October 28, 2025 - The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and its partners have initiated a second year of ...

Since its launch in late 2024, the program has seen success with several reintroduction methods. Last fall, CDFW and its ...

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) plans to inject 350,000 Chinook salmon eggs into the North Yuba River ...

!–paging_filter–pMarch is the time to plan a pilgrimage in honor of Northwest royalty. Spring-run chinook salmon—known as spring kings, or springers—are pushing up the lower Columbia River right now, ...

A study found that the genetic code of spring-run Chinook salmon, like these in California’s Butte Creek, vary from fall-run salmon only in the DNA variance governing migration times. (Courtesy of ...

Salmon returns in 2018 will be led by an improved Willamette River spring chinook forecast, then things get complicated. "Generally, the message is we're not expecting anything better than 2017, but ...

To the Karuk Tribe, Ishi Pishi Falls on California’s Klamath River is the center of the world. Every spring, a nearby holy site is the location of the first of a set of ceremonies collectively called ...

The California Fish and Game Commission has listed the Klamath-Trinity River spring chinook salmon as an endangered species under the California Endangered Species Act. The unanimous decision taken by ...

Happy clients with spring Chinook they caught while fishing with guide Matt Eleazer of East Fork Outfitters last year. With the runs improving in almost all waters, local anglers should be in store ...

In an extreme drought year where nearly all juvenile Sacramento River winter run Chinook salmon are expected to die before spawning due to alleged water mismanagement by the state and federal ...