Money raised from California’s cannabis industry is being channelled into saving endangered Coho salmon in Santa Cruz County. The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has awarded more than $3.9 million from its Cannabis Restoration Grant Program to the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project (MBSTP), supporting operations at the Kingfisher Flat Conservation Hatchery. The programme, funded by cannabis tax revenues and penalties from unlicensed cultivation, was created to repair environmental damage linked to the industry. This is the first time it has supported Coho salmon conservation south of San Francisco Bay.

Other fish conservation news:

• Aspen Journalism (Colo.): Low river flows trigger calls, closures, stressed fish
• Vail Daily (Colo.): Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases cause of death for hundreds of fish in Pitkin County reservoir
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife: News release: Cannabis restoration grant program funds conservation for salmon at hatchery in Santa Cruz County