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Project returns spring-run salmon to North Yuba River
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries scientists created dozens of man-made salmon redds, or nests, in the North Yuba River and then deposited the eggs up to a foot and a half deep within the gravel to mimic the actions of spawning adult salmon. CDFW Photo
Spring-run Chinook salmon, once the most abundant of all of California’s various salmon runs, have a unique life history that makes them especially vulnerable to warming conditions on the Central Valley floor.