At least two thirds of California’s population and more than 4 million acres of California farmland rely on water delivered by the federal Central Valley Project and the State Water Project, two of the largest multipurpose water management projects in the world. A report released this week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviews these projects’ monitoring, modeling, and other scientific activities — specifically actions designed to help protect endangered fish. … This first report examines three actions designed to help protect fish and offers recommendations to strengthen those actions.

Other anadromous fish restoration news:

• Herald and News (Klamath Falls, Ore.): State officials explain delays in providing fish screens
• Daily Kos: Blog: Fall Run Chinook salmon runs looking much better this year on the Sacramento and Klamath rivers
• The Mendocino Voice: Opinion: A reality check on the Eel River dams
• Center for Biological Diversity: News release: Sixty-day notice of violations of the Endangered Species Act for failure to comply with 2024 biological opinion for the operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project