About

Dan Brekke Dan Brekke is an editor with KQED Radio News. He hails from Chicago, where he started his journalism career fresh out of high school as a copyboy for the Chicago Tribune. Subsequent stops have included The San Francisco Examiner, Wired News, Wired magazine, and TechTV. He has also worked as a freelance magazine writer, contributing pieces to Wired, The New York Times Magazine, Business 2.0, and Travel & Leisure Golf. A student of history, he has attended Illinois State University and the University of California, Berkeley.

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The Good and Not-So-Good News About California Salmon

The Good and Not-So-Good News About California Salmon

Given half a chance, salmon can not only survive, but thrive. Fortunately or unfortunately for them, they now depend on us for that chance.

Post on May 11, 2012
Saving Coho

Saving Coho

Coho salmon conservationists in Marin County are losing hope they'll see large numbers of the fish return to spawn this year, even after our recent rains. Marine biologists say the future looks grim after a series of drought years, and they're looking for ways to stop the fish from being sucked into what they call "the vortex of extinction." Dan Brekke reports.

Audio Report on Feb 01, 2010
Reporter's Notes: Rewriting the Coho Story

Reporter's Notes: Rewriting the Coho Story

A short history of California salmon: Glorious past. Grim present. Dark future.

Post on Jan 29, 2010