Your tax-deductible support is urgently needed to build our very first building!
Please click on the Block:
$365,700 raised of $1,560,000
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…
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…
The above video of the San Joaquin River just west of Highway 99 shows a beautiful, living waterway — but beneath the surface, new challenges are emerging.
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Fresno Aquarium Property
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…
Salmon recovery in the San Joaquin River is best understood through documented milestones tied to long-term restoration work. Two such milestones highlight recent, measurable progress.
One major step forward is the start of the Sack Dam Fish Passage Project…
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…
The Fresno Aquarium was entrusted with something rare and irreplaceable: a ten-acre riverfront property along Highway 99 that was given with the intent that it would serve students, families, and our community for generations to come.
When most people look out at the San Joaquin River, the last thing they expect to see is a blanket of bright-green plants stretching from bank to bank with geese and ducks using them to literally walk on water. But as our friend Richard Sloan recently noted…
As 2025 comes to a close, the faces tell the story best.
Curiosity. Confidence. Joy. These expressions – captured in classrooms, around our touch tank, and on field trips focused on…
