(TNS) — For nature lovers, the pilgrimage to Lagunitas Creek to watch the returning salmon is as much a winter ritual as the salmon run itself.
Given the public interest, and the continued restoration of the salmon habitat, the Marin Municipal Water District has introduced a new “spawner dashboard” that allows users to dive into the fishery’s data back to 1999.
“We were looking for a more engaging way to tell the story of salmon other than the kind of monitoring reports that we have been generating for years,” said Eric Ettlinger, aquatic ecologist for the district…