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Mendocino Characteristics

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Geography and climate majorly affected the development of mendocino in many different ways. One of these ways is the how close it is to the coast. This made a great outlet for fishing. This industry flourished in the 1920’s with canning plants running the coast of Fort Bragg, including noyo harbor. The main fish they were looking for was salmon. The rivers here had some of the major characteristics for salmon to live a very healthy life. These characteristics being, clear water, cold water, deep pools, clean gravels, good spawning habitat, places to hide from predators, and last but not least many aquatic invertebrates (water bugs.) Something else that was a huge geological advantage for the Mendocino coast was logging. Although it
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