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That kind of made it not much of a shock to find IHN in the summer steelhead.

David Pease

It should be interesting if we don't get too much rain. We were starting to see an increase in steelhead abundance on some streams.

Joe Hymer

This is the best run of wild, native steelhead we've had during winter in a long time.

Wayne Orzel

Steelhead and other native fish have had thousands of years to adapt to flooding. Not only can they survive, floods usually improve the habitat by scouring out river bottoms, creating new pools and cleaning out the silt.

Stan Gregory

Historically, steelhead would come back to spawn in the winter over three, four and even five months, depending on the stream. They would arrive around Thanksgiving and continue through March.

Stan Gregory

In 1980 the Northwest Power Planning Council set its mission to protect and restore salmon and steelhead and to ensure that the Northwest had a reliable, affordable energy supply. Twenty years later, we have extinctions and blackouts.

Scott Bosse

The largest steelhead to go through the hatchery was 32 pounds. We've got quite a few fish in the teens and 20s in the river right now.

Wayne Orzel

Our populations of yellow perch and walleye are both doing well, while our steelhead fisheries have flourished beyond our original expectations.

Kevin Kayle

The summer is the best time. You use polarized sunglasses to spot steelhead, and you fish for them.

Wayne Orzel

That's going to be the big stumbling block. The Coastal Commission has expressed resistance to any armoring. But when you compare it to other armoring that's been approved... we want to do armoring to protect private property so we can manage a habitat better to protect two (threatened) species, steelhead trout and red-legged frogs.

Frank Emerson