Federal and state salmon managers have requested special operations
at Bonneville Dam starting Sept. 1 to facilitate collection of "tule"
fall chinook spawners for the Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery. Bonneville
Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to
cooperate.
The tule fall chinook trapping program would "help achieve several
conflicting management objectives," according to a System Operational
Request (SOR) submitted to the …