Science Institute News Recent accomplishments of CDFW's scientific community Rare coastal San Mateo County plant is in dire straits May 18, 2020 in Science Spotlight The world is closing in on coast yellow leptosiphon. The endangered plant exists in only one known location on earth — an 1,800 square foot plot on Vallemar Bluff in Moss Beach, about 20 miles south of San Francisco. The low-growing annual from the Phlox family features bright yellow flowers with fused petals and typically blooms in April and May. Tagged With: California Endangered Species Act, Cherilyn Burton, cut leaf plantain, endangered plant, Erosion, fertilizers, fused petals, hare barley, iceplant, long-term seed storage, microclimate, non-native slugs, pesticides, Phlox family, protected species, rough cat’s ear, San Francisco, San Mateo County, urban development, Vallemar Bluff in Moss Beach, yellow leptosiphon CDFW Herring Surveys February 7, 2019 in Wildlife Research On a drizzly winter day in San Francisco Bay, you might find CDFW Environmental Scientist Ryan Bartling surveying the shoreline on the research vessel Smoothhound in search of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) eggs. Tagged With: bay, clupea pallasii, eggs, herring, pacific herring, san francisco Pacific Herring Report August 29, 2017 in General The Pacific herring – much like squid and anchovy – is an important forage fish that supports a commercial fishery and provides a prey source for all manner of fish and wildlife, including whales, seals, sea lions, sturgeon, salmon, pelicans and numerous other species of birds and invertebrates. Tagged With: Fish and Wildlife, California, CDFW, commercial, fishery, herring, marine, MR7, Pacific, quota, regulate, San Francisco, spawn
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