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Since their listing as endangered in 1997, wild coho salmon have begun a slow but steady comeback to their native Central California streams. The largest remaining run of Central California coho is found in the Bay Area, in Marin County's Lagunitas watershed. Here, stream habitats critical to the well-being of this endangered fish species are being restored by local environmental groups with the enthusiastic support of the surrounding communities. Winter rains now bring out ever-larger crowds of people eager to watch the returning salmon as they fight their way upstream, returning to their birth streams to complete their lifecycle in the watershed's upper reaches. Features interviews with SPAWN watershed biologist Paola Bouley and creek naturalist NoahLani Litwinsella.
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LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN)
Coho salmon and steelhead trout in the Lagunitas Creek watershed.
Alameda Creek Alliance
Steelhead trout in Alameda Creek, the Bay Area's second-largest watershed.
Urban Creeks Council
Steelhead trout in the East Bay's Alhambra, Codornices, and Wildcat Creeks.
Friends of Five Creeks
Steelhead trout in Berkeley's Codornices Creek.
ACTERRA
Trout in San Franciscquito Creek on the Peninsula.
California Trout
Advocates for restoration of trout habitat in the Bay Area, the state, and beyond.
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