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Fresno Aquarium

designed by Fresno’s own
world-renowned architect
Arthur Dyson, FAIA
is being built on our 10 acres along Hwy 99
overlooking the San Joaquin River
to provide a place for children
and education

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Mar 1

Welcome

You have the power to make a significant impact!

Generous Donations from People Like You to our From the Ground Up capital campaign are building the nonprofit Fresno Aquarium along the San Joaquin River DEBT-FREE to provide a place for education and learning for children and adults in the San Joaquin Valley. We’re building as donations come in.

We’d love for you to join us!!

Every gift, no matter the size, brings us that much closer to being able to expand our current popular educational outreach programs to all the kids who will come through the doors of our very first building.

Building DEBT-FREE takes longer, but protects the project and the land that was donated to us. This is why the nonprofit 501(c)(3) Aquarius Aquarium Institute urgently needs your tax-deductible support right away to continue the progress donors just like you have already made toward building this exciting project.

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Feb 25

River Rising in March

river with riverbank plants in the foreground and trees along the distant shore

Starting March 1st, the San Joaquin River, including the area along the Fresno Aquarium property, will begin running higher as part of the 2026 San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) flow schedule. This annual process, now updated with the latest run-off forecasts and water allocations, reflects a Normal–Wet water year…

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Feb 16

Floodplains — Lessons from the Yolo Bypass

a river flowing through a control structure cut into the middle of a long weir

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s and CA Department of Water Resource’s $58 million Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage (“Big Notch”) Project came online last December. It shows that riparian habitat restoration doesn’t have to mean disruption…

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Feb 3

Farms, Families, and Fish

Rows of almond trees without leaves enveloped in valley fog
If you live in California’s Central Valley, you already know the truth that often gets lost in the shouting: water isn’t an “either/or” problem. It’s not farms or families or fish. When managed wisely, it can be farms and families and fish—together…

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Jan 20

Bringing the Ocean to Fresno

a bluff overlooking a rocky tide pool on California’s central coast

When people think of the Fresno Aquarium project, they often picture native freshwater species—river fish, wetlands, and the living systems that define California’s Central Valley. That foundation is essential. Our rivers…

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