THE BAY INSTITUTE AND AQUARIUM OF THE BAY

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Saving One of the most exciting environmental restoration initiatives in the world is underway on the San Joaquin River, intended to bring back spring-run Chinook salmon and reconnect local communities to a revitalized river. As a result of The Bay Institute’s successful, decades-long fight to restore fish and flows to the river, the first year of “interim” restoration flow releases was completed in fall 2010. These flows marked the first intentional reconnection of the San Joaquin to the Delta Marie Logan, SalmonAid Co-President 8 and San Francisco Bay in 65 years. Interim releases are continuing, to be followed by the reintroduction of salmon and provision of full restoration flows over the next few years. The Bay Institute and Aquarium of the Bay also partnered with SalmonAid in 2010 and again in 2011 to hold a month-long series of events at Aquarium of the Bay, bringing together scientific, environmental, fishing, slow food and Native American interests to educate the public on the challenges facing the West Coast’s salmon population. “In 2010 and 2011, SalmonAid hosted a series of events throughout the West Coast to educate the public about the plight of West Coast salmon populations and the rivers on which they depend. At Aquarium of the Bay, we had the opportunity to inform thousands of visitors about the importance of protecting wild salmon, the risks of farmed salmon to human health and the environment, and the need to protect and restore our rivers for these majestic creatures.”
SALMON IN <strong>THE</strong> SAN FRANCISCO <strong>BAY</strong> WATERSHED LEGEND x Rivers, Streams, Lakes Major Dams Salmon Viewing Areas Salmon To Be Restored Key Areas Where Salmon No Longer Spawn Based on maps produced by The Bay Institute, SalmonAid and The Nature Conservancy. www.bay.org www.SalmonAid.org www.nature.org N Redwood Creek Lagunitas Creek San Francisco Monterey 80 San Jose Walnut Creek 9 Cache Creek 80 Putah Creek 5 5 5 5 5 99 99 99 70 Clear Creek Sacramento River Feather Stanislaus SanSan Joaquin River Sacramento River Sacramento River Joaquin Butte Creek Tuolumne River x Merced River 5 Yuba River x River 99 Deer Creek x x American Mokelumne The Bay Institute’s Salmon Viewing Map is a guide to the few places in the Bay Area and Central Valley where you can see wild salmon spawn. Visit www.bay.org/wildsalmon for additional information. San Luis Obispo Stockton Red Bluff Merced Redding Chico x x x Fresno x Battle Creek Mill Creek x x x 80 River River x Visalia x 70 20 River 50 70
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