A juvenile coho salmon found in Ackerman Creek near Ukiah, Calif. on Friday, June 20, 2025. Pinoleville Pomo Nation Water Resource Specialist and Yurok tribal member Dakota Perez Gonzalez located multiple juveniles in an isolated pool that was drying in the creek. The tribe worked with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to rescue the fish. The discovery marked the first time coho salmon had been documented in the upper Russian River basin in more than 30 years. (Dakota Perez Gonzalez/Pinoleville Pomo Nation via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 12/11/25 – Juvenile coho salmon have been documented in a tributary of the Russian River in Mendocino County for the first time since 1991, state officials announced Thursday. 

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Pinoleville Pomo Nation Water Resource Specialist and Yurok tribal member Dakota Perez Gonzalez discovered several young coho salmon in Ackerman Creek north of Ukiah in June.

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