Watershed Sciences Content / Watershed Sciences Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Saving the Green Sturgeon /blog/saving-green-sturgeon <p>Like salmon, <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Fishes/Sturgeon/Green-Sturgeon">green sturgeon </a>hatch in California streams, migrate to spend most of their lives at sea and return to fresh water to spawn. But unlike the flashier salmon, much of the green sturgeon's life history is as murky as the waters in which the adults like to feed. They can live for up to 60 years and grow to great size for a freshwater fish -- but they do not begin to breed until they are about 15.&nbsp;</p> February 05, 2024 - 10:23am Andy Fell /blog/saving-green-sturgeon Drought impact study: California agriculture faces greatest water loss ever seen /news/drought-impact-study-california-agriculture-faces-greatest-water-loss-ever-seen <p>A new report from the University of California, Davis, shows that California agriculture is weathering its worst drought in decades due to groundwater reserves, but the nation’s produce basket may come up dry in the future if it continues to treat those reserves like an unlimited savings account.</p> July 15, 2014 - 8:25am IET WebDev /news/drought-impact-study-california-agriculture-faces-greatest-water-loss-ever-seen