance the needs of both humans and wildlife. This is especially true in Read More…

Monday, February 8, 2021Friday, February 5, 2021

Keeping Tabs on Fish Health in the Calaveras River

The Calaveras River is home to several iconic and sensitive native California fish species, including both forms of Oncorhynchus mykiss (steelhead and rainbow trout) and opportunistic runs of Read More…

Monday, September 14, 2020Sunday, September 13, 2020

A New Habitat Conservation Plan for the Calaveras River

The Calaveras River is a unique tributary of the San Joaquin River in California’s Central Valley that plays important roles for both people and fish. The Calaveras Read More…

Monday, April 6, 2020Sunday, April 5, 2020

Big Chico Creek: Revisited

During the past summer, FISHBIO revisited CSU Chico’s Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve for the fourth time since 2013 to survey the creek’s summertime trout population. The Read More…

Monday, July 29, 2019Thursday, July 25, 2019

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 reservoirs. Historically, steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Read More…

Monday, August 27, 2018Friday, August 24, 2018

Changing Genes: Studying Steelhead in San Francisco Bay Streams

A fish transported from the San Francisco Bay of 1850 to 2018 would find itself in a whole new world. Between the construction of dams, diversion of Read More…

Wednesday, July 18, 2018Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Spotting Patterns in Fish Freckles

Some researchers spend so much time with the species they study that they eventually begin to recognize individual animals by their physical traits or unique “personality” quirks. Read More…

Monday, March 26, 2018Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Hope for Rainbow Trout on the Stanislaus River

Cooked trout might make an excellent dinner, but sizzling water temperatures are bad news for wild trout in rivers. Rainbow trout on the Stanislaus River found themselves Read More…

Monday, March 5, 2018Monday, March 5, 2018

Rainbow Trout: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Few species have captured the attention of anglers, aquaculturists, and researchers quite like the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. We recently discovered that more has been written about Read More…