SALMON/STEELHEAD EXTINCTION SCIENCE

• Pacific Northwest SALMON/STEELHEAD populations heading toward extinction.
•  Snake River Chinook salmon and steelhead threshold is fewer than 50 grownup fish in inhabitants getting back from the ocean for four consecutive years.
• Decrease than that quantity skill the existence of these populations can now not be assumed.

References

Pat Ford. 8-20-2025. Salmon and steelhead extinction threshold science, and the ocean fish of northeast Oregon. Alaska Beacon. https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/20/salmon-and-steelhead-extinction-threshold-science-and-the-ocean-fish-of-northeast-oregon