Columbia River Managers Adopt Phased-In Start For Chum Salmon Flows To Save Lake Roosevelt Water

Although no chum salmon have showed up yet at spawning grounds downstream of Bonneville Dam, fishery managers and dam operators agreed this week to a phased-in beginning for chum flows as a way to save Lake Roosevelt water for spring flow augmentation and to protect resident fish in the lake.

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