Large Salmon Raised On Flooded Rice Fields In Yolo County  (New)

Date: July 7, 2012
Source: Daily Democrat
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The results are in from a study aimed at testing the value of reconnecting Central Valley rivers to floodplains in the effort to save Chinook salmon from extinction, and the news is good. The first year of the Nigiri Project -- where juvenile salmon were raised in flooded rice fields during winter just south of Woodland -- saw some of the highest growth rates on record in the Central Valley.

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