Chuck Darwin<p>Winnemem Wintu Tribe signs pact with California to work together on efforts to save endangered salmon</p><p>A California tribe has signed agreements with state and federal agencies to work together on efforts to return endangered <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chinook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chinook</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/salmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>salmon</span></a> to their traditional spawning areas upstream of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Shasta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shasta</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dam</span></a>, a deal that could advance the long-standing goal of tribal leaders to reintroduce fish that were transplanted from California to New Zealand more than a century ago and still thrive there.</p><p>Members of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Winnemem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Winnemem</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wintu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wintu</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tribe</span></a> have long sought to restore a wild salmon population in the <a href="https://c.im/tags/McCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>McCloud</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>River</span></a> north of Redding, where their ancestors once lived. </p><p>The agreements that were signed this week for the first time formally recognize the tribe as a partner participating in efforts to save the endangered winter-run Chinook salmon.<br /><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-05-04/tribe-california-salmon-agreement" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/environment/story/</span><span class="invisible">2023-05-04/tribe-california-salmon-agreement</span></a></p>