Cover and Front Matter - California Fish and Wildlife Scientific Journal

JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor-in-Chief

Ange Darnell Baker

Design and Layout Editors

Gabe Quillman, Andrew Willkens, Lea Koerber, Alison Nevins, Diane Haas, Jennifer Gaffey, Maggie McCann, Rose Dodgen, Shelby Thompson, and Lanette Richardson

Associate Editors

Wildlife Branch: Laura Patterson, Katherine Miller, Karen Converse, Katrina Smith, Matt Meshiry, Anne Hilborn, Kimiora Ward, Ryan Bourbour, Arjun Dheer, and Austin Roy
Fisheries Branch: Jeff Rodzen, John Kelly, Felipe La Luz, Gabriel Singer, and Elyse Freitas
Habitat Conservation Planning Branch: Cherilyn Burton, Kate Morozova, Margaret Mantor, Mike Jenkins, Raffica La Rosa, and Jake Jacobsen (junior editor)
Watershed Restoration Grants Branch: Jennifer Olson
Water Branch: Ken Kundargi and Travis Apgar
Conservation Engineering Branch: Mark Gard
Bay Delta Region: Katie McElroy, Marcus Griswold, Janell de la Pena, Lauren Sique (junior editor), and Idris Tang (junior editor)
Central Region: Alya Wakeman-Hill and Abimael León
Inland Deserts Region: Jeff Villepique, Ben Carter, and Steve Parmenter (retired)
Marine Region: Morgan Ivers-Duran, Kimberly Walker, Helen Kileen, Dylan Stompe, and Laura Rogers-Bennet
North Central Region: Carly White
Northern Region: Ken Lindke, Joshua Gruver (junior editor), Denise Wesley (junior editor), and Dacota Huzzen (junior editor)
South Coast Region: Christian Romberger
Aquaculture Program: Randy Lovell
Office of Cannabis: Jennifer Nguyen and Matt Toenies

The California Fish and Wildlife Journal is published quarterly by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is a journal devoted to the conservation and understanding of the flora and fauna of California and surrounding areas. If its contents are reproduced elsewhere, the authors and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife should be acknowledged.

Please direct all correspondence to: ScientificJournal@wildlife.ca.gov

The views, opinions, and conclusions within the content of this publication are solely the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Cover Image: California halibut (Photo Credit, Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0)