/ ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Center for Watershed Sciences Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /blog/putah-creek-restoration-success-story <p>In 1957, completion of the Monticello dam closed off natural stream flows in Putah creek, which flows down from the coastal ranges past the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ campus and into the Yolo bypass. Native fish disappeared from the creek, which sometimes dried up completely in summer time.</p> <p>Restoration efforts began in 2000 following the Putah creek accord. Since then, native fish have returned to the creek, including spawning salmon first noticed in 2015. The creek is now a stable, flourishing ecosystem, even though 95 percent of the creek's water is still diverted for agriculture.</p> July 10, 2023 - 9:51am Andy Fell /blog/putah-creek-restoration-success-story /climate/blog/science-saving-salmon-klamath-river-dams-come-down <p><span>The world’s largest dam removal in history is slated for 2023. Led by Indigenous tribes in partnership with organizations, lawyers, scientists and activists, the project will </span><a href="https://www.yuroktribe.org/post/federal-regulators-green-light-largest-river-restoration-project-in-us-history"><span>remove four dams</span></a><span>, clearing the way for the lower Klamath River to flow freely for the first time in more than a century.&nbsp;</span></p> February 24, 2023 - 3:34pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/science-saving-salmon-klamath-river-dams-come-down