Ash Creek Photo
The Oregon Coast, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Gorge, and Canadian Rockies in Pictures
The Columbia River was once the home of huge salmon runs; chinook, sockeye, silver, chum, and steelhead. Now only remnants remain, supported by heroic and expensive efforts. For 10,000 years before Europeans settled the region, this resource supported Native Americans who knew how to harvest the fish without destroying the runs.
A fish counter at the Bonneville Dam fish ladder counts shad ascending the Columbia River to spawn. American shad, an introduced species, vastly outnumber native salmon in the Columbia River. (Not model released.)
A fish counter at the Bonneville Dam fish ladder counts shad ascending the Columbia River to spawn. American shad, an introduced species, vastly outnumber native salmon in the Columbia River. (Not model released.)