<img decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-40386" src="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-1-1024x546.webp" alt="" width="100%" height="auto" srcset="https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-1-1024x546.webp 1024w, https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-1-300x160.webp 300w, https://www.moldychum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-1.webp 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">A rendering of the fishway planned for the DaGuerre Point Dam.(California governor’s office)</figcaption>

California officials said they would spend about $60 million to build a channel along the Yuba River so that salmon and other threatened fish species can get around a Gold Rush-era dam that has cut off their migration along the chilly waters of Sierra Nevada streams for over a century.

Some environmentalists and fishing advocates have already blasted the plan and say that a better solution would be the removal of the dam.

<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-17/newsom-touts-plan-for-60-million-fishway-along-yuba-river" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK</strong></a> (via The LA Times)

California officials said they would spend about $60 million to build a channel along the Yuba River so that salmon and other threatened fish species ...{ai:summary}<p>California to spend $60mil on building a channel along the Yuba River that will enable salmon and other threatened fish species to migrate around Gold Rush-era dam. Some environmentalists and fishing advocates are criticizing the plan and are demanding that the dam be removed. #environment</p>

$60-Million Plan for ‘Fishway’ Along Yuba River

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