Tag Archives: Big Springs Creek

Creeks that cool down as summer heats up

Posted on June 30, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Ann Willis and Andrew Nichols Summer has just begun and conditions on many of California’s drought-stricken rivers and streams are already looking grim for cold-water fish. Endangered winter-run salmon may not survive a repeat of last summer’s nearly total … Continue reading →

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A salmon success story during the California drought

Posted on January 20, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Looking back on 2014, it’s hard not to feel despair for California salmon. With drought-stricken rivers running dangerously warm and slow for spring migration, the government was giving millions of young hatchery salmon a lift to the Pacific by truck … Continue reading →

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How to save salmon: location, location, location

Posted on July 23, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Robert Lusardi Spring-fed waters are luxurious places for salmon and trout. They provide ideal flows and temperatures year-round and jungles of aquatic plants teeming with insects for easy snacking. In real estate, the saying goes, three things matter: “location, … Continue reading →

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Sex, lies and videotape: Premature maturation of Chinook salmon on Shasta River

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Carson Jeffres, Senior Research Associate, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis Migration to and from the sea (anadromy) is the iconic pattern we associate with Pacific salmon. They spend most of their life in the ocean, taking … Continue reading →

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