The Daily Democrat (October 22, 22014) - Scientists have identified 181 California dams that may need to increase water flows to protect native fish downstream. The screening tool developed by the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis to select "high-priority" dams may be particularly useful during drought years amid competing demands for water. "It is unpopular in many circles to talk about providing more water for fish during this drought, but to the extent we care about not driving native fish to extinction, we need a strategy to keep our rivers flowing below dams," said lead author Ted Grantham, a postdoctoral researcher at UCD during the study and currently a research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "The drought will have a major impact on the aquatic environment."