May 21, 2012

Last week Tacoma Power recovered 71 winter-run steelhead, two jacks, 407 spring Chinook adults, 49 jacks and 56 summer-run steelhead during five days of operation at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery separator.                                                                                                                      
During the past week Tacoma Power employees released 98 spring Chinook adults, 16 jacks and three winter-run steelhead at the Day Use Park in Lake Scanewa above Cowlitz Falls Dam. They released 76 spring Chinook adults and nine jacks into the Cispus River above the mouth of Yellow Jacket Creek, and released 88 spring Chinook adults and 17 jacks into the upper Cowlitz River at Packwood, Washington during the week.

River flows at Mayfield Dam are approximately 9,880 cubic feet per second on Monday, May 21. Water visibility is 11 feet. River flows could change at any time so boaters and anglers should remain alert for this possibility.