Faced with a water year that is heading to an all-time low, federal,
state and tribal officials agreed to reduce the amount of water used to
protect chum salmon redds near Ives and Pearce islands downstream from
Bonneville Dam.
While this cut is expected to leave only a few more redds dry now, a
decision in the next few weeks could pull the plug on chum flows before
emergence of chum fry is complete.