Tag Archives: Peter Moyle

Future Ancestors of Freshwater Fishes in California

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Peter B. Moyle The Challenge We are living in the Anthropocene, an era being defined by global mass extinctions caused by humanity. While on-going and impending extinctions of birds and other terrestrial vertebrates gain the most attention, the situation … Continue reading →

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Putah Creek’s rebirth: a model for reconciling other degraded streams?

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Emily Jacinto, Nann A. Fangue, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph D. Kiernan, Peter B. Moyle, and Andrew L. Rypel It’s hard to look at native fishes in Putah Creek and not grin a little. Be it a Sacamento Pikeminnow (below), … Continue reading →

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Endangered Freshwater Fishes: Does California Lead the World?

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Peter B. Moyle & Robert A. Leidy See Moyle and Leidy (2023) for much more detailed version of this essay. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108758826 Few things give the authors of this essay more pleasure than swimming in a California stream on a … Continue reading →

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What’s the dam problem with deadbeat dams?

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

by Andrew L. Rypel, Christine A. Parisek, Jay Lund, Ann Willis, Peter B. Moyle, Sarah Yarnell, Karrigan Börk *this is a repost of a blog originally published in June 2020. Damming rivers was once a staple of public works and … Continue reading →

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Monster Fish: Lessons for Sturgeon Management in California

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Peter B. Moyle & Andrew L. Rypel If you ever watched National Geographic television and are interested fishes and rivers, you likely have some familiarity with Dr. Zeb Hogan. He hosted a series of shows on giant freshwater fishes, … Continue reading →

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Hatcheries alone cannot save species and fisheries

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel and Peter B. Moyle The photo is a common one (Fig 1). Large numbers of fish are being released into a river, stream or estuary – products of a fish hatchery. A politician or government leader … Continue reading →

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Nature’s gift to nature in early winter storms

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Jeffrey Mount, Peter B. Moyle, Andrew L. Rypel, and Carson Jeffres The current wet spell, made up of a parade of atmospheric rivers, is a welcome change from the last three years of record dry and warm conditions. For … Continue reading →

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Considerations for Developing An Environmental Water Right in California

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Andrew Rypel

By Karrigan Börk, Andrew L. Rypel, Sarah Yarnell, Ann Willis, Peter B. Moyle, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Jay Lund, and Robert Lusardi This week, news emerged of a State Senate plan that would spend upwards of $1.5B to purchase senior water rights … 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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A Swiss Cheese Model for Fish Conservation in California

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Andrew Rypel

by Andrew L. Rypel, Peter B. Moyle, and Jay Lund We read with great interest Nicholas Chistakis’s piece outlining a “Swiss Cheese Model For Combating Covid-19” in the Wall Street Journal. Christakis presents a model for considering the individual steps … Continue reading →

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