The Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project is planning to release 23,000 steelhead trout into the San Lorenzo River and Scott Creek, four months ahead of schedule this year. The fish are normally released in April. At the same time, 1,000 coho salmon have been transported to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s laboratory at Terrace Point. The fish are being released to avoid anticipated winter storms, which would wash soil exposed in the San Lorenzo fire downstream, decimating the endangered fish colonies. In 1998, mudslides resulting from El Nino flooding killed 60,000 fish. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Santa Cruz Hatchery to Release Fish Early
New measures to protect salmon from post-Lockheed fire mudslides
