‘Haven’t been seen for 25 years’: rains bring salmon back to California streams

Endangered coho salmon spotted returning to spawning grounds after well-timed precipitation

The heavy rains that soaked California late last year were welcomed by farmers, urban planners - and endangered coho salmon.

We've seen fish in places that they haven't been for almost 25 years," said Preston Brown, the director of watershed conservation for the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (Spawn).