For the first time in nearly a century, adult winter-run Chinook salmon have been spotted swimming in the McCloud River, a Northern California waterway. On July 15, experts with the California ...

An endangered species has returned to its Northern California river habitat for the first time in almost a century, wildlife officials said. Winter-run chinook salmon — one of nine species considered ...

Drought-linked funds are running out, ending support for a Winnemem Wintu effort to return Chinook to the McCloud River after more than 80 years ...

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a strategy to save declining salmon — spotlighting a historic partnership with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to reintroduce endangered winter-run Chinook to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late in the 19th century on the McCloud River below Mount Shasta, California’s first hatchery began creating thousands of salmon ...

Winter-run Chinook salmon are unique because they spawn in the summer, then migrate as adults to the Pacific Ocean in the winter. NOAA Fisheries For the first time in nearly a century, adult ...