From left, UC Davis lead author Lauren Hitt, junior specialist Jordan Colby and coauthor Mackenzie Miner prepare to search for chinook salmon on Lower Putah Creek by canoe.

The current design incorporates a series of rocks to ... meaning it could be finished sometime in 2028. Spring-run Chinook salmon returned to the cool waters of the North Yuba River first as ...

Almost everywhere in California, salmon are on the decline. But in Putah Creek—a restored stream running through the ...

A juvenile chinook salmon is measured by UC Davis researchers during its migration out of Putah Creek. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Several months after the start of a pilot program aiming to restore salmon runs in California’s Sierra County, Chinook salmon can be found in the North Yuba River “for the first time in close ...

Spring Chinook salmon in the Upper Willamette River are ... The researchers' study design did not allow them to determine what led to the increase in fitness between the first generation, wild ...

For the first time in more than 80 years, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Yuba River in Northern California thanks to an innovative wildlife program. The California Department of Fish and ...

New research uncovers the survival strategy juvenile Chinook salmon adopt to migrate to the ocean, providing insight on how to conserve the threatened fish. For young salmon, the journey along the ...

Now, those eggs are hatching. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Chinook salmon were once abundant in the North Yuba River in California’s Sierra Nevada. But since 1941, they’ve been ...

This year, state estimates show the number of Chinook salmon is still so low that fishing could again be prohibited — or if not, sharply limited — to help fish stocks recover. The Pacific ...

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, four nonprofits allege the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to meet deadlines on ...