Monday, August 22, 2016Sunday, January 6, 2019

Winter-Run Salmon and the Delicate Dance of Temperature

Winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are the most endangered of California’s four salmon runs. These salmon return to freshwater in the winter, and historically sought refuge in Read More…

Monday, April 18, 2016Monday, April 18, 2016

Winter-run Woes

Usually, “winter” makes people think of cold, blowing snow, and ice – but no winter-run Chinook salmon alive today experience conditions like that. In fact, the only Read More…

Monday, September 22, 2014Friday, September 19, 2014

The salmon mega-model

Fisheries scientists often get called on to make assessments or predictions about the current or future state of fish populations. But short of a crystal ball, the Read More…

Monday, January 27, 2014Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Tough choices in dry conditions

In times of extreme conditions, such as the current state of water scarcity in California, some sacrifices and tradeoffs inevitably have to be made. For example, the Read More…