Yakima River Basin Salmon Recovery: Removing Earthen Berm In River Delta Improves Access To Hundreds Of Miles Of Spawning Habitat
Above: Map of the Yakima River Basin with the Bateman Island Causeway project location marked with a red star. Credit: Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board Every summer, salmon and steelhead returning to the Yakima River swim hundreds of miles from the Pacific Ocean toward their spawning grounds in central Washington. But as they…