Image: Lauren Hitt / UC Davis An otolith from Putah Creek-origin chinook salmon viewed under a microscope. Image: Lauren Hitt ...

UC Davis researchers Thursday announced a new study that proves years of hard work to heal the Putah Creek habitat is saving ...

(Dennis Cocherell, UC Davis) An otolith from Putah Creek-origin chinook salmon viewed under a microscope. (Lauren Hitt, UC Davis) This new run of wild salmon at Putah Creek descended from hatchery ...

This new run of wild salmon at Putah Creek descended from hatchery fish­ — a finding that could upend some long-held perspectives about the role of fish hatcheries in conservation. Hatcheries ...

The restored stream now supports a new wild salmon run. It is a rarity thanks to drought and habitat loss. “There are not a lot of examples of this,” Rypel said. The UC Davis researchers found ...

UC Davis researchers Thursday announced a new study that proves years of hard work to heal the Putah Creek habitat is saving ...

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, ...