California’s four years of drought have left coho salmon on the brink of extinction, but the small hatchery near Scott Creek south of San Francisco offers hope for the endangered species.
Scientists there at the Kingfisher Flat Hatchery on Big Creek recently finished counting a strong number of coho returning to their native stream to spawn this past winter. They estimate that 160 to 190 salmon, which also represent a healthy mix of genders and reproductive ages, returned…
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