US EditionCalifornia ends funding for endangered salmon restoration
The tribe says $6 million in state grants since 2023 is ending, forcing layoffs and stopping planned egg transports.
- State funding for the Winnemem Wintu Tribe's salmon restoration on the McCloud River is ending, halting efforts to return endangered winter-run Chinook to their ancestral waters for the first time in more than 80 years.
- Gov. Gavin Newsom launched this initiative two years ago, naming the Tribe a 'co-equal decision-maker' in restoring salmon populations above Lake Shasta as part of a historic partnership.
- Project manager Rebekah Olstad confirmed the Tribe received over $6 million since 2023 for McCloud projects, yet is now laying off staff as the grant expires by end of June.
- Gary Mulcahy, the Tribe's government liaison, said the sudden funding loss makes the Tribe feel 'betrayed' after previous state assurances about long-term partnership capacity.
- Tribal leaders met with California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot, who indicated efforts to find additional funding, though the restoration project currently faces a total shutdown.
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