The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released more than 6.2 million fall-run Chinook salmon from the Coleman National Fish Hatchery into Battle Creek on March 25 as part of a federal effort to support the salmon population. But the salmon were set loose into what conservationists described as “deadly” low-flow conditions in the Sacramento River.
Conservationists called on the Bureau of Reclamation to release more water into the river. On Tuesday, the bureau announced a plan to release more water from Keswick Dam into the Sacramento River.
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