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…
Santa Cruz
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 California’s Central Read More…
Follow the Flow: State of the San Lorenzo River
Flow has long shaped the relationship between Santa Cruz, California, and the San Lorenzo River, which runs through the city. The memorable “Christmas Flood” of 1955 sent 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…
What goes up must come down
Tens of thousands of steelhead previously migrated through Santa Cruz on their way up the San Lorenzo River, and anglers would line the banks to fish in Read More…
Water not wasted
One of the few benefits of a drought is that people suddenly become acutely aware of where their water comes from – yet many of us still Read More…
Earth Day in Santa Cruz
The City of Santa Cruz has hosted a community Earth Day event on the banks of the San Lorenzo River for many years – and this year Read More…
New FISHBIO Santa Cruz Office Bridges Fresh and Saltwater Worlds
The Monterey Bay on California’s Central Coast is surrounded by a number of watersheds that create a blending of fresh and salt water where (and when) they Read More…