Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of juvenile Chinook salmon were found dead in the lower Yuba River after a large water pipe burst at the New Colgate Powerhouse on Friday, according to a local conservation group. Aaron Zettler-Mann, executive director of South Yuba River Citizens League, explained that flows on the lower Yuba River briefly fell following the rupture, stranding young salmon in the rocks along the shore. … Carson Jeffres, a senior researcher at UC Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences, said Friday’s rapid drop in flows and resulting salmon deaths are unlikely to wipe out the Yuba’s runs, thanks to several recent wet years and a strong return of adult salmon.

Other salmon news:

• Public Policy Institute of California: Blog: The water remembers – a story of the Klamath River