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After 80 Years, Endangered Chinook Salmon Eggs Return To McCloud River And Winnemem Wintu Tribe
The eggs will be among the first salmon to reach these waters since Shasta Dam was built more than 80 years ago.
August 9, 2022
In a life flight that could change the course of one tribe's history, a helicopter delivered 20,000 endangered salmon eggs to a remote area in Shasta County, in an effort to save the winter-run Chinook species struggling to survive in California's warming river waters.
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"It has always been on our hearts and minds to bring the salmon back to the McCloud," said Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. "Because we believe that whatever happens to salmon happens to us."
For Sisk and members of her tribe, it was a monumental moment, personally helping a new generation of winter-run Chinook towards the McCloud River. The eggs will be among the first salmon to reach these waters since Shasta Dam was built more than 80 years ago.
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