CDFW Looks for Success in Spring Chinook Pilot Project on North Yuba River
A fourth major salmon project in California has resulted in spring-run Chinook swimming in some of the best river waters in the state.
The North Yuba River hasn’t seen salmon in almost 100 years due to dams and other habitat impediments. But California is testing a technique used in other areas of the Pacific Northwest to determine whether injecting salmon eggs in the gravel riverbed – their historic spawning and rearing habitat in the mountains of Sierra County – is feasible.
In late October 2024, the California Department...
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