Supplying salmon to the Skokomish River - Northwest Treaty Tribes

Supplying salmon to the Skokomish River - Northwest Treaty Tribes

The Skokomish Tribe is eagerly awaiting the return of spring chinook salmon to the South Fork Skokomish River this year. For the past four years, up to 80,000 chinook subyearlings have been released annually into LeBar Creek, a tributary to the upper South Fork, as part of the Skokomish River chinook recovery plan. “This is a gap in our fisheries this time of year and there is a great deal of meaning to having fish available during the spring se…