Editor's Pick Salmon Stories 1993-2013

Walk back through time with this selection of early stories.

  • Salmon Slowed by Copper (early studies brake pad runoff), August 2012
  • The Case Against Stripers (invasive species, predation), February 2012
  • Pesticides Stunt Salmon (NOAA study sublethal effects), April 2010
  • Fish Fret (climate change), February 2007
  • Salmon Need Their Noses (pesticides affect sense of smell, behavior), April 2003
  • Habitat Setback for West Coast Fish (critical habitat designations, Merced River, gravel mining, April 2002
  • Tweaking Folsom for Fish (water temperature, steelhead), October 2002
  • Big Winter Run Trips EWA (environmental water account), June 2001
  • Migrating Fish Rock the Boat (ESA listings impact on pumping, April 1998
  • Hatching Salmon Nature’s Way (hatchery improvements) April 1996

Estuary News launched in November 1992, and for the first few decades focused on key policy and environmental issues for San Francisco Bay and Delta. For many years it published bimonthly as an eight-page newsletter before it evolved into a magazine and added a digital platform in 2014. This archive includes almost 50 PDFs from that historic period (a few issues are irretrievable while others appear with odd formatting but the text is correct).

See the full Pre-2014 Archive

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