Thousands of captive-bred salmon smolt escaped into wrong river
An Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tanker truck crashed while carrying 102,000 captive-bred spring Chinook salmon smolt, sending 77,000 of them into the wrong waterway. The agency raised the smolt as part of a plan to mitigate reduced salmon populations due to hydropower generation. The smolts were intended for release into the Imnaha River. […]