Tag: chinook salmon
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CRISPR Technology Rapidly Identifies Chinook Salmon Run Type
Photo: Adult Chinook belonging to different runs. Bringing the Lab to the Field Perhaps the most essential skill for any field biologist is the ability to distinguish between the different species they are studying. Of course, this is often easier said than done, and things can get even more granular when distinguishing between groups within…
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AG ALERT: Farmers, tribes weigh in on river flows for salmon
Farmers, ranchers, tribal members and others who rely on water from the Scott River and Shasta River watersheds turned out last week to offer insights to state officials considering an emergency regulation to set minimum flows on the tributaries. The gathering at an informational workshop on Oct. 6 in Sacramento came in response to a…
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Low Flows, High River Temperatures and Pollution Force Emergency Condor-Style Plan to Save Salmon Species
California Water Policies Decimate Threatened Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon California Department of Fish and Wildlife environmental scientists herd yearling spring-run Chinook salmon into a waiting net. Deer Creek, Tehama County, Oct. 10, 2023. (CDFW Photo/Peter Tira) California Water Policies Decimate Threatened Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Today, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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Federal researchers say two widely used pesticides harm many endangered fish species
Photo: A coho salmon in spawning colors. The National Marine Fisheries Service says that continued use of insect-killing chemicals containing carbaryl or methomyl likely jeopardizes dozens of endangered fish species — including Chinook salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, and steelhead in the Columbia, Willamette and Snake rivers. Rick Swart / Oregon Department of Fish and…
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Raised in Rice Fields
Snow geese erupt against a blue sky trimmed with fresh, white clouds. The air is so clear you can see for miles, east to the distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada and west to the gentle slopes of the Coast Ranges. But Carson Jeffres and Jacob Katz are less interested in the view above them…
