Yolo Bypass

3 weeks ago | capradio.org | Alastair Bland |Yolo Bypass |Sara Nevis |Larry Valenzuela

By Alastair Bland, CalMattersThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Near the southern flank of Mount Shasta, springs and snowmelt converge to form the McCloud River. This Sacramento River tributary, held sacred by the Winnemem Wintu tribe, teemed with Chinook salmon before Shasta Dam, built in the 1940s, blocked their annual migrations.

Sep 26, 2024 | kcra.com | Amy Graff |Yolo Bypass

A piece of heavy construction equipment called a backhoe loader dug into a levee in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Wednesday, breaking down a portion of the earthen embankment and allowing tidal waters to flow across 3,400 acres of land for the first time in 100 years, officials said.The tearing down of the levee is among the final steps in a public-private project to restore tidal land — which was turned over to farmers and duck hunters — to its natural state.

Aug 6, 2024 | wildlife.ca.gov | Yolo Bypass

August 6, 2024 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will hold an online outreach meeting to take comments and recommendations from licensed hunters regarding hunting programs on Type A Wildlife Areas in the Bay Delta Region. The online meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. using Microsoft Teams. State wildlife areas to be discussed are the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area and the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area Complex.

Jul 29, 2024 | wildlife.ca.gov | Yolo Bypass

August 23, 2024 The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has initiated a status review for white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and hereby solicits data and comments on the petitioned action to list this species as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act.