/ Putah Creek Content for °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ en /blog/putah-creek-restoration-success-story <p>In 1957, completion of the Monticello dam closed off natural stream flows in Putah creek, which flows down from the coastal ranges past the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ campus and into the Yolo bypass. Native fish disappeared from the creek, which sometimes dried up completely in summer time.</p> <p>Restoration efforts began in 2000 following the Putah creek accord. Since then, native fish have returned to the creek, including spawning salmon first noticed in 2015. The creek is now a stable, flourishing ecosystem, even though 95 percent of the creek's water is still diverted for agriculture.</p> July 10, 2023 - 9:51am Andy Fell /blog/putah-creek-restoration-success-story /news/little-creek-big-impact-0 <p>A small sliver of wildness is having a big impact on the birds, fish and wildlife near °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ. Birds at Putah Creek have more than doubled since water was restored to the creek in 2000. "The planet needs places like this," said °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ ecologist Melanie Truan.</p> March 14, 2018 - 2:43pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/little-creek-big-impact-0