Hi there, it’s Vanessa, your ENLIGHTENMENT salon host.

What’s the status of our rivers, fish and dams these days? It seems like there’s good days and bad-news days.

For example, last month wild salmon were spotted in Yolo County’s Putah Creek for the first time. But then last week, California’s commercial salmon fishing season was canceled for the third year in a row.

Water experts cheered at the largest dam removal in history, completed last October, when four dams were taken off the Klamath River. But they shook their heads in February when President Trump ordered two Central California dams open to send 2 billion gallons of water for fire-ravaged Los Angeles (it ended up into a dry lakebed instead).

So as the rainy season ends, how is our water supply looking? Will more dams come down? And how are the fish in our rivers and deltas doing?

Join me for a talk with Carson Jeffres, field and lab director at UC Davis’s Center for Watershed Sciences. He’s currently looking at salmon growth in the Central Valley, and how our rainfall levels impact our endangered ecosystems.

Bring your questions for Carson — nothing’s too small or too dumb to ask.

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Ruhstaller BSMT has a variety of beers on tap, as well as wine, kombucha and N/A beverages. Please feel free to BYO food.

Transportation Options include:
* Hourly street parking meters along L Street
* Covered/outdoor parking garages on L Street/Kayak Alley between 7th and 8th Street ($12)
* City garages: Capitol Garage at 1129 10th St. and City Hall Garage at 917 10th St. ($7)
* Light rail transit: Ruhstaller is close to stops on the Blue, Green and Gold lines

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