Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community CDFW Documents Statewide Impact of Recent Drought on Fish and Aquatic Species June 18, 2019 in Wildlife Research One silver lining to emerge from the severe drought that impacted California earlier this decade was that it whetted an appetite to study the event and compile data designed to help fish and aquatic species better weather future droughts. Tagged With: drought, monitoring, statewide, stressor, water, water quality, watershed Sweetwater River Habitat Restoration April 20, 2018 in General California’s drought emergency was officially declared to be over last year, but its deleterious impact on fish habitat is still being felt in many parts of the state -- especially in arid parts of Southern California. In order to help offset these effects at one site in northern San Diego County, CDFW biologists and other staff recently toiled to create spawning beds for rainbow trout. Tagged With: bed, conservation, cuyamaca rancho, drought, habitat, rainbow, restoration, river, spawn, spawning, stream, streambed, sweetwater, trout Golden Trout Relocation August 23, 2017 in General This summer marked the end of an incredible journey for four dozen of California’s designated state freshwater fish, the golden trout, as they returned home after 10 months away. The fish traveled more than 500 miles in tanks and buckets, by hand and by mule, en route to their native waters 9,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada range. Tagged With: American River Fish Hatchery, California, CDFW, drought, Fish and Wildlife, freshwater, golden trout, Kern River, rescue, Sierra Nevada, state fish, threatened species, Tulare County, video, Volcanic Creek
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