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Last week, salmon sport fishing on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers was expectedly shut down again. The California Fish and Game Commission unanimously prohibited the take and possession of fall-run chinook salmon in these rivers and their tributaries May 15th, and adopted emergency closures of the spring chinook salmon for 2024.
The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report says the benefits of the tunnel exceed the cost since other water supplies would cost more.
California’s contentious and long-debated plan to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south finally has a price tag: about $20 billion.
Because of declining salmon populations, California has canceled fishing in rivers for a second year. The decision mirrors the shutdown of coastal fishing.