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Spring-run salmon find new home on the lower Tuolumne River
chinook salmon
Five relocation operations were recently undertaken, moving spring-run salmon to deeper, cooler pools downstream of the Tuolumne River to support their survival over the summer (Photo courtesy of TID).
A GRANGE — Nearly 1,200 adult spring-run Chinook salmon — originally released as part of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program — made their way to the Tuolumne River, where they found abundant habitat and cold, clean water in which to spend the summer prior to spawning in the fall.