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Fish hatchery claims large number of deaths in California's American River are a sign of a healthy ecosystem
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Big bike ride down the American river trail.
He yes.
We -- it.
As beautiful as it is out here you really can't pass by.
Without telling us that stanch so executive producer and I tracked down to the river.
Want to figure out where that -- -- is coming from -- real I think we got here the problem it's pretty easy to spot.
Just off the bike trail and -- Cordoba -- week counted at least fifty salmon in the visible site.
He gets you over in here why in the water -- yet.
There are a lot more out there.
For the first time -- years thirty to 50007.
Will die in the American river this well.
And no joke this.
Is a good day.
Around the corner there's at least.
-- when he won in this fish hatchery told us that number 50000.
Is up almost 90%.
From last year.
The reason is debatable but overall this is a better environment.
For the -- And their -- yet each female salmon swims upstream to -- five to 6000 at the -- Then they die and about fifty days these eggs will -- -- -- in the process starts again.
