Wild Salmon & Steelhead
Track Restoration of Salmon and Steelhead in the White Salmon River
The removal of Condit Dam restored the freeflowing White Salmon River. This reopened about 33 miles of mainstream and tributary habitat for anadromous fish. Friends of the White Salmon supports science and monitoring to track how wild salmon and steelhead are using the new habitat.
Salmon keep rivers, people, and Pacific Northwest ecosystems alive.
Anadromous Fish Restoration After Dam Removal
Since the dam was removed, no hatchery fish have been released in the White Salmon watershed. To date, fisheries managers allowed anadromous fish to find their way into the White Salmon River and naturally recolonize the available habitat. (Read our Q&A for more information.)
White Salmon River: Key to Fish Resilience
Since no hatchery fish have been introduced, the White Salmon River is a rarity and thus invaluable to our knowledge about resilience and health of anadromous fish in the Columbia River Basin.
Sustainable Fish Populations in the White Salmon River
Both wild and hatchery fish are allowed into the watershed to spawn and potentially contribute to natural production of young fish. It remains highly feasible that the current management will lead to diverse, unique, and sustainable populations of anadromous fish in the White Salmon River.
The Value of Natural Fish Recolonization
Providing hatchery fish to a system can be expensive and problematic, so the extent to which fish can repopulate on their own is a very important experiment in the making. The Friends of the White Salmon River would like to see this natural colonization experiment continue for the foreseeable future.
Adequate funding for intensive fish surveys has not been available, but fishery biologists have indications that a substantial and at least partly successful recolonization has occurred.
Without intensive surveying, however, the magnitude, breadth and success of the recolonization is unknown. This has made it impossible to assess whether the level of anadromous fish production reflects habitat capacity or meeting societal (or management) expectations.
Our Work – what are we doing?
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How to get involved
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RESOURCES
For more information, see our Q&A session.
Additional Resources: Rewilding the White Salmon River (The Osprey)