Unidentified stream babbling through riffles

Willamette River gravel mining. Spawning grounds destroyed by such operations.

Confluence of rivers - one is sediment laden, the other clear.

Chester Morse Reservoir, part of Seattle's water supply, formed by damming the Cedar River

Palouse Falls in the Columbia River Scablands. A natural barrier to anadromous fish movement upstream

Metolius River, 1/2 mile downstream from its origin high in the eastern Cascades . It flows into the Deschutes River. It was designated a Wild and Scenic River in 1988.

Middle Fork of the John Day River at Gorge Creek. Frozen over along a narrow and rocky stretch of the river.

North Fork of the Little Butte River. This small river is dammed by Fish Lake Dam.

A cool morning causing advection fog over Warm Lake.

A cool morning causing advection fog over Warm Lake.

A view of the Sawtooth Range near Stanley

Palouse River Canyon in the Columbia River Scablands.

Trapper Creek steep gradient area

Moose Creek, a tributrary of the Selway River.

Old powerhouse along the White River below the falls.

Sunbeam Dam along the main Salmon River. This dam was built by miners in 1910 to supply power to the Sunbeam Mine. It cut off salmon migration up the river. It was dynamited open in 1934 but much of the anadromous fish population was lost prior to reopening the river at this point.

Winchester Spillway on the North Umpqua River

Winchester Spillway on the North Umpqua River

Winchester Spillway on the North Umpqua River. In spite of their being a fish ladder at this location, a steelhead is trying to leap over the spillway.

Foster Dam on the South Santiam River

Culvert passing under road on Rattlesnake Creek

Culvert passing under road on Sheep Creek

Culvert passing under road on Trout Creek

Culvert passing under road on Ditch Creek

Culvert and road construction on salmon stream somewhere in the Pacific Northwest

A high culvert which adds to the level of difficulty of fish passage on Boulder Creek, off the North Fork of the Siletz River.

A cattle enclosure at Camp Creek, tributary to the John Day River.

At first glance a meadow blooming with wild flowers. Closer inspection reveals a clear area caused by the timber management technique of clear-cutting.

Clear-cut timber management along the Salmon Creek

Clear-cut timber management in the Siletz River area

Clear-cut loggin in Mt. Hood National Forest. Clear-cut areas are seeded or planted with young trees following logging or burning.

A large clear-cut logging operation in the Schooner Creek area of the Siletz River watershed.

Warnicke Creek Falls. An amazing picture reminiscent of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, only with clear-cut timber management.

Poverty Burn area of the South Fork of the Salmon River. This area contributed heavy sedimentation to the river and resulted in degradation of salmon spawning areas.

Fall chinook salmon redds (basically nests for laying eggs) below Horn Rapids Dam on the Yakima River. Biologist on site suspected gulls were feeding on salmon fry.

Sport fisherman in a NW salmon stream

Sport fisherman in a NW salmon stream

Winter ice fishermen at Spangler Reservoir

Sherars Falls native American fishing platforms on the Deschutes River

Sherars Falls native American fishing platforms and fish ladder on the Deschutes River

Drift fishing for steelhead on the Queets River

Spring chinook fishing below Willamette Falls

Gill net fishing on the Columbia River

McKenzie Drainage fish counting station at Leaburg Dam

Kokanee spawning, the landlocked variety of sockeye salmon, spawning at Waldo Lake.

Kokanee spawning, the landlocked variety of sockeye salmon, spawning at Waldo Lake.

Fall chinook sspawning in the Molalla River

Fall chinook spawning in the Molalla River

Coho salmon fingerlings at the Trask Hatchery

Coho salmon fingerlings at the Trask Hatchery