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Life springs in Sierra rivers as springtime flows recede

Posted on May 4, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Sarah Yarnell and Ryan Peek In case you hadn’t heard, the annual Sierra “spring snowmelt recession” has begun. The foothill yellow-legged frog certainly knew. Adapted to the seasonal patterns of California’s climate, this rare frog and other native amphibians, … Continue reading →

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Frolicking fat floodplain fish feeding furiously

Posted on June 2, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

By Carson Jeffres Spring is here, temperatures are warming, and juvenile salmon have filled the floodplains—a link for them between the gravel bedded rivers where they hatched and the ocean where they will spend the next one to five years.  … Continue reading →

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Water to the sea isn’t wasted

Posted on March 1, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

By Jeffrey Mount In December of 2010 we had a remarkable set of storms.  Relentless rain and snowfall hit both southern and northern California.  The news reports about these events followed a predictable pattern, including the inevitable articles that bemoan … Continue reading →

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