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Report cards also remain required for fishing steelhead, sturgeon or salmon in the Smith and Klamath-Trinity river systems as these species and waterways are closely monitored due to conservation concerns.

The Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been disrupted by barriers and dams.

The watershed’s Southern California steelhead trout, many of which were rescued in a separate operation in January, are still unable to return home.

The Palisades fire that sparked Jan. 7 tore through the area, scorching all of the critical habitat for the gobies and an endangered population of steelhead trout that occupied the same watershed.

By establishing the salmon sanctuary in Blue Creek, the deal safeguards a vital cold-water habitat for fish including Chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead.