Alastair Bland

There may not be tumbleweed blowing through the salty streets of California’s coastal marinas, but the collapse of the state’s Chinook salmon runs has...

As temperatures rise, hope floats Last year was the planet’s warmest 12-month span in at least two millennia, beating out the prior record year of...

As California’s native Chinook salmon populations dwindle, prompting a shutdown of the fishing industry, environmentalists are pleading with water supply managers for a change...

So many salmon once spawned each year in the Central Valley that humans all but lived on them, and chemical traces of the fish...

Salmon three feet long seem to clog the water as the chrome-colored fish, fresh from the ocean, begin their journey upriver toward the high-elevation...

Kelp Killers Unbridled urchins are a menace to aquatic plants and abalone. Some breathe through scuba gear, while others hold their breath—and each carries a...

One of the biggest flushes of morel mushrooms in living memory, a sought-after, spring-time ingredient at many top-tier restaurants, is now bursting from the...

Last weekend, rain fell in drenching, gushing sheets across Northern California. Stream levels bounced up, fish again had room to swim and farmers saw...