The Snake River Spring Chinook returns increased for the second year in a row with more than 29,634 salmon passing the Lower Granite Dam, a 27% increase from 2020 and 55% above 2019 returns.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials say more endangered sockeye salmon will complete the trip upstream to central Idaho this year because of structural changes at two Snake River dams in Washington state.
Officials say success with the new systems at Lower Granite Dam and Little Goose Dam, which pull cold water from deep in the reservoirs for the fish ladders, could lead to similar changes at ot
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making big improvements in fish passage facilities at Lower Granite Dam, hoping to increase the number of endangered salmon and steelhead that migrate through the Columbia-Snake river system...