Illustration shows the travels of two juvenile coho salmon and one juvenile steelhead between the drainages over periods of about 7 to 11 months. The numbers show the sequence of their movements.

Record numbers of adult steelhead returned to the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River during the 2024-2025 run, which ends this month. With more than 950 fish passed upstream ...

Since 1989, nearly 500,000 fish have been rescued, many of them having been threatened by overpumping of the river for potable water to supply the Monterey Peninsula.

When rescued juvenile steelhead are released back into the Carmel River, they begin an incredible journey. After growing for two years near their birthplace, they trek to the Pacific Ocean.

When rescued juvenile steelhead are released back into the Carmel River, they begin an incredible journey. After growing for two years near their birthplace, they trek to the Pacific Ocean.

These were all either juvenile steelhead or resident rainbow trout (both of which are the same species, Oncorhnychus mykiss), and most of the fish were 12 inches or smaller. Evans explains that no ...

That is where the Cowlitz hatchery juvenile steelhead are released, and that is where the adults will return. “I start fishing at the Blue Creek area,” Mallahan said.

Dec. 16—OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has released almost 100,000 steelhead in Banks Lake, according to an announcement Thursday from WDFW. As part of modifications ...

Dec. 16—OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has released almost 100,000 steelhead in Banks Lake, according to an announcement Thursday from WDFW. As part of modifications to ...

The school’s steelhead trout program has been in development for years; the AquaFort itself launched in the harbor in 2018. The integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system is filled each fall ...