Reconciliation or Extinction—the future of California?
Peter Moyle, UC Davis, Professor of Fish Biology It is easy to be pessimistic about the future of familiar life on this planet, especially here in California. We face an ever-growing human...
View ArticleManaging for multiple stressors in the Delta
Ellen Hanak1, Jay Lund2, Peter Moyle3, Jeffrey Mount4, Brian Gray5 and Barton “Buzz” Thompson6 Across California, native fish populations are in sharp decline, despite decades of well-intentioned...
View ArticleThe future of Suisun Marsh
Peter Moyle, professor of fish biology, UC Davis If you have taken Amtrak from Sacramento to the Bay Area, you have seen Suisun Marsh. Going west, as the train pulls out of Suisun City, you are...
View ArticleConserving fish, conserving water, conserving California
Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis California has a remarkable collection of native freshwater fishes, many of them found only in the state. To me, these native fishes define the unique...
View ArticleCoho in Crisis, Part 1: The decline toward extinction in California
Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis In case you hadn’t noticed, one of California’s most spectacular fish is leaving us. The coho salmon, silvery favorites of fishermen and essential...
View ArticleCoho in Crisis, Part 2: Saving coho, saving salmon, restoring streams
Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, UC Davis In my last blog, I provided evidence that coho salmon were headed for extinction in California. Here I discuss why and what we can do about it. The...
View ArticleWanted: An integrated strategy for recovery of Central Valley salmon
Jacob Katz, Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Watershed Sciences Peter Moyle, Professor of Fish Biology, University of California – Davis Historically, the rivers of the Central Valley had seasonally...
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