Winnemem Wintu Tribe signs pact with California to work together on efforts to save endangered salmon
A California tribe has signed agreements with state and federal agencies to work together on efforts to return endangered #Chinook #salmon to their traditional spawning areas upstream of #Shasta #Dam, 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.
Members of the #Winnemem #Wintu #Tribe have long sought to restore a wild salmon population in the #McCloud #River north of Redding, where their ancestors once lived.
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.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-05-04/tribe-california-salmon-agreement