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Author:   Allen Harthorn  
Posted: 9/27/2001; 1:42:46 PM
Topic: Recent News & Newsletters
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         RECENT NEWS

New report says salmon, steelhead and trout in danger of extinction
Redband Trout:
Photo courtesy of California Trout
The redband trout on the McCloud River is among seven north state fish that could go extinct in the next 100 years, according to a report by California Trout. Without help, almost two-thirds of the state's native salmon, steelhead and trout could be gone within a century. That includes seven fish swimming in north state waters, according to a report released this week by California Trout, a San Francisco-based fish and watershed advocacy group. "They are all in serious danger of extinction," said Peter Moyle, a University of California at Davis ecology professor who wrote the 350-page report. In danger of extinction in the north state are redband trout on the McCloud River; coho and spring chinook salmon on the Klamath River; and winter, spring and late-fall run chinook, as well as the Central Valley steelhead, on the Sacramento River. They're endangered by the changes people have made to rivers and the land surrounding them, such as dams and logging, Moyle said.   Read more...

Fantastic fish found on Battle Creek
Salmon-Zilla:
Photo courtesy of Doug Killam
It’s not often that a fish found rotting on a north state riverbank will draw attention from as far away as Alaska, Michigan and New York. But the fish at the heart of this tale is no ordinary fish. It’s a monstrous 85-pound dead chinook salmon that state scientists discovered decomposing on Battle Creek near Anderson. If it had been found alive, it likely would have been a state record. “It’s been picked up by almost any newspaper that I can think of,” said Doug Killam, associate fisheries biologist in the state Department of Fish and Game’s Red Bluff office. Along with appearances in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee and L.A. Times, Killam said pictures of the big fish have made it onto television on Fox News and “Live With Regis and Kelly.” “I got a call from my family on the East Coast saying they just saw me on TV,” Killam said. Read more...

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