The federal government has complied with the Endangered Species Act in its activities at two dams on California’s Yuba River, a judge ruled Tuesday in a decade-old case. However, U.S. District Judge Daniel Calabretta had one carveout in his decision. He determined the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers improperly excluded the Brophy Diversion from an analysis. He remanded that aspect of the case to the service for reassessment. The judge’s decision on the motions for summary judgement closes the 2016 case that at its heart focused on three fish: Central Valley spring chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, and North American green sturgeon.

Other anadromous fish news:

• National Fisherman: Study pinpoints severity of pathogens harmful to Pacific salmon
• Lake County Record-Bee (Lakeport, Calif.): Coyote Valley third grade classes’ vistas broaden while raising juvenile trout from eggs
• SJV Water (Bakersfield, Calif.): Volunteers needed to foster and release trout into the Kings River
• CalTrout: Blog: You can’t manage what you don’t measure – reservoirs and California’s climate blind spot