They swam for more than 350 miles against the current. Past dams that once stopped them. Through waters that hadn't seen ...

In the past week, Northern California’s century-old Potter Valley Project crossed a major threshold toward dismantling. On July 25, PG&E submitted its formal plan to federal regulators to tear down ...

FOREST KNOLLS, Calif. -- River otters used to be in almost every creek in the Bay Area, but they were driven out decades ago by water pollution, hunting, and the loss of wetland habitat. Now, thanks ...

CalTrout announced this week that it acquired four parcels totaling 175 acres of former ranch land along the Elk River. The nonprofit conservation organization said that the acquisition represents a ...

Premieres Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Thursday, April 24 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, April 27 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 In CHANGING PLANET "River Restoration," Dr.

Governor Gavin Newsom last week celebrated a monumental achievement for California as salmon are making a comeback in Northern California. This summer, several juvenile Coho salmon were spotted in the ...

An endangered species has returned to its Northern California river habitat for the first time in almost a century, wildlife officials said. Winter-run chinook salmon — one of nine species considered ...

CARMEL – A major stream restoration project that aims to return the Carmel River’s natural flow is underway on what was once twin 18-hole golf courses straddling about a mile of the waterway. “This is ...