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…
water quality
Photo Friday: Raw water, anyone?
At FISHBIO, we don't just spend a lot of our time in and around river water, we also occasionally bottle it up. This photo was taken during Read More…
Flashback Friday: Surf and Turf
Today's Flashback Friday ponders things that are better together, and those that are better separated... Although Americans enjoy heavy doses of both steak and seafood, the two Read More…
Benefits of Biological Monitoring in the Xebangfai River
Water bugs, also known as macroinvertebrates, are insects and other aquatic animals that can be found everywhere in rivers, streams, wetlands and ponds in Lao PDR. Macroinvertebrates Read More…
Scientific Supplies for Lao Students
Students in three rural villages in Laos now have some new tools for checking the health of their local rivers in streams. For several years, FISHBIO has Read More…
Bottled Water
Raw water, also known as natural water, is water that comes directly from the environment and has not been subjected to any treatment to make it suitable Read More…
Hell or High Water: What Floods Mean for Wildlife
Floods have been very much in the news and on the minds of Californians this year, from the mass evacuations downstream of the Oroville Dam to the Read More…
Tainted Waters: Contaminants in the San Francisco Bay-Delta
Contaminants enter our waterways through many sources – they flow in agricultural and urban runoff, wastewater treatment effluent, and oil spills; they leach from industrial waste and Read More…
Animals at Work on World Water Monitoring Day
Today is World Water Monitoring Day, which is a good opportunity to reflect on all the ways we benefit from good water quality throughout the year. While Read More…
Water bug education
Small bugs can help tell a big-picture story about the conditions of their environment. FISHBIO is currently working on a participatory water quality monitoring program in Lao Read More…