Palo Alto Climate Hotspot: The New Hurdle for California Salmon
Salmon have struggled in California because the state has diverted so many of the streams they swim up to spawn. Now climate change is creating a new challenge – it’s diminishing the snowpack that feeds those waterways. Kate Poole, an attorney who fights to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems, talks to NBC Bay Area meteorologist Rob Mayeda about the problem that’s compounded by the way we manage our water system in California.