Opinion: How drought affects the American River’s salmon
Stop and ponder this for a moment: In the American River passing through the Sacramento metroplex, giant fish swim by after surviving three or more years in the wild Pacific Ocean. These are our native fall-run chinook salmon. For thousands of years — long before there was a Sacramento — they have migrated from the American River to the Pacific Ocean and back on a three- to four-year cycle.
-Written by Rich Desmond, a Sacramento County supervisor representing Carmichael, and Ron Stork, a senior policy staffer for Friends of the River.Related article: