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Announcing the International Fish Passage Conference 2026

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Christine Parisek

By Nann A. Fangue UC Davis will host the International Fish Passage Conference on May 4-8, 2026. Please join us for this opportunity to engage with fish passage practitioners working across academia, government, utilities, consultancy, and other professional organizations while … Continue reading →

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Build it, and they will come: Early evidence for establishment of Chinook salmon in Putah Creek, CA

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Christine Parisek

By Lauren G. Hitt, Malte Willmes, Mackenzie C. Miner, Max Stevenson, Carson A. Jeffres, Robert A. Lusardi, Nann A. Fangue, and Andrew L. Rypel For the third year in a row, regulators have canceled California’s commercial Chinook salmon fishing season.Poor spawning … Continue reading →

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Newly Listed Smelt in the Delta

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Christine Parisek

By Karrigan Börk, John Durand, Nann Fangue, and Levi Lewis Late last summer, on August 29th, 2024, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) as ‘endangered’ under … Continue reading →

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Ash in the Rivers: The Unexplored Consequences of Post-Wildfire Runoff on Freshwater Fish

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Christine Parisek

By Garfield Kwan & Christine Parisek Wildfires have become a hot topic. Although wildfires are a natural part of some ecosystems (e.g. the chaparral biome), megafires (fires that burn >100,000 acres of land) are becoming increasingly common as the climate continues to … Continue reading →

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White sturgeon: is an ancient survivor facing extinction in California?

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

by Andrea Schreier, Peter B. Moyle, Nicholas J. Demetras, Sarah Baird, Dennis Cocherell, Nann A. Fangue, Kirsten Sellheim, Jonathan Walter, Myfanwy Johnston, Scott Colborne, Levi S. Lewis, and Andrew L. Rypel Sturgeons belong to an ancient family of fishes that once … Continue reading →

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Unlocking how juvenile Chinook salmon swim in California rivers

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

By Rusty C. Holleman, Nann A. Fangue, Edward S. Gross, Michael J. Thomas, and Andrew L. Rypel Despite years of study and thousands of research projects, some aspects of the biology of Chinook salmon remain altogether mysterious. One enduring question … Continue reading →

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The Putah Creek Fish Kill: Learning from a Local Disaster

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

By Alex Rabidoux, Max Stevenson, Peter B. Moyle, Mackenzie C. Miner, Lauren G. Hitt, Dennis E. Cocherell, Nann A. Fangue, and Andrew L. Rypel Putah Creek is a small stream located in the Central Valley that has been extensively modified … Continue reading →

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Rice & salmon, what a match!

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

By: Andrew L. Rypel, Derrick J. Alcott, Paul Buttner, Alex Wampler, Jordan Colby, Parsa Saffarinia, Nann Fangue and Carson A. Jeffres Long-time followers of this blog may have tracked the evolution of our salmon-rice work for some time. The work … Continue reading →

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Science of an underdog: the improbable comeback of spring-run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel, Gabriel Singer, and Nann A. Fangue “You can’t design a worse evolutionary strategy for the Anthropocene” There are many variants on this quote, and we’ve heard them often in reference to the status of native fishes … Continue reading →

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