Spring-run Chinook salmon are in the San Joaquin River! So far this year nearly 400 adult fish have made it back from the Pacific Ocean. Challenged by low flows, warm water, and dams blocking access to summer holding and spawning habitat, spring-run are now listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

2022–2023 has shaped up to be one of the better high-water water years in California history. Specifically, it felt like 1983 — a high snow pack year.