Fly fishing on the San Joaquin River. NRDC photo.
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite California’s drought, the San Joaquin River Restoration Program (SJRRP) is releasing 54,000 juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon into the San Joaquin River. This marks the first time in 60 years that spring-run Chinook will make the journey from the upper San Joaquin River to the Pacific Ocean, a true watershed moment for the Restoration Program, and a monumental step forward in reviving a river vital to local communities as well as California’s water supply and natural heritage. These releases are being carried out as part of the 2006 settlement agreement between the federal government, Friant Water Authority, and fishing and conservation groups including NRDC to restore California’s second largest river and its salmon runs, which were wiped out when Friant dam dried up over 60 miles of the river in the 1940s.
Excerpt from NDRC – written by Monty Schmitt. To read entire story, click here . . .
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