American River Wildlife News
Central Valley Salmon Decline Stumps Scientist
Mon 27 Nov 2006 09:46:15 PM PST - Wildlife
 KNIGHTS FERRY, Calif. Scientists still don't know why the numbers of salmon are down so dramatically in the rivers of the San Joaquin Valley.
At their peak, as many as 85-thousand Chinook salmon made their way to the Pacific Ocean and back to their spawning grounds in the Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced rivers.
But their numbers began to drop dramatically in the 1990s, with only 719 salmon counted returning last to the Tuolumne River.
Read the story at CBS13.com