Pump Failure Kills Fall-Run Chinook Salmon at California Feather River Fish Hatchery
by TBC Press on 05/12/17An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 fall-run Chinook salmon were killed early yesterday morning at the California Feather River Fish Hatchery – Thermalito Facility due to a pump failure from a faulty wire. More than two million remaining salmon at the facility will be released over the next month as they reach an appropriate size. Overnight on May 10, 2017, the primary pump supplying well water to the facility failed, drastically reducing... READ MORE
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