Flows on the lower McCloud River are expected to surge in May and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials are urging caution. PG&E spokesman Paul Moreno said flows may be be about a foot-and-a-half ...

As part of a long-term effort to return winter-run chinook salmon to the McCloud River, 20,000 salmon eggs were placed in the river for the first time since Shasta Dam was built in the early 1940s.

SHASTA COUNTY (KPIX) -- In a life flight that could change the course of one tribe's history, a helicopter delivered 20,000 endangered salmon eggs to a remote area in Shasta County, in an effort to ...

The McCloud is California’s salmon success story waiting to happen. It could once again be one of our most important fish-producing rivers, yet it now lives in a quiet but majestic obscurity. The ...

SHASTA COUNTY (KPIX) -- With a helicopter ride and a trip down Interstate 5, a remarkable effort is underway to save Califorina's endangered salmon. In Shasta County, The California Department of Fish ...

Chinook salmon haven’t spawned in the McCloud River for more than 80 years. But last summer, thousands of juveniles were born in the waters of this remote tributary, miles upstream of Shasta Dam. The ...

The water wars rage unabated here in the northeast corner of California, where conservationists are fighting the Nestlé Co. over their plans to tap into a source near what is arguably the state's most ...

One of the state's most pristine river canyons - the McCloud River with its epic wild trout - was spared when fire crews staved off a 46,000-acre wildfire. On the river last week, muted flames and ...

Some trails are too tempting to pass up. That’s an apt description of the McCloud River Trail, a two-mile, one-way hike in Siskiyou County, California, that offers views of the river’s Lower, Middle ...

Shasta Lake The final stretch of the McCloud River before it empties into the state's largest reservoir is a place of raw beauty. On a recent morning, the river's icy water, flanked by flowering ...