This week: DNR imposes burn ban on eastern Washington lands and Shoreline restrictions near Wanapum Dam extended
Wanapum Dam
Salmon crossing cracked dam, one way or another
By Marcy Stamper
Engineers, fish biologists and construction teams who scrambled to meet an April 15 deadline to devise a way to move the first of an expected 20,000 spring Chinook salmon over the fractured Wanapum Dam say they have met their initial goals.
Construction workers have retrofitted the fish ladders at the dam, 150 miles from …
Salmon crossing cracked dam using modified fish ladders
By Marcy Stamper
Engineers, fish biologists and construction teams who have scrambled to meet an April 15 deadline to devise a way to move the first of an expected 20,000 spring Chinook salmon over the fractured Wanapum Dam believe they have met their initial goals. Construction workers have …
Local biologists await fix at Wanapum Dam to allow fish passage
By Marcy Stamper
It’s a 150-mile swim from Wanapum Dam to Winthrop, but fish biologists in the Methow Valley are keeping careful tabs on proposed fixes that will enable salmon to get through when the first spring Chinook reach the dam next month, en route …
