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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Save the salmon

SAN FRANCISCO — A California tribe says coho salmon are suffering due to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s management of dams along Northern California’s Trinity River. The Yurok Tribe accuses the bureau of violating the Endangered Species Act by restricting water flow in the winter, which damages salmon nests, and releasing higher flows of cold water in the spring, which lowers water temperatures and stunts the growth of young salmon.

Read the complaint here.

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