With the bulk of the spring juvenile fish migration completed, the fish
transportation emphasis will soon shift from the Snake River to the
Columbia’s McNary Dam to accommodate summer migrants such as the fall
chinook salmon.
As of June 13, 20.1 million young fish — predominantly spring chinook
and steelhead — had been collected by the Corps of Engineers at three
Lower Snake River dams. Of those, 15.15 million were transported by
barge and released below Bonneville dam, the dam on …
