Elwha River sees largest run of Chinook in decades

The largest run of Chinook salmon in decades returned to the Elwha River this fall, according to officials with the Olympic National Park.

LINK (via: The Kitsap Sun)

Just imagine if they took those four Snake River Dams out.

Comments

[GR_ANGLER]

what about those dams above the LSR dams? Thats where the majority of spawning and rearing habitat is...

[Idaho steel]

At the present time there is still more available habitat than returning fish to utilize it. The real issue is getting the smolts down-river so they can return as adults. There is no question that removing the upper Snake River dams and Dworshak dam on the North Fork of the Clearwater would open up a lot of habitat, but I don't see it making much difference until the lower dams are gone.