Russian River monitoring to bolster steelhead population
Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 9:00PM
Eric Rathbun in Conservation, conservation, steelhead

Photo: Mark Aronoff

Biologists are closely monitoring the water quality in the lagoon that forms at the mouth of the Russian River at Jenner, a critical but often overlooked habitat for young steelhead.

It’s there that the steelhead, which are listed as federal endangered species, may stay for a year to feed and become acclimated to salt water before venturing out into the ocean.

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