Typically, now is the time when creeks along the Sacramento River are filled with young spring-run Chinook salmon preparing to make their journey downstream to the Pacific Ocean, where they will ...

California biologists collect young spring-run Chinook salmon in Deer Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River, on Oct. 10, 2023. (Peter Tira, California Department of Fish and Wildlife) The ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries biologists are pursuing urgent measures in northern California this fall to ...