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The Winters Fire Department is responding to a vegetation fire on Tuesday. Crews were dispatched to Railroad Avenue and Putah ...
The success at Putah Creek could be replicated at other neglected streams, the authors note. Such restoration efforts hold multiple benefits for people and wildlife.
State officials recently designated a section of Putah Creek in Yolo County as a "Wild Trout Water" because it supports a wild-spawning population of large rainbow trout. The designation includes ...
A UC Davis study confirms Putah Creek origin salmon for first time, marking a win for creek restoration and wild salmon, and providing hope for other degraded streams around the globe.
UC Davis researchers Thursday announced a new study that proves years of hard work to heal the Putah Creek habitat is saving salmon.
A new study published in the journal Ecosphere last week revealed the discovery in Putah Creek, a restored 85-mile-long stream that winds its way through Lake, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties and ...
Almost everywhere in California, salmon are on the decline. But in Putah Creek — a restored stream running through the University of California, Davis, campus — wild salmon are not only increasing, ...
The vast majority of salmon coming to Putah Creek are hatchery-born fish. However, in 2017, a single fish was identified with a Putah Creek-Feather River origin marker. That ignited the ongoing study ...
The restoration of Putah Creek has been two decades in the making. The fact that chinook salmon are completing their life cycles here, these researchers say, can be a lesson learned statewide.
Almost everywhere in California, salmon are on the decline. But in Putah Creek — a restored stream running through the UC Davis campus — wild salmon are not only increasing, they also are ...