Walbridge Fire damages half of prime salmon, steelhead spawning grounds, experts say
In burning to the edge of Lake Sonoma, the Walbridge fire has posed an unprecedented threat to the water supply for 600,000 North Bay residents and scorched Sonoma County streams critical to the revival of imperiled fish. … Experts estimate half of the spawning habitat on Russian River tributaries has been burned, dealing a potential setback to expensive, longstanding efforts to bolster coho salmon and steelhead trout populations.