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Dworshak Reservoir Releases Water Ahead of Schedule for Endangered Fish by Mark Yuasa KLEW TV, June 23, 2015

It's part of the federal plan to lessen the effects of the Lower Snake River dams on juvenile Salmon and steelhead.

AHSAHKA, ID - Federal officials are releasing water from Dworshak Reservoir ahead of schedule, several weeks ahead in fact.

They're doing it to cool the areas downstream where federally protected Salmon are. The goal is to keep the water in those areas below 68 degrees.

It's part of the federal plan to lessen the effects of the Lower Snake River dams on juvenile Salmon and steelhead.

Related Pages:
Water Temps (near 68), Low Flows Prompt Earlier than Usual Summer Hydro Operations in Lower Snake by Staff, Columbia Basin Bulletin, 6/19/15