Tag Archives: salmon

Spinning Salmon in the Classroom

Posted on April 7, 2024 by jaylund

by Abigail Ward and Peggy Harte Salmon face many stressors that significantly reduce their survival. Persistent challenges include habitat degradation, predation, pollution, and climate change that threaten already at-risk populations. Conservation efforts in California engage with the complexity of these … Continue reading →

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Schooling Fish: Behind the Scenes of Putah Creek Fish Sampling

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Christine Parisek

By Christine A. Parisek, Peter B. Moyle, Joshua Porter, and Andrew L. Rypel It’s a curious thing, teaching a classroom of future fish conservationists about revitalizing degraded ecosystems. Putah Creek was an unconventional place to teach ecology. After the creek turned … Continue reading →

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Reallocating Environmental Risk

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Karrigan Bork & Keith Hirokawa [X-posted from Environmental Law Prof Blog] Living the good life has often meant finding ways to allow for growth and construction while ostensibly protecting the natural environment on which we depend. Want to build … Continue reading →

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Hidden links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: part 3 – Eel River

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Nicholas Wright This blog is the third and final of a three part series on ecological subsidies that appeared throughout summer ’23. In California’s north coast, the Eel River winds its way through hills with shady slopes carpeted in … Continue reading →

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Hidden links between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: part 2 – Sacramento River

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Nicholas Wright Running through the Central Valley’s patchwork of yellow, green, and brown farmlands is the deep blue of California’s largest river–the Sacramento. Once a much wider river, meandering across the flat valley floor, the Sacramento has been straight-jacketed … 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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Facing the Dragon: California’s Nasty Ecological Debts

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Andrew Rypel

By Andrew L. Rypel “Every time you borrow money, you’re robbing your future self.” ~N. Morris When I was younger, a close friend of mine struggled with a crippling debt. It was during that unique period shortly before and after … 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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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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