Friday, November 14, 2025

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Research tests how California rice fields can benefit fish

• By Ching Lee • Winter-flooded rice fields already provide essential habitat for migratory birds, but could they also provide benefits to help the state's salmon populations? Scientists at the University of California, Davis, are finalizing their fieldwork on an experiment...

Second year of trials shows winter-flooded fields offer prime fish habitat

About 9,000 baby salmon have been placed into winter-flooded Sacramento Valley rice fields as part of the second year of the California Rice Salmon Pilot Project. The fish are in eight specially prepared test plots in a living scientific experiment...

Rice fields provide protected habitat for young salmon

• By Bob Johnson • A team of researchers is waiting to learn how many of the small chinook salmon that were raised on the healthiest of food in Mike Dewit's rice field in the Yolo Bypass, fitted with microtransmitters,...

Rice + Fish = Ecological Benefits

Farmers join with environmental groups on projects that benefit salmon and keep agriculture viable. By Christine Souza Moving discussions on water and protected species from the courtroom into the field, collaborative projects to benefit salmon are proving helpful in recovering fish,...

Study adds evidence that rice fields can aid salmon rearing

Idle rice fields in the winter can act as surrogate floodplains to help rear juvenile salmon, according to a recently published study. Titled “Floodplain Farm Fields Provide Novel Rearing Habitat for Chinook Salmon,” the study provides further evidence that idle Central...

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