Environment & Natural Resources
Genetic rescue can help declining Russian River coho, study finds; habitat restoration still needed
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“Genetic rescue is a way to buy time while we’re restoring the habitat and the flow.”
The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/coho/)
“Genetic rescue is a way to buy time while we’re restoring the habitat and the flow.”
An $8.3 million dollar project meant to transform threatened coho habitat has been recommended for approval by the federal government.
Although rainfall was only 70% of normal, conditions were dramatically better for fish than in WY 2021, when most Tenmile Creek reaches and tributaries went completely dry
Low numbers in California may close salmon fishery
A better water year may have been a boon to the protected fish, which were found in three creeks around Laytonville in summer of 2022.