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Water surges in Mokelumne River yield more salmon

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 19, 2009 at 12:53 pm

From the Lodi News-Sentinel:

“In early October, East Bay Municipal Utility District sent surges of water from the Camanche Reservoir down the Mokelumne River to coax Chinook salmon from the inner bay or the Delta into the river.

The surges, or pulse flows, have been considered successful as nearly four times the salmon are in the river as this time last year.

“It’s definitely up,” said Jose Setka, supervising fisheries and wildlife biologist for EBMUD. “We counted roughly 1,600 past Woodbridge as of Nov. 8.”

Setka said the pulse flows are just one way they are trying to beef up the river’s salmon population.

“Last year was such a bad year, we emptied out the toolbox,” he said. … “

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November 19, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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