In 2025, California buried a gas pipeline 20 feet below Alameda Creek and removed its final 8-foot barrier; that same week, Chinook salmon reached this part of the watershed for the first time since the 1950s
Representative Image (AI-generated) A barrier that had blocked migratory fish for decades disappeared in California in 2025, and salmon soon followed the newly opened route. Crews relocated a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) natural-gas pipeline and buried the new section about 20 feet below Alameda Creek near Sunol, then removed the concrete structure that had…
