California officials on Thursday released a plan they say will aid officials in the reintroduction of fish, including the imperiled Chinook salmon, to the Klamath River. The report’s release came the same week that river, which crosses from southern Oregon to Northern California, became free-flowing for the first time in a century, after the final two cofferdams in California on it were breached. The main goal of the Klamath River Anadromous Fishery Reintroduction and Restoration Monitoring Plan is to create healthy, self-sustaining fish populations, including Chinook and coho salmon, steelhead and Pacific lamprey. This would bring economic benefits, as well as enhance tribal, recreational and commercial fisheries, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said.

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