This good news is from Elena DeLacey, conservation and stewardship manager at ARC.
The Cosumnes River (one of the very few undammed "wild" rivers left in California) was host to hundreds of Chinook Salmon this spring. The salmon, also known as King salmon, traveled up river as far as Latrobe Falls to spawn. The lands surrounding the Cosumnes are traditional ranching areas under agreements to be purchased and saved from development by conservancy groups. A note of caution---the property around Latrobe Falls is inaccessible except for white water kayaks---and even that is dubious.
Photo courtesy of Larry Moore.