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The Story of the Orcas and the Chinook Salmon

Photo by theartist312/iStock An Endangered Species Act parable Thanks to 20th-century aquariums and marine theme parks, orcas—also known as killer…

4 months ago

New Salmon Successes

Photo: Carmichael’s iconic water tower is a sentinel near a newly established salmon nesting habitat near Ancil Hoffman Park. Biologists Maeghen…

4 months ago

New report confirms benefits of FIRO strategy in enhancing water management at Prado Dam

Press release from the Orange County Water District, Army Corps of Engineers, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography A new report…

5 months ago

Fishery on Elwha rewards tribe’s long push for river restoration

Vanessa Castle and Matt Beirne from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe head up the Elwha River to a fishing hole.…

5 months ago

Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?

Plans call for building Sites Reservoir in this valley north of Sacramento. (Risa Johnson / Calif. Dept. of Water Resources)…

8 months ago