Tag: chinook salmon
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The Pebble Mine Threat is More Real Now than Ever
Voice your opposition (again) now, please… On a sunny day last August, I was fishing a Bristol Bay river with friends visiting from Colorado. They wanted to catch their limits of wild salmon to bring a literal taste of Alaska home with them for Christmas gifts and to enjoy throughout the winter. Already having a…
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Northwest dams agree to spill more water to help salmon, orcas survive
The survival of Puget Sound’s orca population depends on the migration of endangered Chinook salmon. (USFWS) (Courthouse News) Dam operators will send more water spilling over the eight dams along the Snake and Columbia rivers in an effort to help young salmon survive the notoriously deadly trip to the Pacific Ocean. The spill management plan…
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Salmon surge: Habitat improvements paying off on one California river
A chinook, also called king salmon, attempts to jump up the fish ladder to the hatchery on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra foothills, where fisheries biologists say improved habitat in recent years has paid off. Photo: Mason Trinca / Special to The Chronicle 2017 Near record numbers of chinook salmon are surging up the…