CDFW, Winnemem Wintu Tribe Sign Agreements for Salmon Restoration Project
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), NOAA Fisheries and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe have signed agreements to restore Chinook salmon to the mountains north of Redding, California.
The goal is the ecological and cultural restoration of the Chinooks to travel to cold mountain rivers now blocked by the Shasta Reservoir, and one day renew fishing opportunities for the tribe that for many years depended on the once-plentiful salmon for food and more.
CDFW officials described the collaboration as a historic achievement that advances common goals. Three years of drought have taken a toll on endangered winter-run Chinook salmon, who migrate and spawn in the Lower Sacramento River. The river can warm to temperatures lethal to the salmon eggs.
In the summer of 2022, tribes worked wit...