Fly fishermen return to Putah Creek in Yolo County to catch trout
… When the dams were built, Putah Creek’s runs of Chinook salmon could no longer access the upper reaches of the creek, cutting them off from their traditional spawning grounds. … By the late ’80s and ’90s, so much water was being diverted that the creek below the diversion dam on Lake Solano almost totally dried up during drought years. In response, the council, UC Davis and the city of Davis sued the Solano County Water Agency and, nearly a decade later, the Putah Creek Accord was signed. Among other things, the agreement regulated how much water the SCWA needed to release to sustain fish populations. … Year by year, the fish repopulated the creek and grew in size.
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