05/12/2023
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Biologist Nicole R., of Wild Salmon Center, stands by two culverts. One that reflects a success story, and the other a culvert that has become blocked and will, likely, ultimately lead to a blow out of the road it passes under sending large amounts of sediment into the river it feeds.
Note, the second image is not a spawning stream, but represents a hazard to spawning waters due to the sediment issue described above.
You might not think of culverts when you think of Salmon, but the size, condition, and hydraulic drop of these structures add up to big impediments for the spawning natives of these waters. is working to help replace these inadequate structures with ones that will help to facilitate up, and down, stream travel for the salmon that call these streams home.
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