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.
Brief / November 21, 2024
Read the complaint here.
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