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First Spring Chinook
Counted at Bonneville Dam

by Staff
The Columbian, February 11, 2015

Here's a sure sign that winter is nearly over: The first spring chinook salmon has been counted passing Bonneville Dam.

The fish was tallied on Sunday. The year-to-date count at Bonneville is one spring chinook, one sockeye and 711 steelhead.

The water temperature at Bonneville is 41 degrees and outflow at the dam is 235,000 cubic feet per second.

A spring chinook also has returned to Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery and several have been caught by anglers from the Willamette River at Oregon City.


Staff
First Spring Chinook Counted at Bonneville Dam
The Columbian, February 11, 2015

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