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The health of California’s salmon population is part of rebuilding a big link in the ecological chain that makes up California’s bountiful nature.
The plan released by Gov. Gavin Newsom lists six priorities and 71 actions to build healthier, stronger salmon populations.
"After these rains," said Ophelia Macdonald, a watershed aid at the Marin Municipal Water District fisheries department, "there's probably going to be a lot of fish by the end of the week."
The winter rainstorms have been making it challenging for endangered salmon species in California to continue breeding and laying eggs. Read more here.
Creek monitors counted below-average numbers of coho eggs this winter, but the persistent rain prevented surveys for weeks on end.