Thursday Top of the Scroll: Winter-run salmon return to McCloud River 77 years after Shasta Dam was built
As part of a long-term effort to return winter-run chinook salmon to the McCloud River, 20,000 salmon eggs were placed in the river for the first time since Shasta Dam was built in the early 1940s. The fertilized eggs were placed in a special incubator to keep them safe until the eggs hatch, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. After they hatch, the young fish will later be trapped in the river and then released downstream of the dam so they can migrate out to the ocean.
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