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Study: Dams Could Benefit Salmon Runs in Calif.
Reservoirs could turn out to be a savior
Samantha Young, AP
Published: May 8, 2008 11:48
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Excerpt: {magazine_leadin}SACRAMENTO (AP) – California’s vast network of reservoirs – which destroyed more than 5,000 miles of salmon habitat when their dams were erected decades ago – could turn out to be a savior for a species on the brink of collapse, according to a new study. Those dams store cold water, which the study says will be vital to the salmon’s survival as climate change is expected to warm California’s rivers. “Paradoxically, the very thing that is constraining fish now, we could use those to our advantage,” said study…
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