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California drought one more setback for river that runs dry
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Mar 5, 2014
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California drought one more setback for river that runs dry
This weekend's storm didn't dump enough rain to put a dent in California's drought. Meanwhile, the state's tight water supplies have focused attention on environmental restoration projects, especially the effort to bring salmon back to California's second longest river, the San Joaquin.
Charles Hueth holds up a tagged Chinook salmon for a photo before releasing it into the San Joaquin River.
Charles Hueth holds up a tagged Chinook salmon for a photo before releasing it into the San Joaquin River.
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This weekend's storm didn't dump enough rain to put a dent in California's drought. Meanwhile, the state's tight water supplies have focused attention on environmental restoration projects, especially the effort to bring salmon back to California's second longest river, the San Joaquin.

 This weekend's storm didn't dump enough rain to put a dent in California's drought.

Meanwhile, the state's tight water supplies have focused attention on environmental restoration projects, especially the effort to bring salmon back to California's second longest river, the San Joaquin. But Republican House Speaker John Boehner is pushing a bill to kill that project.

The California Report's Lauren Sommer looks at how lack of rain is affecting one of the most ambitious restoration efforts in the state.