As global warming fuels worsening drought conditions and extreme heat, winter-run Chinook salmon are being pushed to the brink of extinction. The bold plan to save them is stirring hope — and controversy Read more:
After the salmon spawn and die, Johnson has seen how their carcasses are devoured by animals such as vultures, bald eagles and raccoons, supporting the entire ecosystem.
dams erected on rivers throughout the Central Valley have helped irrigate vast farmlands from Redding to Bakersfield, and have supported California’s growth to a population of more than 39 million. But that operation failed to prevent major declines in the winter-run Chinook, which were listed as threatened in 1989 and declared endangered in 1994. To try to keep the winter-run population going, the government in 1997 openedat the base of Shasta Dam, where a steady stream of cold water flowed to its tanks.
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