November 2, 2009

Last week, Tacoma Power recovered 13,556 coho adults, 714 jacks, 293 fall Chinook adults, 34 jacks, 138 summer-run steelhead, nine winter-run steelhead, 40 sea-run cutthroat trout and three sockeye salmon adults during seven days of operation at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.

During the week Tacoma Power employees released 538 coho adults, 37 jacks, 150 fall Chinook adults, 29 jacks, eight cutthroat trout and one winter-run steelhead adult into the Tilton River at Gust Backstrom Park in Morton.

Tacoma Power employees also released 1,378 coho adults and 103 jacks into Lake Scanewa above Cowlitz Falls Dam, and they released 703 coho adults and 23 jacks into the upper Cowlitz River at the Skate Creek Bridge in Packwood, Washington during the week.

A total of 126 hatchery-origin sea-run cutthroat trout were recycled downstream to the Barrier Dam boat launch.

Local food banks received 68 coho adults and 36 summer-run steelhead during the week.

River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 4,900 cubic feet per second on Monday, November 2, and water visibility is twelve feet. River flows could change at any time so boaters and anglers should remain alert for this possibility.