Tag: salmon
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Regulators signal no California salmon season this year amid dismal return of adult fish
Photo: Stephen James caught the only salmon at the 2016 Albion Open kayak fishing tournament in Albion, CA. (JOHN BURGESS/The Press Democrat) Every final option before West Coast fishery managers in their April 7 vote calls for canceling California’s sport and commercial salmon seasons, a heavy blow for port economies from Eureka to Morro Bay.…
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New restoration and monitoring plan will help imperiled fish in Klamath Basin
Over 140 projects identified to revitalize functional ecosystems and support multiple native fish species Shortnose suckers (Koptu) are an imperiled species found in the Klamath Basin, and nowhere else in the world. Photo courtesy of Jason Ching/University of Washington. After seven years of robust discussion and collaboration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized the…
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When dams cause more problems than they solve, removing them can pay off for people and nature
Photo: Maine’s Penobscot River flows freely where the Veazie Dam once stood. Dam removals have reopened the river to 12 native fish species. Credit: Gregory Rec/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images Across the United States, dams generate hydroelectric power, store water for drinking and irrigation, control flooding and create recreational opportunities such as slack-water…
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Judge Refuses to Divert Water for Endangered Salmon on Klamath River
Photo: The Klamath River near its mouth on the Pacific Ocean in Klamath, California. (By Daniel Wade – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0) By SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Despite claims the federal government is pushing threatened Coho salmon closer to the brink of extinction by cutting off extra water flows to the Klamath River, a…
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State Water Board Issues Key Documents That Further Efforts to Remove Klamath River Dams
THIS JUST IN… From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Board today issued key documents that move the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) significantly closer to removing four dams and re-opening 360 miles of the Klamath River and its tributaries to imperiled salmon. The board issued a Final Water Quality Certification permit…
