What theSalmonLeave Behind. After spawning, Chinook salmon complete their life cycle and die naturally ... As crews walk streams throughout the MFSR basin, every salmon carcass becomes an opportunity to collect valuable biological information.
When steelhead angler extraordinaire Shane Muckey was diagnosed with cancer in August, a group of his friends got together and organized the first—and hopefully last—Shane Muckey Biggest Salmon Fundraiser ....
It's safe to say the ColumbiaRiver portion of the migration is winding down, but the South Fork portion of the run is in full swing ...If I were planning a trip this week, I'd still be on the river before sunrise.
The top panel of the figure below shows streamflow (blue line) at the SalmonRiver gauge at Salmon since the end of May, as well as adult ChinookPIT tag detections for both hatchery (green bars) and wild (black bars) Chinook at the Elevenmile array.
Approximately 1,600 adults have entered the South ForkSalmonRiver drainage ... Another 350 or so fish are close behind them in the lower South Fork Salmon River, and more fish are still making their way through the hydrosystem.