Warming rivers killing fish, imperiling industry
Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the US West raise water temperatures and imperil fish
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The Klamath River at Martins Ferry, on the Yurok Reservation. (Photo by Alex Schwartz/Herald and News)
Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the US West raise water temperatures and imperil fish
Daisy Nguyen
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the U.S. West raise water temperatures and imperil fish from Idaho to California.
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