Fish counts have surprised the experts. They show that nearly 215,000 red salmon have been counted at Bonneville dam. This is the highest number of returning adults since 1955.
Most of these fish will follow the Columbia River to Wenatchee and Osoyoos lakes in WA, and the remaining (which represent the most endangered run) will go up the Snake River.
As of Tuesday the 22nd, the Snake River fish numbered around 800, nearly 25 times the ten year average, but they still have a long journey ahead of them in order to make it to their spawning lakes in Idaho. Their epic journey includes eight dams and over 450 miles of river! Even though this is a relatively small number of fish, it is exciting when you compare it to ten years ago when only two adult sockeye made the trip.
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