Drought impact on Russian River watershed challenging fish survival
As Northern California finds itself between two desperately needed rounds of rain, compounding years of drought have taken a toll across the state and particularly on our watersheds. For several years now, researchers have been trying to understand more about how the Russian River watershed is responding to all of the dry years. It is a study focusing on the effects of a changing climate and how fish might survive those conditions. … Nossaman and two other team members were sloshing their way through Dutch Bill Creek in the hills of Western Sonoma County, trying to understand this stream like a doctor knows a patient; Assessing its health in another dry year.