n 2021, California suffered a severe drought and the hottest summer then on record. … But that year also saw the beginnings of a new National Academies study to help California’s imperiled salmon, smelt and sturgeon survive people’s relentless water diversions from the Bay-Delta system. … The new National Academies study, which came at the request of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, is the first in a biennial series reviewing the scientific underpinnings of key water project actions in the Bay-Delta system.

Other salmon news:

• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): Yuba Water declines salmon habitat project after pipe break
• Fishing the North Coast with Kenny Priest: Blog: Klamath fall chinook return tops expectations in 2025
• Daily Kos: Blog: 39,860 natural adult Chinook salmon returned to Klamath River 2 years after dam removal completed!