The Calaveras River is home to several iconic and sensitive native California fish species, including the both forms of Oncorhynchus mykiss (steelhead and rainbow trout) and opportunistic runs of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). As part of a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) recently developed to help benefit these species, the Stockton East Water District is required to establish a fisheries monitoring program to determine whether the conservation...
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SALEM, Ore.—The deadline to apply for a spring bear hunt is Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 11:59 p.m. Hunters can apply online at https://odfw.huntfishoregon.com/login or at a license sales agent (https://myodfw.com/articles/where-find-odfw-license-agentsvendors). A 2021 annual hunting license is needed to apply. There are no major changes to seasons this year, but remember all spring bear hunts are now controlled and all seasons run April 1-May 31. See...
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After a solid week of rainy weather that turned all the coastal rivers big and brown, it looks like we’re headed toward a green water convergence. Some rain is in the forecast for Wednesday but after that we should begin to see some sunshine and dropping water levels. The Smith will be the first to clear and should be in...
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MISSOULA, Mont. — Hunters, anglers and others will soon have access to more than 32,900 acres of previously difficult to reach public land in the Sublette Mountain Range of western Wyoming. Working in partnership with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) and others, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation assisted with the purchase of an important access agreement. “Creating and improving...
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On Tuesday the only state agency with the power to rebalance water diversions needed to restore salmon runs meets to look at the year ahead.  This agency, the State Water Board, has stalled instead of doing the hard work needed to stem the loss of our main Central Valley salmon runs.  We're trying to get a critical mass of people...
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Everyone is taking a deep sigh of relief as wet weather finally returns to California. However, a burning question still remains: will it be enough to get us out of our current “drought deficit”? A drought or precipitation deficit builds up over time when a region experiences much less rainfall than typically expected. Like a bad dream, signs of drought...
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