California Conservationists and Farmers Unite to Protect Salmon

In an experiment a decade in the making, biologists and California conservationists are releasing hatchery salmon onto flooded Northern California rice fields, seeking to replenish endangered fish species while benefiting the farmers’ business model.

While environmentalists are often pitted against agribusiness in California’s water wars, conservation scientists and rice farmers are working together, trying to reclaim the great flood plains of the Sacramento River for salmon habitat.

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