150 Chinook salmon to be released in Spokane River

[Ridgeratt]

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/aug/23/150-chinook-salmon-to-be-released-in-spokane-river/

150 Chinook salmon to be released in Spokane River Wednesday
Aug. 23, 2022 Updated Tue., Aug. 23, 2022 at 2:26 p.m.

By Eli Francovich
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The Spokane Tribe will release 150 adult Chinook salmon into the Spokane River at the Sandifur Bridge, Wednesday. The release is part of the Spokane Tribes and other Upper Columbia tribes longstanding efforts to sustainably reintroduce salmon into the upper reaches of the Columbia River basin.

The release, which is open to the public, coincides with the 52nd annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Spokane. Roughly 1,500 fish and water scientist, educators and policymakers from around the world are in Spokane for the weeklong conference.

Some of those professionals, alongside county and city officials and other tribal representatives will be at Wednesday’s release, said Brent Nichols, fisheries manager of the Spokane Tribe of Indian.

“It’s a Spokane tribe led event because it’s on our homelands and in our waters,” he said.

The event starts at 1 p.m. with the release scheduled between 2 and 2:30 p.m. The fish won’t be tagged and the event is more about building awareness of the Spokane and other Upper Columbia river tribe’s ongoing efforts to reestablish sustainable salmon runs, Nichols said.

[wags]

Why?

[Ridgeratt]

The fish won’t be tagged and the event is more about building awareness of the Spokane and other Upper Columbia river tribe’s ongoing efforts to reestablish sustainable salmon runs, Nichols said.


I'm not sure there are 4 dams those fish or offspring have to get over or around to make it back to the salt.

I would love to see them at the base of the falls in Spokane. 

[nwwanderer]

Those 150 are dead this fall no matter what.  Offspring may call long lake their ocean like the chinook just up stream.  Should be a decent cross with the few already in place.

[huntnnw]

8 dams and the first 2 coulee and chief Joseph have no ladders or options to get fish over

[Ridgeratt]

8 dams and the first 2 coulee and chief Joseph have no ladders or options to get fish over

Don't forget about Long Lake Dam and Little Falls on the Spokane River. These will just get them to Roosevelt.

[callturner]

Where is the Sandifur bridge? Below Little falls?

[Ridgeratt]

https://bridgehunter.com/wa/spokane/bh69542/


It's the railroad bridge above people's park below the Spokane falls by the avista station downtown. Just upstream from where Latah creek drops into the river.

[Rutnbuxnbulls]

It would be something to get chinook to Spokane Falls!  That stock of fish was a giant from what I hear. I work for a contractor that has done work on fish hatchery projects on the Columbia and would love to be part of a solution to this issue. So my grandchildren can catch kings in downtown Spokane.

[Jake Dogfish]

Nothing more than a publicity stunt.
It’s too bad those fish can’t be placed somewhere they will be able to sustainably reproduce.

[Tbar]

Nothing more than a publicity stunt.
It’s too bad those fish can’t be placed somewhere they will be able to sustainably reproduce.

Like where Jake? I believe that's the point, call it what you want.

[Jake Dogfish]

Nothing more than a publicity stunt.
It’s too bad those fish can’t be placed somewhere they will be able to sustainably reproduce.

Like where Jake? I believe that's the point, call it what you want.

Plenty of rivers without fish.
These are fish without a river.

[callturner]

So there stuck between Spokane Falls and Long Lake dam in a no fishing/fly fishing only area. Or I guess that would be 9 mile dam not LL.

[Dan-o]

Nothing more than a publicity stunt.
It’s too bad those fish can’t be placed somewhere they will be able to sustainably reproduce.

Like where Jake? I believe that's the point, call it what you want.

TBAR,
Do you know what they're up to?
I assume they're trying to start a fishery of some sort?

[Bullkllr]

This article linked from the original seems to give more information: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/aug/24/spokane-tribe-releases-146-chinook-salmon-into-spo/

It looks like part of an ongoing effort to reestablish runs. Obviously tremendous obstacles are in the way of making that a reality. This actual release seems more about publicity than anything else.