<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydp6d72ed83yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><div><a href="https://www.times-standard.com/2019/06/13/summer-steelhead-considered-for-protection-under-state-endangered-species-act/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.times-standard.com/2019/06/13/summer-steelhead-considered-for-protection-under-state-endangered-species-act/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="ydp97ade339header-title-area" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><div class="ydp97ade339headline-area" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 1280px;"><div class="ydp97ade339headlines" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="ydp97ade339entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.26667em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Lora, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; letter-spacing: -0.03em; width: 1280px; clear: both;"><span class="ydp97ade339dfm-title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Summer steelhead considered for protection under state Endangered Species Act </span></h1><h2 class="ydp97ade339subheadline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Lora, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.4375em; font-weight: 500; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(72, 70, 66); letter-spacing: -0.023em;">Status review will expand data about the species</h2></div></div></div><div class="ydp97ade339article-content" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ydp97ade339article-content-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ydp97ade339header-features ydp97ade339default" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3em 0px 2em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 954.875px;"><div class="ydp97ade339image-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; position: relative; width: 954.875px;"><img alt="" title="" class="ydp97ade339size-article_feature ydp97ade339lazyautosizes ydp97ade339lazyloaded" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EelRiver1.jpg?w=523" data-srcset="https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EelRiver1.jpg?w=523 620w,https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EelRiver1.jpg?w=560 780w,https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EelRiver1.jpg?w=560 1020w,https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EelRiver1.jpg?w=560 940w" src="https://www.times-standard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EelRiver1.jpg?w=523" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; width: 954.875px;"></div>A summer steelhead swims alongside a Chinook salmon. 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line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Summer steelhead considered for protection under state Endangered Specie...</h2><p class="ydp51e05d8fcard-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">The Northern California summer steelhead is closer to being listed under the state’s Endangered Species Act as t...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="ydp97ade339article-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ydp97ade339body-copy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.03125em; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.63636; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The Northern California summer steelhead is closer to being listed under the state’s Endangered Species Act as the state Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously 4-0 on Wednesday at its June meeting in Redding to review the species’ status over the next year.</p><div class="ydp97ade339teads-inread ydp97ade339sm-screen" style="margin: 20px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 550px; min-height: 331px;"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><div class="ydp97ade339teads-ui-components-adchoices" style="margin-top: 0px; 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font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Summer steelhead fish are capable of swimming to and from the ocean, but the presence of the Scott Dam has disrupted their ability to migrate up the Eel River. The commission’s vote relied on a submitted petition, as well as the department’s own evaluation of the species.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">At a future meeting, the commission will make a final decision on whether to classify the summer steelhead as endangered.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">“This commences a one-year status review of the species and the commission will make a final decision at a future meeting,” the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. “During the status review, summer steelhead have protections under (the state Endangered Species Act) as a candidate species.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The specific summer steelhead, a form of rainbow trout, has unique genetic capabilities that warrants its endangered status, said Scott Greacen, conservation director Friends of the Eel River.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">“What’s important here is recognizing that summer steelhead are really different and if we don’t protect them separately, we’ll lose them,” Greacen said.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The distinction between summer steelhead and winter-run steelhead comes down to a single gene — uncovered by “exciting genetic research” — which makes the difference between a mature, migrating fish species and a premature one, Greacen said.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Because of the genetic difference, the steelhead-type of rainbow trout don’t spawn immediately, while winter-run steelhead enter freshwater ready to spawn at any time.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">During the status review, state researchers will attempt to gather more data about the fish. The current research is “spotty at best,” Greacen said.</p><div id="ydp97ade339div-gpt-ad-Cube_Article" class="ydp97ade339dfp-ad ydp97ade339dfp-Cube_Article" data-ad-unit="Cube_Article" data-google-query-id="CNz9gqib6eICFYpmfgodPWYGQA" style="margin: 0px auto 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0pt none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px; display: inline-block; min-height: 250px;"></div></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">“They’re so hard to find and so hard to count,” he said. “Part of the story here is you have to get to difficult-to-access places to find the fish. You’ll spend entire days backpacking to places near the (Van Duzen River) where you can’t get to without a helicopter.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Even then, the fish display tremendous migration capabilities, showing up above enormous boulders blocking the water.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Greacen suggests that if it weren’t for the presence of the Scott Dam, the summer steelhead would travel regularly to the ocean and back. But with the effort of multiple organizations (including the conservation group California Trout) to acquire the Potter Valley water diversion in the Eel River basin, the dam could be removed in the coming years.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">“We are now closer than we’ve ever been,” Greacen said. “The steelhead could really be a phoenix rising from the ashes.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: italic; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Shomik Mukherjee can be reached at 707-441-0504.</span></p><br class="ydp97ade339Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>