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Saved from devastating Santa Cruz fire, young salmon must now survive the ocean FacebookTwitterEmail 1of7 Mark Galloway of Kingfisher Flat Hatchery stands in a covered tank surrounded by trees charred by the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire as he works to wrangle thousands of young Central California Coast coho salmon, called smolts, before they are released into Big Creek near Davenport in Santa Cruz County.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of7 Staff with Kingfisher Flat Hatchery and Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project work to release 6,000 young Central California Coas...

Reply The Cal Fire San Mateo Santa Cruz branch previously warned that 2021 could be a bad fire year in the region. (Renee Schiavone/Patch) SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, CA — Researchers with the San Jose State University Fire Weather Research Laboratory noted a "very scary" development this month atop the Santa Cruz Mountains. "Wow, never seen April fuels look so... dry," they wrote on Twitter. "No new growth anywhere." April is usually a month where researchers observe lots of new and old growth, said Craig Clements, SJSU professor and the center director, in an interview with SFGate. Scientists t...

Fire-damaged Big Basin receives $543,000 in donations for recovery FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Governor Gavin Newsom, left, listens as Santa Cruz State Park Superintendent Chris Spohrer, right, talks about the fire damage to Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 in Boulder Creek, Calif.LiPo Ching/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3Santa Cruz State Park Superintendent Chris Spohrer, talks about the fire damage to the amphitheater at the Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 in Boulder Creek, Calif.LiPo Ching/Special to The ChronicleSho...