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The monthly newspaper of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Pendleton, Oregon

Springers are running!

Terrie Brigham Price and Nakeyah Watchman hold a couple of the spring chinnook salmon they caught on the Columbia River near Cascade Locks on May 2.

Below, Kelsey Kalama from Warm Springs, runs a net along the concrete locks at Cascade Locks. He was fishing with brothers Sonny and Mike Berry, also from Warm Springs.

As of May 1, some 20,764 spring chinook had crossed over Bonneville Dam. That compares to more than 51,000 at the same time last year and the 10-year average of 45,000. According to Mike Richards, the CTUIR Fish Passage Project leader, just 17 adults and one jack had crossed Three Mile Falls Dam on the Umatilla River as of April 28. The 10-year average in is 102 adults.

Steelhead numbers at Three Mile as of April 28 were 1,919, compared to mid-April last year of 1,223 and a 10year average as of mid-April of 2,767. Preston Bronson, CTUIR Harvest Manager, said more fish are expected. “It appears that everything is late.” náptiyaw nápt (second, two)