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Restoring California’s Prairie Creek Supports Salmon Recovery and Local Community

NOAA Fisheries and partners rebuilt floodplain habitat in the heart of redwood country, benefiting salmon, restoring tribal stewardship, and creating new opportunities for recreation and jobs.
August 06, 2026 - Feature Story ,
A group of people in stand in a circle in a green field. Prairie Creek project partners gather at the restoration site before construction begins. Credit: Michael Weir/CalTrout

Decades of Effort Restore Steelhead and Salmon Passage on California's Alameda Creek

A NOAA-funded project removed the final barrier on an urban San Francisco Bay Area creek that was once the Bay’s largest producer of steelhead and Chinook salmon.
May 21, 2026 - Feature Story ,
A large salmon with a pink lower half and yellowish spotted upper half and tail leaps above rapidly moving water A steelhead leaps up a barrier on its way to spawning grounds. Credit: Adobe Stock

Yakima River Salmon Get a Lifeline with Removal of Causeway

NOAA funding helped the Yakama Nation and partners remove a causeway in Richland, Washington, that had wreaked havoc on Yakima River salmon and steelhead populations. Now, fish have a better chance of surviving migration in and out of the river.
April 09, 2026 - Feature Story ,
Construction equipment on a narrow strip of land separating two areas of water An excavator breaches the Bateman Island causeway, allowing water to flow freely through the river channel for the first time in 85 years. Credit: Michael-David A. Bushman/Yakama Nation Fisheries

Helping Alaska's Coastal Communities Adapt with Next-Generation Ocean Forecasting

As Alaska’s oceans rapidly change, NOAA scientists are developing cutting-edge tools to help communities respond and adapt.
November 17, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Small boats and colorful houses line a river bank beneath a bright blue sky filled with clouds. Small boats along the Ningliqvak (Ninglikfak) River below the village of Chevak in western Alaska. Credit: Lisa Hupp/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Faster Analysis of Data to Evaluate Bycatch Reduction Efforts in Pollock Fishery

Advancements in Artificial Intelligence forms such as computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning assist with processing data. The model was highly accurate at detecting pollock and salmon.
September 30, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Looking inside the webbing of an orange trawl net. In the center hangs a scientific camera used to collect video footage to test the effectiveness of the bycatch reduction device in the net. Sexton trawl camera used to collect video footage inside pollock trawls to test the effectiveness of bycatch reduction devices in nets. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Alaska Creek Impacted by Historic Mining Restored to Support Salmon and Local Communities

The NOAA-funded restoration of Resurrection Creek on the Kenai Peninsula is reviving salmon habitat, boosting the local economy, and uniting conservationists and miners in an unprecedented partnership.
September 18, 2025 - Feature Story ,
An excavator and dump truck move stones around a construction site with a forest and mountain in the background An excavator digs a new stream channel while a dump truck unloads stones to recreate the stream bed on Resurrection Creek. Credit: Molly Feltner/NOAA.