Testing Under Way for Pilot Project to Return Endangered Salmon to Their Historic Habitat
Winter-run Chinook could get a new chance to bounce back with a new plan through cooperation between federal and California agencies and tribes.
Federal and state biologists and engineers, in partnership with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, have begun testing an experimental system in Shasta Reservoir that could help collect young salmon from the McCloud River in future years.
The Juvenile Salmonid Collection System, a pilot project three years in the making, is part of a long-term effort to help fish better survive California’s hotter...
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