California salmon being trucked to Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta again
3/31/2015 11:33:56 AM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Alameda County, CA
Colusa County, CA
Contra Costa County, CA
Glenn County, CA
Marin County, CA
Napa County, CA
Sacramento County, CA
San Francisco County, CA
Shasta County, CA
Solano County, CA
Rio Vista, CA
Sonoma County, CA
Sutter County, CA
Tehama County, CA
Yolo County, CA
Start Date: 3/26/2015
- End Date: 5/15/2015
Twelve million juvenile Chinook salmon are being trucked from the Coleman National Fish Hatchery in Anderson to Rio Vista in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta because the warm flow of Battle Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River, is very low. The 3-inch long smolts would likely perish before they reach the delta, leaving very few to return as adults to reproduce in three years. Six trucks will take approximately 22 working days to deliver the fish to the delta, with the project planned to be finished by mid-May.
Salmon were transported to the delta in the spring of 2014, as well, because there was too little water to allow safe passage to the delta.
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), March 26, 2015
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