The troubled Klamath River and its once-legendary salmon runs have had an infusion of hope with an agreement being pitched by California, Oregon, the federal government and Pacificorp — whose four main hydropower dams would be pulled beginning
The North Coast’s emblematic steelhead will no longer be finding their ways into classrooms in Humboldt County, as the program that brought them there hasn’t survived the state’s economic strife.
Early indications are good for Klamath and Trinity river salmon next year, although Sacramento River fish — whose collapse ground ocean commercial and sport fishing to a halt this year — may still be struggling.
EUREKA — Klamath River advocates packed a room Monday to urge state water quality regulators to turn down a permit for several hydropower dams and save the salmon and the salmon culture of the basin.
Redwood National and State Parks have completed a project that opened up miles of spawning grounds on an important creek for salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout.
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North Coast state Sen. Pat Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) criticized Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday for cutting more than $3 million from the state Department of Fish and Game’s oversight to safeguard threatened and endangered species, including salmon and steelhead, from over-logging and development, according to a news release.
Fishermen and fishing businesses in the rut of a disastrous salmon season will see much-needed aid soon, after the federal government released relief funds Wednesday.
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Firefighters have made good progress holding the South Ukonom Fire from spreading beyond the Little North Fork of the Salmon River and the Marble Mountain Wilderness in spite of continuing dry conditions and poor relative humidity recovery, according to a Klamath National Forest news release.
A hard-working Trinity County salmon restoration program is hoping to move under a nonprofit umbrella that would allow it to save money and expand its mission at the same time.
Young salmon continue to struggle with disease in the Klamath River as biologists try to figure out how the epidemic of recent years can be controlled.
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Recent analysis of the salmon population in the Klamath River by the California Department of Fish and Game may be a positive indicator for the year to come.
