Guy Kovner, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Coho salmon are trapped in the Russian River and urgently need a boost from Mother Nature.
Cut off by lack of rain from most of the small streams where they habitually spawn, the endangered coho face a ticking biological clock that could decimate this year’s reproduction.
“We know their time is running out,” said Nick Bauer, a biologist with UC Cooperative Extension’s coho monitoring program.