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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Slightly more than 10,000 adult sockeye salmon just arrived in Lake Cle Elum, their upstream migration diverted by a tanker truck ride courtesy of Yakama Nation Fisheries.
CLE ELUM, Wash. — Construction is slated to begin soon on a first-of-its-kind fish passage for the Cle Elum Dam, and supporters of the project gathered at the reservoir on Thursday to celebrate ...
Sep. 7—CLE ELUM LAKE — About 200,000 juvenile sockeye salmon swam through a flume over the top of the Cle Elum Dam in April and May this year, beginning their migration to the ocean through ...
Nearly 30 miles of fish habitat will soon open up to long-awaited salmon returns in Central Washington. For centuries, the water of the Cle Elum River nourished the bodies and souls of the Yakama ...
The Bureau of Reclamation also operates the Cle Elum Dam built in the 1930s, as part of the effort to control water distribution in the Yakima River Basin.
The dam that they and 570 workers — some of whom died in the effort — built a century ago still stands as a monument to this country’s potential. Tieton Dam stands as a measure of what we’ve proven we ...
YAKIMA — A proposal that would provide fish passage at Lake Cle Elum Dam for the first time in more than a century has been released for public comment. The proposal is contained in a draft ...
The salmon cannon made a big splash a few years ago on local news stations and even had a cameo on HBO’s "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver. Soon, it could propel fish into its biggest project ...
Environment Local News Fish-ladder OK’d at Lake Cle Elum Originally published August 30, 2011 at 9:13 pm Updated August 30, 2011 at 11:31 pm ...
Plans to restore salmon to the Cle Elum River above the Cle Elum Dam call for a unique spiral water slide to let juvenile fish head downstream. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the Bureau of ...