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ericvs
Since 05 Jul 2008
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Youkai

Since 08 Feb 2010
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Beaverton
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Wed Jun 15, 11 2:33 pm |
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Question: Will the salmon and steelhead actually go up that river? My understanding is that they will go where they were born to spawn. I'm not sure how long a salmon or steelhead lives but I'm guessing any that were born above the damn are long dead by now. So will new fish go up the river to spawn if they weren't born there? _________________ Captain kook; always wrong. |
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beech

Since 21 Aug 2010
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Longview, WA
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Wed Jun 15, 11 3:56 pm |
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they will go up. some go back to their native streams and some will wander into other streams. Mixes it up a little... variety, you know! |
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moondog
Since 15 Aug 2007
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Wed Jun 15, 11 4:00 pm |
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The fisheries will be releasing juvenile salmon way above the dam, so when they return in 5-7 years they will smell their way back home to spawn. _________________ moondog |
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pdxmonkeyboy

Since 16 May 2006
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Nak

Since 19 May 2005
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Camas
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Wed Jun 15, 11 4:43 pm |
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moondog wrote: | The fisheries will be releasing juvenile salmon way above the dam, so when they return in 5-7 years they will smell their way back home to spawn. |
I hope that's not true... Hatchery salmon are inferior to native stocks. I'd much rather see a slow rebuild of native stock than pollute the gene pool with hatchery fish.
Hatcheries have their place, but native stocks need to be encouraged as well. |
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kenja

Since 19 Jun 2008
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Wed Jun 15, 11 8:09 pm |
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I've caught quite a few steelhead on the White Salmon and have never caught a wild one. They are going to stop stocking steelhead from what I hear in hopes that the wild fish will come back. I think it will be pretty dismal fishing for several years at best. Long term it will be a good thing, though.
I've heard that the current salmon runs on the Columbia are at about 6% of what they were before the dams went in. |
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HRnico
Since 22 Mar 2008
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Thu Jun 16, 11 8:29 am |
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I think we should shut off the internet, it uses alot of electricity won't need the dams. |
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forrest

Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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Thu Jun 16, 11 9:54 am |
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It actually doesn't use very much electricity when compared to major appliances and HVAC. |
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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Thu Jun 16, 11 11:30 am |
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Does anyone know why the Dams on the Columbia were built? |
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mschulz

Since 29 May 2007
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Thu Jun 16, 11 11:38 am |
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Hein wrote: | Does anyone know why the Dams on the Columbia were built? |
Hein - we all know this is a set up... _________________ MS |
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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Thu Jun 16, 11 11:43 am |
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Just meant to make you think. And perhaps consider some alternatives had the dams not been built. |
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forrest

Since 21 Jun 2005
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Hood River
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Thu Jun 16, 11 11:54 am |
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So we could win WWII! |
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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Thu Jun 16, 11 1:39 pm |
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get rid of those stinky salmon?
or was it aluminum?
rinse water for hanford?
because it was there?
huh |
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scottman
Since 08 Jun 2007
150 Posts
hillsboro
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Sat Jun 18, 11 11:19 am |
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Hein wrote: | Does anyone know why the Dams on the Columbia were built? |
to save the bats? |
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