"Salmon were once plentiful in California. But then came the Gold Rush and dredging machines started plowing deep channels and ponds, sorting the rocks on the river bottoms for bits of gold and other metals."
"There are other challenges. Striped bass from the East Coast were introduced in the late 1800s for sport fishing. It turns out, they eat baby salmon."
"If you are short on cold water, you see fewer fish make it. Higher mortality. Dams have separated the salmon on the Central Valley floor from the cold water they need to survive - upstream in the Sierra foothills."
"California's Central Valley will not get left behind as the state develops a green economy... with a goal of boosting jobs in agriculture, industry and manufacturing."
#salmon-restoration #tuolumne-river #environmental-conservation #california-economy #water-management
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