salmon – California River Watch

The main restoration site on northern Mendocino County’s Ten Mile River watershed at the Parker Ten Mile Ranch in Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Steep inclines to the water made it difficult for juvenile coho to survive storms. At this site alone, 8,000 dump truck loads of dirt were removed to create floodplains for the fish (Mandela Linder via Bay City News)

by Mandela Linder January 24, 2026 MENDOCINO CO., 1/24/26 — After decades of decline, endangered coho salmon have returned to the coast in numbers that more than double the targets set by habitat restoration projects. In 2008, just 5,000 coho were estimated across the entire state, one percent of their historic numbers; over the winter of 2024-25, […]

By KERANA TODOROV Register Staff Writer February 16, 2008 Fewer chinook salmon returned to spawn in the Napa River this season, a fact that Napa County biologists think may be linked to poor ocean conditions. Smaller salmon runs were reported in other watersheds in the region as well, noted RCD biologists who surveyed a stretch […]

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