Persistent ‘Negative Pacific Decadal Oscillation

What sounds like bad news is actually good news for salmon and steelhead.

“I think we’re going to have a heck of a year” if current climatic conditions persist into the spring when young salmon and steelhead exit the Columbia River to rear for a year or two or more in saltwater, said Bill Peterson, NOAA Fisheries senior scientist and oceanographer.

LINK (Via: The Columbia Basin Bulletin)