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State and local recreation updates: strong salmon returns, floating classrooms and city action on spawning-bed protection
Summary
DWR and state parks representatives reported robust salmon returns and school-focused floating classrooms, announced upcoming advisory meetings, and committee members discussed a recent city letter to the governor about protecting spawning beds and exploring a wildlife refuge designation.
Representatives from agencies and recreational partners told the Oroville Supplemental Benefits Fund steering committee that salmon counts are strong this season, local education events are drawing many school groups, and local officials have taken steps to press for protection of spawning habitat.
Andy (DWR representative) told the committee that data from a recently installed fish counter show an active run: "we installed [the fish counter] last about midway through last summer," he said, and reported "about 17,000 spring-run" and "about 15,000 fall run," adding that the fall-run figure was "about a week and a half old data" and that a surge of salmon was coming up the river at the time of the meeting. He said floating-classroom trips are filling quickly and several school…
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