The BREAKING NEWS just keeps coming. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA Fisheries began collecting yearling spring run salmon from Deer and Mill Creek this week. On Butte Creek they have captured 300 young of the year salmon for the program. This rescue is very unique as they are taking the fish into a captive breeding program, just like the California condors 40 years ago. This a serious situation to be in. We apparently have not had the where-with-all to figure out how to protect the habitat for these iconic fish, although some of us have been trying. It is time to step it up!
