Biologist hopes San Joaquin River restoration will allow salmon revival
Researchers and scientists will discuss the issue at a conference

Restoration of long-dead salmon runs in the San Joaquin River near Fresno can easily be achieved, and it might help solve other California water problems, says an authority on native fish.

Biologist Peter Moyle, a University of California at Davis researcher who is known as an expert court witness on fish issues, will discuss the river at the Salmonid Restoration Conference, to be held March 5 to 8 in Lodi.

It is the first time the conference has ever been held in the San Joaquin Valley, said officials from the Salmonid Restoration Federation, a nonprofit advocacy group in Humboldt County.

They said they were attracted to the Valley by an agreement between environmentalists and farmers in 2006 to restore the San Joaquin and its salmon runs. Workshops are planned on.. Continued@URL.. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/156386.html