Environmentalists are urging the state and federal governments to take action to protect migrating salmon as river levels drop during the drought.

In a letter this week, four environmental groups are calling for more young salmon to be trapped and shipped around the dangerous Delta, rather than leaving the fish in the low streams to fend for themselves on their journey to the ocean.

The groups are asking for a meeting with the federal departments of Commerce and Interior, and with the state Natural Resources Agency, to devise a plan to protect the fish.

“All four of these Chinook runs are in immediate peril due to the drought and a large percentage of the 2013 production may be lost if no action is taken,” the environmentalists write.

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