Press Coverage

Selected Research in the Media

The Conversation, Removing dams from the Klamath River is a step towards justice for Native Americans in Northern California, July 2023,

Jefferson Public Radio (regional NPR), Can more food offset climate effects on salmon?, January 2020.

Capitol Public Radio (regional NPR), Young salmon defend themselves against climate change by eating more – but there’s a catch, December 2019.

The New York Times (UCD Content), How Protecting Water Helps Industry and Nature, September 2017. 

Whale Scout Podcast interview with Dr. Robert Lusardi: Dams and the State of Klamath River Salmon, August 2019. 

San Francisco Chronicle (Front Page with cover photo and inset photos), Nearly Half of California Salmon Species on Track for Extinction, May 2017.

The Revelator, Drones, algae, and fish ears: what we’re learning before the world’s largest dam-removal project—and what we could miss. November 2019 

Maven’s Notebook: California Water, Verbatim. Feature: The State of the Salmonids in California. May 2020 

Earth Island Journal, The Long Run Home: a Vanishing Tribe, a Critically Endangered Fish, and the Race to Pull Them Back from the Brink, March 2018.

Jefferson Public Radio (regional NPR), Report Urges Caution in Fish Trap and Haul Programs, October 2017. 

Field and Stream, The Seven American Trout Species at Greatest Risk, July 2017.

Scientific American, Popular Sport Fish May Be Headed for Broad Extinction in California, May 2017.

San Francisco Chronicle, Volcanic Springs Offer Hope for Threatened Fish, August 2016.

Davis Enterprise, Troubled Waters: Report Spotlights Fish in Peril, May 2017.

Phys.org. Dams and other barriers to salmon spawning ground create challenges for fisheries managers, September 22, 2017