Tag: chinook salmon
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A Geography of Hope
The Copco 2 dam, built in 1925, was the smallest of the four Klamath dams slated for removal. Photo by Shane Anderson. Following the removal of four dams on the Klamath River, the work of restoring the watershed is now underway. The epic task of rewilding a river and restoring its watershed is underway in…
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Saving salmon: Gov. Newsom unveils blueprint for ending decades-long decline
Photo by Steve Martarano By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters With salmon populations throughout California declining for decades and facing the threat of extinction, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday unveiled a state strategy aimed at protecting and restoring the iconic species “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.” The blueprint calls for tearing down dams and improving…
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CDFW Biologist Honored Following Historic Salmon Reintroduction Project
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has recognized a CDFW senior environmental scientist for his role in the historic effort to return endangered winter-run Chinook salmon to the McCloud River for the first time since construction of the Shasta Dam in the 1940s. Matt Johnson, CDFW’s fisheries supervisor for the winter-run Chinook salmon reintroduction…
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The Story of the Orcas and the Chinook Salmon
Photo by theartist312/iStock An Endangered Species Act parable Thanks to 20th-century aquariums and marine theme parks, orcas—also known as killer whales—are the most iconic marine mammals in America. When the public learned their captivity involved torture, captive orca exhibits (mostly) disappeared from those parks, as they should have. Now there are signs that certain groups…
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New Salmon Successes
Photo: Carmichael’s iconic water tower is a sentinel near a newly established salmon nesting habitat near Ancil Hoffman Park. Biologists Maeghen Wedgeworth and Matt Ziemer drop markers prior to measuring underwater nests. Photo by Susan Maxwell Skinner SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – Within weeks of a $3.6 million Water Forum project completion in October, giant chinook were spawning…
