Commentary: Los Gatos Creek — Shopping Cart Art Calls Attention to Endangered Salmon
From the San Jose Mercury News, in a commentary by Steve Holmes:
“One morning in October, an unusual sight appeared along Los Gatos Creek in the form of three black Shopping Cart Chinook salmon on the creek trail between Bascom and Hamilton Avenues. Blending the carts and fish in works of art seemed fitting after Friends of Los Gatos Creek volunteers pulled 18 shopping carts out of the creek at just one cleanup site. …
“We know how to restore fisheries in decline, but we need to act now. Look no farther than the Russian River to find a model of a successful Chinook salmon restoration program. ”
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