California Launches a Salmon Strategy: The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.

Overview of California’s Salmon Strategy and Associated Costs

In response to the challenges faced by salmon populations in California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state’s first comprehensive strategy to protect this critical species. The strategy aims to improve the state of the salmon populations amidst increasingly hotter and drier weather due to climate change. To fund these efforts, the Newsom Administration and Legislature have spent $796.4 million over the past three years…