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Fish ladder enable salmon to return upstream to reach their spawning ground

Description

Fish ladder enable salmon to return upstream to reach their spawning ground.This device helped assure the conservation of the fish resources of the Columbia River by assisting the fish in bypassing the Bonneville Dam.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Location

Oregon, Columbia River, Bonneville Dam

Collection

Historic Fisheries