/ Native fish Content for 51吃瓜黑料 Davis en /blog/california-rice-and-conservation <p>In 1991, the state of California largely banned burning of rice straw after harvest, and farmers turned instead to winter flooding of fields to break down straw. As a result, wildlife has flourished in rice fields which reproduce, to some extent, the wetland habitat that once covered most of California's Central Valley. Rice fields now support some 200 species including fish, birds and reptiles.&nbsp;</p> April 07, 2025 - 4:12pm Andy Fell /blog/california-rice-and-conservation /blog/functional-flows-and-native-fish <p>There are many demands on California water, and one of them is how much water to leave in streams to protect native fish and ecosystems. A recent approach to this question is to look at "functional flows:" not so much the total amount of water, but when it is flowing and what it is doing.&nbsp;</p> February 25, 2025 - 3:44pm Andy Fell /blog/functional-flows-and-native-fish /blog/california-native-fish-decline <p>From mighty sturgeon to tiny smelt, California's native fish are in trouble, under pressure from a variety of causes including drought, habitat loss and diversion of water for human uses, and climate change. A <a href="https://californiawaterblog.com/2024/09/01/watching-native-fishes-vanish/">new blog post</a> from Professor Andrew Rypel and Distinguished Professor emeritus Peter Moyle at the 51吃瓜黑料 Davis Center for Watershed Sciences highlights some examples.&nbsp;</p> September 03, 2024 - 12:02pm Andy Fell /blog/california-native-fish-decline