Drought has hurt us all, let’s be frank. San Joaquin Valley residents know how it’s hurt their region. Let me share some experiences from the coast, where we rely on salmon to make a living.
Five reasons dam removal still makes sense: safety, harmful impacts to fish populations, dams make us more vulnerable to sea level rise, dam removal makes financial sense, and there are far better ways to supply water.
The flukes that some Eel River chinook salmon experienced this fall were parasites that burrowed into their eyes and caused them to go blind, according to a preliminary report from an ongoing University of California Davis study.