Record run of 2,150 salmon returns to Putah Creek, a Sacramento River tributary

The salmon were no longer able to make the migration up the creek to their historic habitat after the Monticello and Putah Diversion Dams were completed in 1957

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Record run of 2,150 salmon returns to Putah Creek, a Sacramento River tributary
Sammuel Huang, a junior specialist in Nann Fangue's lab at UC Davis, returns a Chinook salmon to Putah Creek after being counted and measured in the fall of 2025. (Peter Aronson/UC Davis)