"More than 1,400 salmon returned to the Penobscot River in 2020. That was the highest number since 2011, the Maine marine resources department found. The Penobscot is the most productive river for the salmon. It averaged only about 700 fish per year from 2012 to 2019." — Associated Press  In Episode 198 of District of Conservation, Gabriella recaps her trip to Pennsylvania and what she learned in oil and gas country; she explains her take on the NCPA employee who accosted Tucker Carlson at a Montana fly shop; the effort to award Atlantic salmon more Endangered Species protections; and what to expect in tomorrow's interview with Washington Free [...]