Putah Creek Sees Uptick In Fall-Run Chinook Returns
As California braces for another possible salmon season closure, it’s refreshing when there is some positive news regarding returning kings. Here’s more from CBS Sacramento:
UC Davis researchers Thursday announced a new study that proves years of hard work to heal the Putah Creek habitat is saving salmon.
“In most places, salmon are declining. Putah Creek is kind of an exception to the rule. It’s really been a success story,” said Professor Andrew Rypel, a co-author on the study and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. …
The UC Davis researchers found that fall-run chinook salmon are once again reproducing in and returning to Putah Creek to end their natural life cycle after making it out to the Pacific Ocean.
Rypel said this success can be credited to the hard work of many Yolo and Solano County groups, UC Davis researchers, landowners, stakeholders and more who had a mission of restoring Putah Creek.
Some additional video is also available above. The Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet early in April, where the fate of salmon fishing openings or closings will be determined.
