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Jennasys Alaniz, 10, a fourth grade student at Cascade Elementary School in Kennewick, releases a newly tagged young salmon into the Columbia River.

Environment and Planning

Salmon Summit teaches kids about conservation, science

Courtney Flatt

A recent salmon field trip has helped students become more curious about salmon.

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory tag young chinook salmon with tags slightly bigger than a grain of rice.

Environment and Planning

Newly released data could help fish at dams around the world

Courtney Flatt

Fish researchers worldwide now have an inexpensive and effective way to study fish passage dams. That’s because Northwest researchers are releasing reams of data to broaden the understanding of fish behavior at dams around.

New, tiny batteries, designed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will allow researchers to better study young sockeye salmon above Grand Coulee Dam, part of reintroduction efforts for salmon in the Upper Columbia River.

Environment and Planning

Smaller fish tags to help sockeye studies above Grand Coulee Dam

Courtney Flatt

Soon, it could be easier to track young sockeye salmon around dams.