12-08-2005, 05:09 PM
MOUNT HOOD, OR[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]—[/size][/font]Approximately 4,500 salmon carcasses were dropped by helicopter into Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest last week in an attempt to enhance the food chain for fish and wildlife in the upper Clackamas and Sandy river basins. Most of the salmon are from the fall coho run.
Contracted by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Northwest Helicopters of Olympia is dropping salmon carcasses from the federal Eagle Creek hatchery and state hatcheries along the Oak Grove and North forks of the Clackamas along Camp Creek and the Clear Fork of the Sandy. The drop zones total approximately 10 stream miles.
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Contracted by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Northwest Helicopters of Olympia is dropping salmon carcasses from the federal Eagle Creek hatchery and state hatcheries along the Oak Grove and North forks of the Clackamas along Camp Creek and the Clear Fork of the Sandy. The drop zones total approximately 10 stream miles.
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