Chinook salmon spawners in the Elk Creek Tributary of Bear Valley Creek, a tributary of the Salmon River

A pair of steelhead

Chinook spawning in the South Fork of the Salmon River

Spawning gravel bed along Indian Riffle of the Salmon River

White areas on river bottom are redds, salmon spawning nests dug out by female chinook salmon

White areas on river bottom are redds, salmon spawning nests dug out by female

White areas on river bottom are redds, salmon spawning nests dug out by female

White areas on river bottom are redds, salmon spawning nests dug out by female

A winter sun setting over salmon streams of the Pacific Northwest

Culvert allowing flow of stream under road bed.

Culvert allowing flow of stream under road bed.

Culvert allowing flow of stream under road bed.

Culvert allowing flow of stream under road bed.

Debris in stream channel area

Log jam blocking Horse Creek

Cattle foul salmon streams

Although identified as NW Region actions regarding Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Licenses, this map gives an idea of the many dams on both large rivers and small streams in the Pacific Northwest. There are nearly twenty major dams on the Columbia River and Snake River shown here and at least 100 smaller sites shown.

Graphic showing the decimation of the salmonid population between 1850 and 1986 in the Columbia River Basin.

1980's graphic showing the extent of driftnet fisheries on the high seas of the North Pacific Ocean. This fishery indiscrimately caught numerous species contributed to the loss of salmon stock in the Pacific Northwest.

Water for irrigation requires dams and also reduces stream flow contributing to degradation of salmon habitat.

Merwin Dam on the Lewis River

New fish ladders at the Wapato East Diversion Dam

The Dalles Dam

John Day Dam

John Day Dam

Blue River damsite on a tributary of the McKenzie River. Downstream view from a point near the damsite during construction.

Oh, by the way - don't camp too near the river. Rapidly changing river levels occur with changes in discharge allowed at dam. Below Cougar Dam.

A fish barrier stopping fish from traveling further upstream.

Irrigation diversion on the White Salmon River

A gravel dam ponding water for irrigation

Culverts under a road

Juvenile chinook salmon captured adjacent to the Corvallis city water intake.

Spawning gravel left on banks of stream following gold dredging operation.

Dredged material left on banks of Touchet River.

Gold mine tailings which coul eventually wash into the local watershed. Probably Deadwood Valley, South Dakota, instead of Deadwood Valley, Oregon.

Industrial encroachment on Siuslaw River.

Sheep potentially fouling TouchetRiver.

Area of destroyed wetland during highway construction.

Highway and bridge construction with loose fill that could easily erode into creek.

A temporary bridge span over the Salmon River.

Timber management near Timothy Lake. Note that debris from clear-cut operation is piled in rows.

Log jam on the McKenzie River

A view of Chief Joseph Dam on a miserable day.

A fish weir at the hatchery near Stanley.

Fish ladder to Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery

Hatchery personnel sorting salmon in preparation for egg-taking at Dexter Holding Ponds, directly below Dexter Dam on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River.

Skagit River seeming to be flowing to the sea in the natural state of the Pacific Northwest.

The Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Biddle at the mouth of the Columbia River.

The dredge head of the Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Biddle at the mouth of the Columbia River. This huge machine had the capacity to operate at 4 knots, load 3000 cubic yards in 40 minutes and discharge the same in 20 minutes.

Salmon leaping at Willamette Falls