Jul 5, 2023 | Assessments, fish barriers, fishes-specific, habitat, monitoring, newsletters, water quality
The Napa River and its tributaries support a diverse community of native fishes, including 2 salmonid species: the California Central Coast steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a federally-listed Threatened Species, and Central Valley Fall/Late Fall Run Chinook...
Jun 7, 2023 | Assessments, conservation, fisheries monitoring, monitoring, News
By Gabe Seidman, Napa RCD’s GrizzlyCorps Fellow As a GrizzlyCorps Fellow at Napa RCD this year, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects. Over the last few months, one of these projects was assisting with monitoring Napa RCD’s Rotary Screw...
Apr 6, 2023 | monitoring, water quality
from Paul Blank, Napa RCD Environmental Scientist March brought 11 storms and sixteen days of measurable rainfall to the Napa Valley. Rain totals observed at the County ALERT monitoring stations (napa.onerain.com) were well above average for the month, ranging between...
Mar 2, 2023 | Education, monitoring
from Paul Blank, Napa RCD Environmental Scientist February brought six small storms and nine days of measurable rainfall to the Napa Valley. Rain totals observed at the County ALERT monitoring stations (napa.onerain.com) were below average for the month, ranging...
Jan 11, 2023 | conservation, Education, fisheries monitoring, fishes-specific, habitat, monitoring
A note from Martin Perales, PhD, Napa RCD Environmental Scientist Its refreshing to see some water and fish in the rivers! Chinook salmon are staged in the estuary as early as August and wait for the first rains of the season. Our environmental scientists, Martin...
May 7, 2018 | Assessments, monitoring, News
April Showers Brought May Flowers… Three storms brought rain to the Napa Valley last month, but most of the rain fell during the much hyped “atmospheric river” storm on April 5 – 7. This storm dropped 2.8 inches in the Napa area, which is 159% of average...