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Working To Boost Flows In Drought-Stricken Streams

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Rains finally came to the region recently. 

And now they're leaving. 

Which means we're essentially back to where we were a few weeks ago: looking at a drought, likely a severe one. 

The Earth Law Center and other groups warn of stream flows too low for salmon and other fish to survive this year.  A portion of the federal Clean Water Act can target streams for attention; five Northern California streams are proposed for such attention: the Scott, Shasta, Eel, Mattole and the Russian. 

We learn what the extra attention could do for the streams.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.