Salmon leap at a chance to spawn at hatchery

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With a swish of its tail, a salmon jumps more than 20 steps – one at a time – to the top of the Nimbus Fish Hatchery ladder Monday as the annual fall migration takes place. Below left, Nikolai Andryhoushkin of Sacramento photographs the event, vital to the survival of salmon and steelhead in the lower American River.

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