A steel bucket holds 90 gallons of water to rescue juvenile Chinook salmon drawn into danger by water pumps, highlighting the conflict between water needs and fish protection.
Since 2002, state and federal water pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has led to an estimated 600,000 Chinook salmon and 50,000 steelhead trout deaths, causing concern among environmentalists.
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