On Nov. 2, James Robinson, executive director of the Lake Merritt Institute, got a call from a board member saying someone ...

UC Davis researchers have documented evidence of chinook salmon returning to the Northern California creek where they were ...

A stock photo of a chinook salmon jumping in a river. A stock photo of a chinook salmon jumping in a river. supercaliphotolistic/Getty A spokesperson for California DFW told Newsweek: "CDFW is ...

UC Davis researchers Thursday announced a new study that proves years of hard work to heal the Putah Creek habitat is saving salmon.

Many of the young salmon, or smolts, survived the crash by jumping into the creek ... to a steep decline in salmon populations. Chinook salmon are anadromous, meaning they hatch in freshwater ...

Several months after the start of a pilot program aiming to restore salmon runs in California’s Sierra County, Chinook salmon can be found in the North Yuba River “for the first time in close ...

For the first time in more than 80 years, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Yuba River in Northern California thanks to an innovative wildlife program. The California Department of Fish and ...

Spring-run Chinook salmon are also a preferred and primary food for Southern Resident orcas, which are themselves listed as endangered, having a population of only 73 individuals. Diminishing salmon ...

DAVIS (KOVR) — California’s chinook salmon fishing season could be shut down for the third year in a row. That’s because the number of salmon in the Sacramento River is significantly low and ...