Good Signs From North Umpqua Summer Steelhead, Wild and Hatchery
ODFW reports that more than twice as many wild summer steelhead have been counted on the North Umpqua compared to all of 2021, and while still below average, the agency considers it an “encouraging sign” for the struggling stock, and the hatchery run is also back up to about average
1,800 Old Pilings Removed From Mouth Of Duwamish-Green River
More toxic pilings have been removed from Puget Sound, this time at the mouth of the Duwamish-Green River in Seattle.
NMFS: ‘Increased Level Of Concern’ For Snake Chinook
A federal five-year review of ESA-listed salmon and steelhead in the Snake and Mid- and Upper Columbia Rivers finds increasing urgency to implement “recommended recovery actions” such as fish passage, habitat work, predatory control and more, but doesn’t analyze dam breaching on the Lower Snake, where there is also an “increased level of concern” for spring-summer Chinook based on downtrending populations and climate change concerns.