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Endangered Species: Federal Actions to Protect Sacramento River Salmon

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 15, 1994
Report No. RCED-94-243
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Summary:

During the past 15 years, the population of winter-run chinook salmon returning to spawn in the Sacramento River has declined by 99 percent. The salmon was classified as an endangered species in January 1994. As a result of this listing, the National Marine Fisheries Services must advise federal agencies on how to modify actions that could harm the salmon and must enforce the Endangered Species Act's provisions prohibiting the "taking" of salmon. This report identifies major actions that the Service has taken to protect the salmon. These actions affected the Central Valley Project and nonfederal irrigation districts that divert water from the Sacramento River.

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