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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.
American shad pass by a viewing window at the Bonneville Dam Visitor Center on the Columbia River in Oregon. (Not model released.)
American shad pass by a viewing window at the Bonneville Dam Visitor Center on the Columbia River in Oregon. (Not model released.)