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Draft plan for Delta tunnel won't meet June deadline
May 05, 2012

Fish images tip the scales at Crocker, Archival Framing
April 26, 2012

The Reading Rack
February 19, 2012

Bay Delta water diversion plan could harm fish temporarily, state analysis says
March 01, 2012

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Chinook Salmon Videos

Big Ol' Fish: Lucky Friday the13th Catch
January 20, 2012 | KTVZ NBC Bend, OR

Big Ol' Fish: Nice-Sized Chinook Salmon
December 09, 2011 | KTVZ NBC Bend, OR

Big Ol' Fish: Two Sizable Chinook Salmon
November 24, 2011 | KTVZ NBC Bend, OR

Chinook Salmon Wikipedia Information

The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (derived from Russian чавыча), is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is a Pacific Ocean salmon and is variously known as the king salmon, tyee salmon, Columbia River salmon, black salmon, ...

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DFG Sues Army Corps to Protect Fish and Wildlife Around Levees
May 23, 2012
May 23, 2012 - The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) sued the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) today. DFG claimed in its lawsuit that the...

Dan Bacher: Delta Plan = Bay Delta Conservation Plan
May 21, 2012
Photo of Clifton Court Forebay on the South Delta, the body of water created in 1969 that serves as the Mile Zero intake point of the California Aqueduct and...

DFG: Coho Salmon Identification is Critical in California’s Ocean Fisheries
May 18, 2012
Coho salmon May 18, 2012 - The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) reminds sport anglers to be vigilant ...

SYRCL: What does it take to restore salmon in California …and the Yuba River?
April 26, 2012
Chinook salmon of Yuba River (J. Katz) April 26, 2012 - SYRCL's work to restore salmon was highlighted...

Dan Bacher: Tribal leaders challenge Forest Service to protect native women’s rights
April 19, 2012
Photo of Caleen Sisk, Chief of the Winnemen Wintu Tribe, meeting with U.S. Forest Service Regional Forester Randy Moore at his Vallejo office on April 16...

State officials skeptical of need for sea lion euthanizations
April 10, 2012
April 10, 2012 - A third salmon-eating California sea lion was captured and killed yesterday at the Bonneville Dam in Washington. Two sea lions were captured and...

Other local news reports

Feds negative on Yuba River dams
March 01, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
The Chinook salmon, Central Valley... ...

Yuba City City Council approves $ 6. 1 million fish screen
February 08, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
The City Council unanimously approved plans to build screens that will stop city pipes from sucking Chinook salmon and steelhead trout out of... ...

Warming streams could be the end for salmon
September 01, 2011 | UC Davis News
Warming streams could spell the end of spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century, according to a study by scientists at UC Davis, the Stockholm...

OFF THE HOOK: Salmon fishing on Sacramento shifts into high gear
October 15, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The fall chinook salmon run is in full swing on the Sacramento River and anglers from Anderson to Isleton are hooking up lots of beautiful fish while using a variety of methods....

From around the web

Meeting to cover chinook salmon
April 30, 2012 | Recordnet News Headlines
LOS BANOS - A public meeting on the proposed reintroduction of spring-run chinook salmon to the San Joaquin River will take place in Los Banos on Friday. ...

Agency won't protect Upper Klamath chinook salmon
April 05, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
warranted for chinook salmon from the upper Klamath and Trinity rivers in Northern California and Oregon. The... ...

Offspring of Calaveras River salmon may be left high and dry
February 13, 2012 | Recordnet News Headlines
In the fall, the Calaveras River hosted hundreds of Chinook salmon, which swam upstream through Stockton for the first time since 2006. ...

Mokelumne hatchery salmon outnumber wild fish
February 14, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
Wild chinook salmon are so outnumbered by hatchery-raised fish in the Mokelumne River that scientists fear they would die out if left to their own devices. Only about 10 percent...

Scientists find holes in Klamath River dam removal plan
June 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
The $1.4-billion project -- dismantling four hydroelectric dams to restore Chinook salmon ... A $1.4-billion project to remove four hydroelectric dams and restore habitat to return Chinook salmon ...

Parts of Delta salmon plan invalidated in court
September 20, 2011 | FresnoBee.com: Local
A federal judge in Fresno on Tuesday invalidated key parts of a plan to protect endangered winter- and spring-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead that migrate through...

Chinook Salmon on twitter

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