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Salmon return to North Yuba River for first time in almost a century as restoration continues
The salmon were reintroduced in a 12-mile stretch of the river that feeds into New Bullards Bar Dam, but the department is trucking the young salmon to the lower Yuba River downstream of ...
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Chinook Salmon Are Swimming in This California River for the First Time in More Than 80 Years
Chinook salmon were once abundant in the North Yuba River in California’s Sierra Nevada. But since 1941, they’ve been kept out of the chilly, clear waters by the Englebright Dam. Now, for the first ...
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Chinook Salmon Are Swimming in This California River for the First Time in More Than 80 Years
They’re trucking the salmon past the Englebright Dam and releasing ... (Another dam on the Yuba River, the New Bullards Bar Dam, is also blocking the fish’s way.) So, for the foreseeable ...