Spawning Kokes at The Berry

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While I was up at Strawberry this weekend, I stopped by the river there by the visitor center to see what was swimming up. Last year at this time, there were fish starting to stage on the lower part of the river.

I noticed that there were at least four beaver dams between the egg collection station, and the mouth of the river, preventing the salmon from making it up. I talked to the Forest service guys at the visitors center about it, and they didn't seem to know anything. Wondering if the DWR will come through and clear those? Otherwise we're going to have a crappy next couple years of Koke fishing.

Those salmon will find a way over or under the dams.  Beaver dams are a naturally occurring "speedbump" for the salmon in their natural habitat. The strongest will always make the trip home.