By DYLAN DARLING, Scripps Howard News Service

State lawmakers have said the Winnemem Wintu Tribe should be recognized again by the federal government.

But leaders of the small band of American Indians in northern California said the call will only be ceremonial unless it is heard by members of the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., and the tribe gains recognition once again with the federal government.

Ted Arman has big plans for his Iron Mountain Mine and the acidic water that seeps from the federal Superfund site.

More than 100,000 young fish slated to restock a lake and bay have died in California hatcheries in recent days due to malfunctioning equipment.

The most recent mishap happened Monday, when about 75,000 Chinook salmon smolts, or juveniles, perished while being transported in tanker trucks from a fish hatchery in Anderson, Calif., to the San Pablo Bay near Vallejo.