Salmon Spawning for the First Time in 80 Years in the Upper Columbia River

Salmon Spawning for the First Time in 80 Years in the Upper Columbia River

Tribal biologists have confirmed that chinook and steelhead salmon are spawning in the upper-Columbia River system in Washington state for the first time in 80 years. The discovery of 36 “redds” (where a female salmon deposits her eggs) along a prime eight-mile spawning stretch of a tributary of the Columbia called the Sanpoil River confirmed […]

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