After decades of work and millions of dollars of restoration work, one of our region’s threatened salmon runs is showing encouraging signs of recovery—summer chum that return to the Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
After decades of work and millions of dollars of restoration work, one of our region’s threatened salmon runs is showing encouraging signs of recovery — summer chum that return to the Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca. Hood Canal summer chum are among several distinct salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest that have declined significantly as a result of degraded habitat conditions and ongoing effects of climate change.
After decades of work and millions of dollars of restoration work, one of our region’s threatened salmon runs is showing encouraging signs of recovery summer chum that return to the …
THE DECLINES OF SALMON runs, as highlighted in Peter Segall’s Sept. 2 front-page article, are a bitter pill to swallow for those of us who share a love for these fish. Salmon are declining across their range, primarily due to habitat degradation which has been made worse by changing precipitation patterns.