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During his years in the White House, President Obama erected barriers to oil and gas development on the West’s public lands.
The Sonoma Ecology Center has begun collecting information on streamflow – the amount of water running through the Sonoma Valley’s natural watercourses over the length of the year – in a new program in partnership with Trout Unlimited they hope will lead to enhanced streamflow management in the upper Sonoma Creek watershed.
But no matter how favorable the conditions, Chambers said recovery will be a long, difficult process in places like the Snake River and the upper Columbia, in part because management practices generally aren't conservative enough. He noted although it's still early for this year's summer runs, many appear to already be coming in below projections.
"I think if we don't account for some of the uncertainty that we have in our run forecast, then it will potentially jeopardize our recovery," Chambers said.
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