Sentences with phrase «threatened salmon runs»
Warmer waters affect both river and coastal ecosystems, threatening salmon runs and other important marine and freshwater species.
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THE three - year drought threatens to wipe out the last of the Muir Woods coho salmon that make their way each year from the Pacific to spawn in a freshwater creek running through the redwoods near San Francisco
In addition, she's working to prevent approval of a Bristol Bay mine that could threaten one of the most productive salmon runs in the world (fished by over 1,000 Washingtonians), and to secure resources to respond to the Japanese Tsunami debris that is beginning to wash up on Pacific shorelines.
America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 are: # 1: Sacramento - San Joaquin River System (CA) Threat: Outdated water and flood management The largest watershed in California is on the verge of collapse, threatening the water supply for more than 26 million people, placing the capital of the nation's most populous state at high risk of flooding, and damaging a once productive and healthy ecosystem that supported the nation's most diverse salmon runs.