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California Ends Salmon Project Funding Amid Tribe Job Losses

4/7/2026

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California will end funding for a salmon restoration project with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, despite salmon returning to their ancestral river for the first time in 80 years.
Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted the initiative as part of a strategy to save declining salmon populations.
The Winnemem Wintu Tribe now faces job losses and uncertainty about the project's future, as officials say drought-response funding has been exhausted.

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California will end funding for a salmon restoration project with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, despite salmon returning to their ancestral river for the first time in 80 years.
Governor Gavin Newsom highlighted the initiative as part of a strategy to save declining salmon populations.
The Winnemem Wintu Tribe now faces job losses and uncertainty about the project's future, as officials say drought-response funding has been exhausted.