Tribes reintroduce salmon in the Upper Columbia River System
It was raining when Casey Flanagan netted history. For the second time in as many months, no less.
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Casey Flanagan, right, a water and fish project manager checks a screw trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Tamara Knudson project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation program holds what is possibly the second Chinook Salmon alevin found in Tshimakain Creek on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.
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This is possibly the second chinook salmon alevin found in Tshimakain Creek, shown last Wednesday near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Tamara Knudson, left, project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation, Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager and Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, check a trap at Blue Creek on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Tamara Knudson, left, project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation, holds an invasive crayfish as she and Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager, and Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, check a trap Wednesday at Blue Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Blue Creek flows into a drawn-down Spokane River reservoir on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager and Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, holds an invasive crayfish claw she found near a trap at Blue Creek on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Tamara Knudson, left, project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation, holds an invasive crayfish as she and Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager and Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, check a trap at Blue Creek on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Multiple crayfish are seen removed from a Spokane Tribe trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Blue Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, left, Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager and Tamara Knudson, right, project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation check a screw trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, left, Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager and Tamara Knudson, right, project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation check a screw trap on March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, left, and Casey Flanagan, right, a water and fish project manager check a screw trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Casey Flanagan, a water and fish project manager holds a Passive Integrated Transponder or PIT tag as she checks a screw trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Casey Flanagan, a water and fish project manager inserts a PIT tag into a trout as she checks a screw trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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What is possibly the second Chinook Salmon alevin found in Tshimakain Creek swims in a bucket after being pulled from a screw trap on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.
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Calvin Fisher, a fisheries biologist, left, high-fives Casey Flanagan, center, a water and fish project manager and Tamara Knudson, right, project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation after they found what is possibly the second Chinook Salmon alevin found in Tshimakain Creek on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, on Tshimakain Creek near Wellpinit, Wash.
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