Author: LoCO Staff

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week successfully released approximately 500,000 juvenile salmon into the Klamath River just below Iron Gate Dam.On Tuesday, April 16, joined by leaders from the Karuk, Yurok, Shasta Indian Nation and Quartz Valley Indian tribes, CDFW released approximately 90,000 year-old coho salmon. This is the first major release of coho salmon, a state and federally listed endangered species, into the Klamath River since dam removal began in earnest last year.The fish were trucked about 7 miles from CDFW’s new, state-of-the-art Fall Creek Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County and released following remarks and…