Note: Lana Cohen is a Report For America fellow covering the environment & natural resources for TMV & KZYX. Her position is funded by the Community Foundation of Mendocino, Report for America, & our readers. You can support Lana’s work here or email publisher@mendovoice.com. Contact Cohen at LCohen@mendovoice.com. TMV maintains editorial control.
NAVARRO, Calif., 4/8/21 — Peak season has just begun for out-migrating salmonid species in Mendocino, it’s the busiest time for travel for smolts — coho, chinook, and steelhead swimming down various tributaries to the mainstems of the Navarro, Noyo, Garcia, and several other small rivers along the North Coast and then out to the Pacific. These salmonid species, which once flourished in the region, are in trouble. Due to centuries of pollution, damming, development, and logging, among other things, that began with European settlement, the fish numbers have plummeted from hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, to mere thousands and climate change hasn’t been helping the salmonids cause.
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