ABC NEWS 7 – KRCR Asks About Testing Klamath River – What Killed 850,000 Chinook Salmon Released In Klamath River?

California Department of Fish and Wildlife has offered a ‘gas bubble disease’ explanation for the death of 850,000 Chinook Salmon fry that were released into Fall Creek on or about February 26, 2024. 

Unfortunately for those doomed salmon, Fall Creek empties into the old sediment laden lake bottom of Iron Gate lake and the Klamath River, which is carving its way through some of the tens of millions of cubic yards of toxic clay-mud sediments. 

These lake…